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Very closely allied to the following species ; tut, besides the widely distant station^ the calyx is certainly 

 much smaller in proportion to the corolla. 



202. M. MONTANA, Ktmth ! Mim. 31, 1. 10. Pruticosa, puberula, gMrescens. Pinnae 

 2-3-jug8e ; foliola . 4-6-juga, oblonga, obtusa, ad 2 lin. longa, puberula. Capitula 

 axillaria, pedunculata. Corolla calyce duplo longior. Legumen subsessile, 1-lJ-polli- 

 care, 3 lin. latum, margine nudum, Yalvis in articulos 6-8 sgepius secedentibus, 



Hab. Tropical America: near Caxamarca, in the Peruvian Andes, Humboldt and Bon- 

 plaud ; bedges and fields, Azoque, Ecuador, Hartweg, 



203. M. ANDiNA, Benth.y sp. n. Pruticosa, puberula v. glabrescens. Pinnae 2-3-jug« ; 

 foliola 8-10-juga, oblongo-linearia, 3 lin. longa, glabra. Capitula pedunculata, infcriora 

 axillaria, pleraque ad apices ramorum racemosa. Corolla calyce triplo longior. Legu- 

 men sessile, 1-lJ-pollicare, 4-5 lin. latum, margine nudum, valvis reticulatis indivisis. 



Sab. Tropical America : Andes of Ecuador, near Huataxi, frequent, Spruce, n. CmS. 



M. 



Fnitex 



lorum 



partibus novellis minute puberulis, demum glabresceus. Aculei sparsi, recti, Tulidi. Fo 

 communis 1-2-pollicaris, eglandulosus, multo validior quara in M. montnna. Piunie 1-1 i-poUicarcs, 

 paribus dissitis. Foliola crassiuscula, costa tenui vis prominula, cseterum avcnia. Capitula globosu, 

 glabra, pedunculo subpollicari. Corolla linea paullo longior. Legumen curvulum, nitidulum, reticulato- 

 venulosum, rigidius quam in M. montana et divisioues nullas inter semina ostendens. 



204. M. GONOCLADA, Benth. in Herb. DC. Eruticosa, ramis sulcatis ad angul()s 

 scaberrimis. Pinnse 2-4-jug3e ; foliola 4-8-juga, oblonga, \\ lin. longa, puberula. Capi- 

 tula axillaria, breviter pedunculata. Legumen ignotum. 



Kab. Tropical America : Yungas in Bolivia, 2)' Orbigny, n. 387. 



M. 



Aculf'i 



Sparsi, recti. Foliorum petiolus communis canescenti-puberulus, rarius semipollicem excedens. Pinnie 

 semipoUicares. Foliola rigidida, iis M. montana similia. Peduuculi 3-5 lin. longi. 

 The four preceding species are certainly very closely connected ; but their 



geographical stations arc too 



tinguish them. Ai- 



m 



mgs 



proporti 



other parts sufficient to justify the reunion of at least the southern forms. 



205 



..„ M QUiTENSis, Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 408. Eruticosa, mmute pube- 

 rula. PinntB 6-12.jug^; foliola 12-20.juga, linearia, acuta, i-1 lin longa. Capitula 

 pedunculate, axillaria v. summa racemosa. Legumen subsessile, 1,-polhcare, 4 Im. 

 latum, fflabrum, nudum, valvis reticulatis indivisis. t, , t • 



Hab Tropical America. Ravines round Quito, Hall. It is also, from Bonpland, m 

 tbe Paris Herbarium, but without any station recorded ; and I do not recogmze it m any 

 of the species described by Willdenow or by Kunth. 



Although allied in essential characters to the four preceding species, this one is at once 

 by the more numerous pinnjE and small leaflets. The flowers also are larger. 



***** Actilei nonmdli v. omnes infrastipulares, gemmi. Legumen swpius margine 



distil) guish 



culeatum 



t 



AcuM infrastipulares recti r. iucuni, fetiolare) recurvi v. tmUi 



O06. M. S0BATE>sis, Benth., sp. n. Fruticosa ? glabra v. vix minute puberula. Aeul 



