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a triangular base, plumose, the lowest one 4 mm. long, the rest 3-3.5 mm. long; pod villous and 

 glandular-dotted above, naked below. 



Tvpe collected on dry hills in the vicinity of Fuerte, Sinaloa, March 26, 1910, Rose, Standley, 

 &■ Russell 13527 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 636351). 

 Distribution: Sinaloa. 



178. Parosela barbata (Oerst.) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Dalea vulneraria barbata Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1853: 4. 1853. 



A shrub, about 1 m. high; branches slender, finely villous, slightly glandular-dotted; 

 leaves 2—4 cm. long; stipules short, subulate; rachis margined, short- villous; leaflets 7—11, 

 obovate, short-petioluled, 6-10 mm. long, short-villous on both sides, minutely glandular- 

 dotted beneath; spikes dense, head- like, mostly axillary and short-peduncled ; bracts ovate, 

 short-acuminate, villous, obscurely glandular-dotted, shorter than the calyx; calyx- tube cam- 

 panulate, 3 mm. long, 10-ribbed, densely silky- villous; lobes filiform, 4 mm. long, plumose; 

 corolla yellow, fading brown; blade of the banner cordate, 2 mm. long, the claw 2 mm. long; 

 blades of the wings nearly 3 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 4 mm. long. 



Type locality: Between Matagalpa and Chinotega, Segovia, Nicaragua. 

 Distribution: Nicaragua to Panama and Colombia. 



Unknown or excluded species 



Dalea parviFlora Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 474. 1814. This is a species of Microphacos 

 {A stragalus) . 



Dalea virgata Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 23. 1816. L^nknown. 



Dalea hypoglottidea DC. Prodr. 2: 245. 1825. Dalea astragalina Moc. & Sesse; DC. 

 loc. cit., as synonym. 1825. Unknown. 



Dalea flavorosea Moc. & Sesse; DC. Prodr. 2: 246. 1825. Unknown. 



Dalea angustiFOLia G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 223. 1832. Unknown. 



Dalea pulchella G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 224. 1832. Unknown. 



Dalea laevigata Moc. & Sesse; G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 224. 1832. Psoralea laevigata 

 Sesse & Moc. PI. Nov. Hisp. 120. 1889. Unknown. 



Dalea pulchErrima G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 225. 1832. Dalea ziolacea Cerv.; G. Don, 

 loc. cit., as synonym. 1832. Unknown. 



Dalea Coronilla G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 226. 1832. Unknown. 



Dalea ovalifolia G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 226. 1832. Unknown. 



Dalea FruTicosa G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 226. 1832. Psoralea fruticosa Sesse & Moc. 

 PI. Nov. Hisp. 121. 1889. Unknown; from the description probably not a Parosela. 



Dalea TRifoliata Zucc. Flora 15 2 : Beibl. 69. 1832. Dalea Zuccarini Walp. Rep. 1: 

 654. 1842. Unknown; perhaps not a Parosela. Compare Psoralea melanocarpa Benth. 



Dalea comosa Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 289. 1838. Unknown. 



Dalea EhrEnbergii Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 290. 1838. Unknown. 



Dalea pyramidalis Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 292. 1838. Unknown. 



Dalea plaTystegia S. Schauer, Linnaea 20: 741. 1847. Unknown. 



Dalea macrotropis S. Schauer, Linnaea 20: 742. 1847. Unknown. 



Dalea lachnantha S. Schauer, Linnaea 20: 743. 1847. Unknown. 



Dalea TEphrosioidES Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 69. 1S66. This is Indigojera sabulicola 

 Benth. 



Dalea guatemalEnsis Benth.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 1: 241; hyponym. 1880. 

 Hemsley cited a specimen of Wendland. 



Dalea lEptoclados Benth. ; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. 1 : 242 ; hyponym. 1880. Hemsley 

 cited Coulter 534. 



Dalea vELuTipES Benth.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. 1: 248; hyponym. 1880. Hemsley 

 cited as specimens Coulter, Andrieux 477. 



Dalea inflata M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Am. Bot. 12: 7. 1908. Unknown. 



