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8. Benthamantha Brandegei Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A low shrub; stem sparingly appressed-pubescent, soon glabrous, striate, in age straw- 

 colored; stipules setaceous, 5-8 mm. long; leaves 5-8 cm. long; rachis sparingly strigose; stipels 

 subulate, minute; leaflets 9-13, thin, elliptic or oblong, 1-3 cm. long, green but strigose on both 

 sides, mucronate; racemes 3-8 cm. long, 6-12-flowered; peduncle pilose; bracts setaceous, 3-5 

 mm. long; calyx pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes 3—4 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous or 

 the banner purplish, about 7 mm. long; pod 6-S cm. long, 3 mm. wide, 2 -28-seeded. puberu- 

 lent. 



Type collected on the west slope of Cape Region mountains, Lower California. November, 1902, 

 Brandegee (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 397951). 



Distribution: Lower California and Sonora to Guerrero and Morelos; apparently also Costa 

 Rica. 



9. Benthamantha micrantha (M. Micheli) Rose, 

 Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906. 



■ Cracca micrantha M. Micheli, Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 30 1 : 286. 1891. 

 Brittonamra caribaea f. micrantha Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 165. 1891. 



A suffruticose perennial; stems erect, angled, sparingly pilose or glabrate; stipules seta- 

 ceous, 5-S mm. long; leaves 1-1.5 dm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; leaflets 9-13, lanceolate 

 or ovate, often 4-7 cm. long, mucronate, acute, sparingly puberulent-strigose on both s'des, 

 or nearly glabrous, thin, 2-5 cm. long, or the terminal one up to 7 cm long; racemes 3-6- 

 flowered, 4-6 cm. long; bracts subulate, caducous; calyx strigose-puberulent, the tube 2 mm. 

 long, the lobes lance-subulate, 2 mm long, or the lowest one 3 mm. long; corolla 6 mm. long; 

 pod puberulent or glabrate, 5-7 cm. long, « mm. wide, 14-25-seeded. 



Type locality: Near San Jose, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica. 



10. Benthamantha Wrightii Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Cracca Edwardsii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 35, in part. 1853.— A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 201. 

 1882. 



A suffruticose perennial; stem 3-5 dm. high, at first sparingly pilose with spreading hairs; 

 stipules subulate-setaceous, 4-5 mm. long; leaves 7-10 cm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; 

 stipels subulate, 1 mm. long or less, often caducous; leaflets 7-13. elliptic, 1-3.5 cm. long, 

 sparingly appressed-silky on both sides, obtuse at both ends, often purplish along the veins 

 beneath; racemes 1-1.5 dm. long, often exceeding the leaves; bracts tinged with purple; calyx- 

 tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, acuminate, the upper two 2 mm. long, the lowest 

 one 3 mm. long; corolla 7 mm. long, the banner purple, the wings and keel yellowish; pod 6 

 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, puberulent, nearly straight. 



Type collected between San Pedro and the Sonoita, Sonora, C. Wright 963. in part (herb. 

 Columbia Univ.). 



Distribution: Sonora and Arizona. 



11. Benthamantha Painteri Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A perennial, suffruticose below; branches sparingly hairy, 3-5 dm. high, angled, tinged 

 with purple above; leaves 4-7 cm. long; stipules setaceous, 5-7 mm. long; rachis sparingly 

 pubescent with spreading hairs; leaflets 7-15, oval or elliptic, green and sparingly strigose on 

 both sides, 1-2 cm. long, rounded at each end, mucronate; racemes lax, 1-1.5 dm. long; bracts 

 subulate; calyx purplish, sparingly strigose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 

 acuminate, 2 mm. long; corolla 6-7 mm. long, ochroleucous, tinged with purple; pod 4-5 cm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide, glabrous, 16-25-seeded. 



Type collected near Guadalajara, Jalisco, September 30, 1903, Rose &• Painter 7455 (U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. ho. 451059). 



Distribution: Jalisco and Durango. 



