Desmodiiim DC. 357 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. 11. 3o7. lll. Pers. Syn. II. 319. 37. Hsskl. 

 Pap. 11. Cat. 1215.3. D.? podocdrpujn Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 196, nec 

 WU. cf. Wglit. ct Arn. Prdr. I. 2"28. 705 aduot., nec Hook et Arn. 

 Wlp. Rprt. I. 713. 55. 



Descrpt. Frutlculus 'Ir^ — 3 ped. altus; rami teretes 

 graciles cinereo-clnnamomci, aplce et petloli badll, glabri, 

 luciduli, vlx evoluti, puberuli virldes; petioli 0,5 — 1,5 poU. 

 longi, patentes s. patenti-erecti, semi-teretes marginibus supra 

 subalati; stipulae e basi lata subulatae, oblique insertae 0,3 

 poll. longae, emarcldae, flavo-fuscae perslstentes ; stipellae 

 simillimae sed 0,1 poll. longae ; yb//o/« ovato- s. oblongo-Ian- 

 ceolata, subrhombea, utrinque attenuata s. acuta, lateralia 

 basi nunc subrotunda, termlnale 2,7 — 1,3 poll. longum, 1,1 — 

 0,6 poll. latum, lateralla 2,0—1,0 poll. longa, 0,7—0,4 poU. 

 lata, supra pistaclna, glaberrima, lucida, subtus glaucescentia, 

 primo adpresse puberula, deln glabrata et In nervis tantum 

 pilis adpressis tecta; racemi termlnales pauciflori, erecti, 0,5 — 

 1,0 poll. longi ; pedicelli gemlni patentes, 0,2 poll. longi, tere- 

 tes puberuli in axllla bracteae stlpulaeformis, basi singuli 

 bracteola simlli suffulti; cali/x basi 2-bracteoIatus, bracteolis 

 Imeari-lanceolatis, concavis, subcarlnatis, 0,1 poll. longls, de- 

 clduis, 0,13 — 0,15 poll. longus, pallide virldls campanulatus 

 4-fidus, laclnia superiore ovata, acuta, apice 2-dentIcuIata, 

 Infima llnearl-subulata, longlsslma; corolla flavescenti-albida; 

 carina alis et vexillo longiore, 0,3 poll. longa, iiorizontalis 

 basi 2-unguicuIata ad medium 2-partita, rectluscula, subfal- 

 cata, apice emarginata, genitalia fovens nec resiliens; alae 

 basi carinae adglutinatae , lineares obtusiusculae ; vexilliim 

 incumbens (vix reflexum s. patens) ; stamina 2-adeIpha ; tu- 

 bus stamineus rectlusculus , summo aplce incurvus; germen 

 lineare sericeum 0,15 poll. longum, 0,5 poll. latum, apice ia 

 stylum curvatum brevem glabrum attenuatum; stigma capi- 

 tellatum, minutum ; fructus pendull, basi calyce et tubo sta- 

 mineo emarcido persistente sutFulti, hamuloso-hlspldi, 1,5 — 2,0 

 poll. longi, 0,15 poll. lati, apice styli rudimento aplculati, 

 2 — 4-articulati, margine vitroque sinuato emarginato, dein in 



