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Hab. Tropical America: Brazil and Guiana; both varieties very abundant and running 
closely into each other, the larger-leaved form at least extending into Columbia, and some 
forms closely connecting it with C. Desvauxii. 
266. C. LANGSDORFFIL, Kunth in Vog.! Syn. Cass, 55. Glabra v. pubescens. Foliola 
lineari-oblonga. Stipule acutæ, persistentes. Flores mediocres v. majusculi. Legumen 
glabrum v. appresse pilosum.— Fl. Bras. 158. 
C. borbonioides, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 55 (forma foliolis paullo majoribus rigidioribus). 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil from S. Paolo to the Rio Negro and on the Orinoco. 
Several forms of this species are noted in the * Flora Brasiliensis;' and to these many others might be 
added as more or less distinct varieties. 
267. C. GRACILIS, Kunth!, Mim. 120, t. 36. Glabra, gracilis, ramulis subfiliformibus. 
Foliola oblonga, sæpe parva. Stipulæ parvee, acute, seepe decidusze.— 77. Bras. 159. 
Hab. Tropical America: Columbia and Central Brazil. 
Some specimens of Burchell’s from San Paolo, n. 4280, appear to connect this with C. Langsdorffii. 
268. C. TECTA, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 56. Undique molliter pubescens. Foliola oblonga, 
semipollice longiora. Stipulæ cordate, acutæ, foliolis sabæquilongæ, ramulos obtegentes.— 
Fl. Bras. 159. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and S. Paolo. 
269. C. MALACOPHYLLA, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 55. "Undique molliter pubescens. foliola 
oblonga, semipollice breviora. Stipulæ cordate, acute, foliolis subæquilongæ, ramulos 
obtegentes.— FV. Bras. 159. 
Hab. Tropical America: Central Brazil. 
270. C. CURVIFOLIA, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 55. Glabra v. pubescens. Foliola falcato-oblonga 
v. faleato-obovata, sæpius parva. Stipulæ cordatæ, acutæ, appressæ. Legumen glabrum 
v. appresse puberulum.— Fl. Bras. 160. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Goyaz, Minas Geraes, Bahia, Ceara, Para, and 
Rio Negro. 
The foliage varies from perfectly glabrous and shining to densely and softly pubescent. 
*** Foliola plurijuga. 
271. C. CALYCIOIDES, DC.! Prod. ii. 503. Prostrata, patentim pilosa. Foliola 6-12- 
juga, dimidiato-linearia; glandula stipitata. Flores parvuli, pedicellis abbreviatis.— 77. 
Bras. 160, t. 43. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Goyaz, Piauhy, and Para, also Mexico, Ber- 
landier, n. 2036, 
Subsect. 2. Leiocalyx. Sepala membranacea, haud striata. 
Series 1. Subaphylle. Stipula cordate, cauli bifariam appresse, foliolis nisi ad basin 
caulis nullis. 
272. C. BASIFOLIA, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 560. Folia ad basin caulis interdum perpauca bifo- 
liolata, csetera omnia ad setulam minutam inter stipulas reducta. Stipulæ 4-8 lin. longs. 
Flores mediocres v. parvuli, pedicellis stipulis subeequilongis.— 77. Bras. 161, t. 44. 
Hab. "Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 
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