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75. Parosela insignis (Hemsl.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 10: 103. 1906. 



Dalea insignis Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 7. 1878. 



An herb, apparently annual; stem about 5 dm. high, stout, glabrous, leafy, branched at 

 the summit; leaves 5-10 cm. long, spreading; stipules foliaceous, but thin, strongly veiny, 

 glandular-dotted, semi-ovate or semi-sagittate, 8-10 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad; petiole 1-2 cm. 

 long; rachis glabrous or slightly pilose, not glandular; stipels obsolete; leaflets 9-13, oval, 

 mucronate or cuspidate, 1-2 cm. long, glabrous, glandular-dotted beneath only; peduncles 

 terminating the branches, 1-3 cm. long; spikes dense, 3-10 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. thick; 

 bracts membranous, veiny, inflated, enclosing the flowers, truncate or retuse at the apex, 

 abruptly produced into a filiform recurved acumination nearly as long as the body; calyx- 

 tube broadly campanulate, membranous, with 10 dark veins, 2 mm. long; lobes broadly tri- 

 angular, broader than long; flowers purple (?); blade of the banner rounded-cordate, 3 mm. 

 long, the claw 5 inm. long; blades of the wings 4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals broader, 

 more obovate, 5 mm. long, united along the lower edge, the claws of both 3 mm. long; pod 

 glabrous. 



Type locality: Veracruz. 



Distribution: Veracruz and Puebla. 



Illustration: Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. pi. 15. 



76. Parosela caudata Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A slender annual; stem sparingly pilose, simple, about 3 dm. high; leaves 2-4 cm. long, 

 ascending; stipules filiform, about 4 mm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; leaflets 7-11, oblong 

 5-10 mm. long, glabrous above, paler and minutely punctate on the lower surface, ciliate on 

 the margins and veins beneath, minutely mucronate; peduncles terminal, 1-2.5 cm. long; 

 spikes dense, cylindric, 3-2 cm. long; bracts persistent, obovate, boat-shaped, membranous- 

 margined, glabrous and minutely glandular-punctate on the back, abruptly acuminate into a, 

 subulate-filiform tip; calyx-tube campanulate, membranous, with 10 dark veins, 2 mm. long, 

 sparingly appressed-pubescent; lobes triangular, less than 1 mm. long, acute; pod glabrous, 

 membranous, with minute glands. 



Type collected in Mexico, in 1853, Fred. Miiller 844 (herb. Columbia Univ.). 



77. Parosela attenuata Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A herbaceous perennial, with a woody caudex; stem about 5 dm. high, sparingly pilose, 

 branched; leaves 5-7 cm. long; stipules lance-subulate, 10-15 mm. long; rachis slightly mar- 

 gined and sparingly pilose; stipels gland-like; leaflets 11-15, elliptic or oval, 1-2 cm. long, 

 mucronate, glabrous above, sparingly ciliate on the veins beneath and on the margins, minutely 

 glandular-punctate; peduncles terminal, 5-S cm. long; spikes dense, 3-5 cm. long; bracts 

 lanceolate, glandular and green on the back, white on the margins, long-attenuate, with a 

 filiform tip; calyx-tube turbinate, 2.5 mm. long, with 10 black veins, pilose; lobes triangular, 

 1 mm. long; corolla bluish-purple, except the ochroleucous banner; blade of the banner cordate, 

 4—5 mm. long, the claw 4 mm. long; blades of the wings 4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 

 similar with a smaller basal lobe, 5 mm. long, the claws of both 2 mm. long; pod glabrous. 



Type collected in Sierra de San Felipe. Oaxaca, October 26, 1894, Charles E. Smith 547 (herb. 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard). 



78. Parosela uncifera (vSchlecht. & Cham.) Rose, Bot. Gaz. 40: 

 144. 1905. 



Dalea uncifera Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 580. 1830. 



A herbaceous perennial, with a woody caudex; stems several, more or less pilose, 3-6 dm. 

 high, branched, erect or ascending; leaves 4—8 cm. long; stipules lance-subulate to setaceous, 

 8-10 mm. long; petiole 1-2 cm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; stipels gland-like; leaflets 7-11, 

 usually glabrous, except the ciliate margins, glandular-dotted and paler beneath, obovate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, 8-25 mm. long; peduncles terminating the branches, 3-12 cm. long; spikes 

 dense, 2-6 cm. long, about 1 cm. thick; bracts persistent, membranous, inflated, somewhat 



