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32. Brongniartia vicioides Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. 

 Brux. 10 2 : 49. 1843. 



A shrub; young branches densely fuscous-villous, subvelutinous; leaves 5-10 era. long, 

 stipules lanceolate, 5 mm. long, deciduous; petiole and rachis subvelutinous; leaflets 15-29; 

 oblong or elliptic, 1-2 cm. long, dark-green and somewhat silky above, densely white-silky 

 beneath when young, less so in age, strongly reticulate, rounded at each end, mucronate; 

 flowers 1-3 in each axil; pedicels about 1 cm. long; bractlets lanceolate or ovate, acute, 4-5 

 mm. long, silky; calyx densely silky, 1.5 cm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla rose- 

 purple, 2-2.5 cm. long; pod glabrous, 4-6-seeded, its body 3.5-5 cm. long, 15-18 mm. wide. 



Type locality: Misteca Alta, Pefioles, Oaxaca. 



Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca. 



33. Brongniartia Benthamiana Hemsl. Biol. Centr. 

 Am. Bot. 2: 252. 1880. 



? Brongniartia intermedia Moric. Mem. Soc. Geneve 7: 253. 1836. 



Perallea lv.-pinoid.es Benth. PI. Hartw. 10. 1839. Not P. lupinoides H.B.K. 1824. 



A shrub or undershrub; young branches densely fuscous-villous, subvelutinous; leaves 

 10-15 cm. long; stipules obliquely oblong or lanceolate, acute, 8-10 mm. long, fuscous-pubes- 

 cent; petioles about 1 cm. long, fuscous- velutinous; stipels setaceous; leaflets 13-19, oblong, 

 1 .5-3 cm. long, 12-15 mm. wide, rounded at both ends, mucronate, rather densely silky on both 

 sides when young, glabrate in age, firm, strongly reticulate beneath; flowers 1-4 in each axil; 

 pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm. long, velutinous; bractlets oblong or lanceolate, 8-10 mm. long, deciduous; 

 calyx densely fuscous-villous, 15 mm. long, the lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 

 about 2 cm. long, rose-purple; banner orbicular, clawed; pod glabrous, 4-6-seeded, the body 

 6-7 cm. long, 2 cm. broad or more, slightly winged on the upper suture, the stipe 0.5 cm. long. 



Type locality: Le6n. 



Distribution: Guanajuato to Puebla and Morelos. 



Illustration: Mem. Soc. Geneve 7: pi. 10 (?); Moric. PI. Am. pi. 10 (?). 



34. Brongniartia mollis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 467. 1824. 



Shrub 3-6 dm. high; branches terete, tomentose and somewhat black-hairy; leaves 

 short-petioled; leaflets 9-11, short-petiolulate, ovate-elliptic, acutish, rounded at the base, 

 reticulate-venose with light-green prominent veins beneath, puberulent above, softly villous 

 beneath and on the margins with dark hairs, 2-3 cm. long; petiole and rachis subvillous; 

 pedicels 2 or 3 in each axil, 15-20 mm. long, pilose; bracts ovate-acute, reticulate, ciliate, 

 caducous; calyx campanula te-turbinate, reticulate, glabrous, violet-green, the upper two 

 lobes united to near the apex, acute, the lower three free, lanceolate, acute; corolla about 

 2 cm. long; banner suborbicular, emarginate, violet; wings obliquely oblong, shortclawed, 

 violet; keel-petals semilunate, obtuse, with a rounded basal auricle on the upper side, yellow- 

 ish; pod stipitate, compressed, glabrous, about 5-seeded, spongy between the seeds; seeds 

 dark, 6 mm. long. 



Type locality: Quebrada de Sopilote, between Zumpango and Tasco, Guerrero. 



Distribution: Guerrero and Puebla. 



Illustration: H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. pi. 587. 



35. Brongniartia magnibracteata Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 338. 1838 



? Brongniar'ia obliqua Sehleeht. Linnaea 12: 339. 1838. 

 Brongniarlia stipitata Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 8. 1878. 



A shrub, perhaps 1 m. high; young branches velutinous-pubescent; leaves 10-15 cm. 

 long; stipules lanceolate or elliptic, acute, about 1 cm. long; velutinous; petioles about 1 cm. 

 long, as well as the rachis velutinous; leaflets 15-37, rarely less, oblong, 1.5-2 cm. long, 

 5-8 mm. wide, reticulate, sparingly silky on both sides when young, in age glabrate, rounded 

 at both ends, mucronate; flowers 1 or 2 in each axil; pedicels 2-3 cm. long; bractlets oval, 

 10-12 mm. long, 8 mm. wide, sparingly silky; calyx glabrous, about 1 cm. long, the lobes 



