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171. Parosela scandens (Mill.) Rydberg. 



Psoralea scandens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Psoralea no. 4. 1768. 



A glabrous shrub, with slender, brown branches; leaves 2-4 cm. long, spreading; stipules 

 minute,, subulate; rachis glabrous, sparingly glandular-dotted; stipels glandlike; leaflets 7-9, 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblaneeolate, 8-15 mm. long, glabrous on both sides, conspicuously glandular- 

 dotted on the lower side; spikes short, globose or oblong, usually peduncled in the axils of the 

 leaves; bracts ovate, glabrous or puberulent, somewhat glandular-punctate, shorter than the 

 calyx; calyx-tube nearly glabrous, 2.5 mm. long; lobes filiform, plumose, about 5 mm. long; 

 corolla yellow, in age brownish; blade of the banner cordate, 3.5 mm. long; blades of the wings 

 4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 5 mm. long, and with a gland near the apex, the claws of 

 both 2-2.5 mm. long. 



Type locality: Veracruz. 



Distribution: State of Veracruz. 



172. Parosela domingensis (DC.) Millsp. Field. Mus. Publ. 

 Bot. 1: 21. 1895. 



Dalea domingensis DC. Prodr. 2: 246. 1825. 



Dalea enneaphylla Balbis; DC. Prodr. 2: 246, as synonym. 1825. 



A shrub, 1-4 m. high; branches ascending, villous-puberulent, more or less glandu- 

 lar-tubercled; leaves 2-6 cm. long; stipules subulate, 2 mm. long; petiole 5-10 cm. long; 

 rachis winged, villous-puberulent, glandular-dotted; leaflets 5-9, oval or obovate, rounded or 

 retuse at the apex, 6-15 mm. long, villous on both sides, conspicuously dotted beneath; spikes 

 axillary and terminal, short-peduncled, at first short, in age elongate, becoming 2-4 cm. long 

 and lax; bracts ovate, shorter than the calyx, acute, more or less pubescent, conspicuously 

 glandular-dotted; calyx-tube turbinate, 2 mm. long, pubescent, strongly 10-ribbed, with con- 

 spicuously yellow glands between the ribs; lobes subulate- filiform from a broad base, plumose, 

 the upper 4 fully equaling the tube, the lowest one much longer, hooked at the apex; corolla 

 ochroleucous, turning pink or purple; blades of the banner round-reniform, 2 mm. long and 

 slightly broader, usually with 3-4 glands, the claw 2 mm. long; blades with a gland near the 

 apex, those of the wings 2.5 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 3.5 mm. long, the claws of both 

 2 mm. long; pod villous and conspicuously glandular-dotted above. 



Type locality: Santo Domingo. 



Distribution: Cuba, Hispaniola. and Yucatan(?). 



173. Parosela floridana Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Parosela domingensis Small. Fl. SE. U. S. 628, mainly. 1903. Not P. domingensis Millsp. 1895. 



A pubescent shrub; branches puberulent, brown, rather densely glandular-dotted; leaves 

 3-6 cm. long; stipules small, subulate; rachis puberulent, slightly winged; stipels gland-like; 

 leaflets 9-17, oval or obovate, often retuse, 5-10 mm. long, puberulent; spikes short-peduncled 

 in the axils of the leaves; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the calyx, finely pubescent, 

 with a few glands; calyx-tube villous, campanulate, 2.5 mm. long; lobes filiform, with a broader 

 base, the lowest 4 mm., the rest 3 mm. long; corolla white or ochroleucous, or pink, turning 

 dark brownish rose-purple; blade of the banner rounded cordate, with a single gland at the 

 apex and a few near the base, 2.5 mm. long; blades of the wings 3 mm. long those of the keel 4 

 mm. long and with a gland near the apex. 



Type collected at Miami, Florida, November, 1878, A. P. Garber (herb. Columbia University). 



Distribution: Subtropical Florida. 



174. Parosela humilis (Mill.) Rydberg. 



Psoralea humilis Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Psoralea no. 7. 1768. 



? Dalea miner aria brevipes Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1853: 4. 1853. 



Dalea thyrsiflora A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 177. 1861. 



Dalea domingensis paucifolia Coult. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 2: 78. 1891. 



Parosela thyrsiflora Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 14. 1897. 



A pubescent shrub, with rather thick, short, grayish-brown, villous branches; leaves 2-5 

 cm. long; stipules subulate, 3-5 mm. long; rachis short- villous; stipels gland-like; leaflets 3-9, 



