Part 3, 1923] FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 193 



19. Brongniartia molliuscula Brand. Univ. Calif. Publ. 

 Bot. 3:380. 1909. 



A shrub; branches strigose-puberulent when young; leaves 5-10 em. long; stipules oval, 

 semicordate at the base, obtuse, 8-12 mm. long, 4—7 mm. wide; petioles about 1 cm. long, 

 puberulent; rachis puberulent; leaflets 7-9, orbicular or broadly oval, or obovate, rounded 

 or retuse at the apex, mucronate; flowers mostly solitary in the axils; pedicels 1-2 cm. 

 long; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, the lower 3 somewhat united at the base, the upper 2 united 

 to near the apex; corolla nearly 2 cm. long, purple; banner orbicular; pod 5-6 cm. long, fully 

 1.5 cm. broad, attenuate at the base, with a very short stipe, 4-6-seeded. 



Type locality: Vicinity of San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



20. Brongniartia luisana Brand. Univ. Calif. Publ. 

 Bot. 3:381. 1909. 



A shrub; branches densely short-pubescent with ascending hairs, often blackish; leaves 

 10-15 cm. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 5 mm. long, acuminate; petioles 1-2 cm. long; 

 leaflets 17-21, elliptic, round at each end, mucronate, 1.5-2.5 em. long, 8-14 mm. wide, ap- 

 pressed-silky on both sides; flowers mostly 1 or 2 in each axil; pedicels 2-3 cm. long; bractlets 

 ovate-lanceolate, silky, deciduous; calyx glabrous without, 1.5 cm. long, the lobes lanceolate, 

 acute; corolla about 18 mm. long; pod glabrous, narrowed at the base into a stipe. 



Type locality: Vicinity of San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



21. Brongniartia minutifolia S. Wats. Proc. Am. 

 Acad. 20: 360. 1885. 



A low shrub, 3-10 dm. high, much branched; branches glaucous-green, nearly glabrous; 

 leaves 3-5 cm. long; stipules herbaceous, lanceolate or oblong, 2 mm. long; leaflets 21-41, 

 linear, revolute, 2-3 mm. long; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels about 6 mm. long; calyx 

 6 mm. long, glabrous, the lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla unknown; pod glabrous, oblanceolate, 

 18-20 mm. long, attenuate below, the stipe equaling the calyx-tube. 



Type locality: Chisos Mountains, Texas. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



22. Brongniartia canescens (S. Wats.) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Brongniartia minutifolia canescens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 271. 1888. 



A branching shrub, about 6 dm. high; branches strigose, wand-like; leaves 3-7 cm. long; 

 petiole 1-3 mm. long, as well as the rachis strigose; stipules linear-filiform, 3 mm. long; leaf- 

 lets 31-51, linear-subulate, revolute, 3-4 mm. long; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels 

 3-5 mm. long; bractlets linear-filiform, strigose; calyx 8 mm. long, strigose-canescent, the 

 lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute; corolla 12 mm. long, apparently yellowish; banner broadly 

 obovate; pod subrhombic, 1.5 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, glabrous, 2-3-seeded; stipe 3-4 mm. long. 



Type locality: Plains at "Orfiz" [Ortiz], Chihuahua. 



Distribution: Type locality and vicinity. 



23. Brongniartia parvifolia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 12: 268. 1909. 



A low spreading shrub, 1.5-5 dm. high; young branches densely pilose; leaves 3-6 cm. 

 long; stipules lanceolate, similar to the leaflets; petiole and rachis densely pilose; leaflets 

 19-31, lanceolate or narrowly lance-elliptic, acute at both ends, cuspidate, 6-10 mm. long, 

 pilose on both sides; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels about 1 cm. long, pilose; bractlets 

 ovate, acute, pilose; calyx glabrous without, 8 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla 

 dark -red, 15 mm. long; pod glabrous, 2.5-4 cm. long, 3-4-seeded. 



Type locality: Between San Geronimo and La Venta, Oaxaca. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



