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rachis finely puberulent; stipels minute, subulate; leaflets 13-31, narrowly oblong, 6-9 mm. long, 

 finely pubescent on both sides when young, glabrate especially above, rounded at each end, 

 apiculate, paler and minutely glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles ending the branches, 

 1-5 cm. long; spikes dense, short, 1-3 cm. long, fully 1 cm. thick; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 puberulent, caducous; calyx-tube silky-pubescent, not strongly ribbed, campanulate, oblique, 

 3 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, darker-colored, not half as long as the tube, the 

 lowest the longest; corolla rose-purple; blade of the banner round-reniform, 5 mm. long and 

 fully as broad, the claw 3.5 mm. long; blades of the wings oblique, oblong, truncate at the base, 

 5 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 6 mm. long, the claws of both 5 mm. long; pod sparingly 

 pubescent above. 



Type locality: Sierra de San Felipe, Oaxaca. 

 Distribution: Oaxaca. 



133. Parosela versicolor (Zucc.) Rydberg. 



Dalea versicolor Zucc. Flora 15=: Beibl. 1 : 69. 1832. 



A shrub, about 1 m. high; branches ascending, villous; leaves 2-3 cm. long; stipules subu- 

 late, 3 mm. long; rachis sparingly villous; stipels gland-like; leaflets 15-21, oblong, 4-7 mm. 

 long, glabrous above, finely pubescent beneath and glandular-dotted; spikes terminal, short- 

 peduncled, 3-5 cm. long, 15 mm. thick; bracts narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, glandular- 

 dotted and pilose; calyx- tube broadly turbinate, 3 mm. long, pilose, 10-ribbed, with a row of 

 glands between the ribs; corolla, except the banner, dark rose-purple, at least the keel-petals 

 with a gland near the apex ; blade of the banner ochroleucous or white, or tinged with purple, 

 rhombic-cordate or rhombic-ovate, 4 mm. long, with a semicircle or two of small yellow glands 

 below, the claw 3 mm. long; blades of the wings 5 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 6 mm. 

 long, the claws of both 3 mm. long; pod densely pubescent and conspicuously glandular- 

 punctate above, glabrate below. 



Type locality: Mexico. 

 Distribution: Chiapas and Oaxaca. 



134. Parosela tsugoides Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A shrub, probably about 1 m. high; stem finely villous, reddish; leaves spreading, 1-2 cm. 

 long; stipules lanceolate-subulate, 2 mm. long; rachis villous; stipels gland-like; leaflets 13- 

 23; approximate, oblong, 2-3 mm. long, strongly involute, pubescent on both sides, obtuse; 

 spikes terminal, short-peduncled, 2-3 cm. long, 1 cm. thick; bracts lanceolate, long- attenuate, 

 pilose and minutely glandular-dotted, longer than the calyx; calyx-tube turbinate, 2 mm. long, 

 densely pilose and obscurely glandular between the 10 ribs; lobes subulate-filiform from a 

 lance-triangular base, 3 mm. long, plumose, often with a pair of subulate glandular bristle- 

 like lobes; corolla dark-purple; petals with a large gland near the apex; blade of the banner 

 round-reniform, 3 mm. long, nearly 4 mm. broad, with one or two arches of small glands below, 

 the claw 2 mm. long; blades of the wings 4.5 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 5-5.5 mm. long; 

 pod pubescent and with few glands above, glabrate at the base. 



Type collected in the valley of Oaxaca, October 3, 1894, E. W. Nelson 1540 (U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 no. 865318). 



Distribution: Oaxaca to Guatemala. 



135. Parosela megalostachys Rose, sp. nov. 



A shrub, 1 m. high or more; branches densely villous and conspicuously glandular- tuber- 

 culate; leaves 3-5 cm. long; stipules subulate, 2-3 mm. long; rachis densely villous; leaflets 

 7-13, obovate, 8-10 mm. long, densely sericeous, rounded at the apex; spikes very dense, 

 3-5 cm. long, fully 12-15 mm. thick; bracts narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, pilose and glandu- 

 lar-punctate, longer than the calyx; calyx-tube broadly turbinate, 3 mm. long, densely silky- 

 pilose, 10-ribbed, glandular-dotted between the ribs; lobes filiform from a triangular base, 

 fully equaling the tube, plumose; corolla rose-colored; petals usually glandless; blade of the 

 banner rounded-cordate, 4 mm. long, the claw 4 mm. long; blades of the wings 5 mm. long. 



