348 Papilionaceae Endl. 



251. LOUREA VESPERTILIONIS Dsf. 



Char. Gen. cf. Encll. Gen. 6609, Msn. Gen. 91. Conim. 65. 212 in hoc genere et 

 Uraria alae tiansverse rngosae s. plicatae laudantur, qnas in vivis 

 semper laeves reperi, carinae snpra Lasin adglutinatas eaque pauUo 

 breviores : styli pars inferior in utroque geuere pariter et apex verti- 

 calis rigidior: differentia inter utrumque genus praeprimis in calycis 

 structura ponenda, fructibus in utroque sibimet perquam similibus. 



Ckar. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. II. 323. L Wld. Sp. pl. HL 1177. 17 (ubi 

 descrpt.). Wght. et Arn. Prdr. I. 221. 685 (Wlp. Rprt. L 735. 1), 

 qui foiiola lateralia dicunt aut nuUa aut angusta oblique cuneata 

 apice truncata, terminale autem decius latius, quam longum. 



Descrpt. Herba anniia simplex 12 — 15 poll. alta, aut 

 dein sufFrutescens 2 — 3-ennis, 3 — 3,5-peclalis ramosa; ramt 

 (caules) teretes yiiicles minutissime hamulosi dein glabrius- 

 culi : stipulae Kneari-subulatae 0,3 poU. longae, ciliatae, mar- 

 cescenti-deciduae : petioli patentes s. patentissimi teretes, su- 

 pra angustissime canaliculati 1,0 — 0,4 poll. longi, plerumque 

 foliolo uuico teminali (rarius lateralibus angustis, oblic|ue cu- 

 neatis apice tnmcatis T>'glit. et Arn. Prdr. I. 221) praediti; 

 stipellae minutae filiformes ad basin folioli et liinc inde supra 

 medium petioli ; foliolum transversum ellii^ticum s. oblongum 

 nimc semi-lunare subbilobum, lobis singulis subfalcatis, 1,3 — 

 0,6 poll. latum, 0,5 — 0,25 j)oll. longum, 2 — 3-nerYium, mi- 

 nute hamuloso-puberulum dein glabratum, in plantis juniori- 

 bus lui'ide atro-sanguineum juxta nervos luride roseo-pictum, 

 in senilibus luride rubicundo-atro-viride, juxta nervos paUide 

 pictum. ad margines laete viride, pulcherrime reticulatum, sub- 

 tus giaucescens (in jimioribus pariter rubicundum) in petiolo 

 pendulum et lusu ventorum maxime mobile; racemi termina- 

 les s. in ramis axillaribus terminales, primo conico - oblongi 

 bracteis imbricatim tecti ; hracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acumina- 

 tae, concavae, bamuloso-puberulae, ciliatae. viiides dein ru- 

 bicundae: — racemi dein elongati, subcylindrici, nec densi- 

 flori, bracteis caducis plerumque destituti, postremo in infe- 

 riore parte fructiferi, summo apice florigeri, 2 — 4 poU. longi, 

 stricti; pedicelli bini patentes 0,1 poll. longi, phoenicei, 

 paritcr ac calyces hirri ; cali/x campanulatus viiidiusculus 



