3g6 Papillonaceae Endl. 



ibrmia, compressa, 0,05 poll. lata, 0,075 poll. longa, ochraceo- 

 livida, nitida. 



264. DESMODIUM (CHALARIUM) APARINES DC. 



Char. Gen. cf. spec. anteced., cujus flores plane quadrant nec autem 

 fructuum articuli, qui orbiculati evadunt. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. II. 330. 47 et 338. 132, quam speciem utram- 

 que Sprengelius divus (Syst. Veg. III. 313. 28) conjunxit, an jure? 

 Hsskl. Leg. 16. Papil, 18. — An Hedysarum mucronatum Bl. Cat. 92. 

 WIp. Kprt. I. 746. 13 hujus loci? 



Descrpt. Caulis basi sufFruticosus, erectus, 2,5 — 4,0 

 ped. altus; ramtteretes articulati, ad articulationes sanguinei, 

 caeterum virides, cum petiolis foliorumque pagina superiore 

 et inflorescentia pilis uncinatis aspero-hirti ; internodia 2 — 3 

 poll. longa ; stipulae persistentes subampiexicaules, e basi di- 

 latata lanceolatae, striatae, patentissimae, dein reflexae, ra- 

 misque adpressae et eos pseudo - vaginantes , basi 0,3 poll. 

 latae, 0,45 poll. longae, ciliatae (ramorum et ramulorum mi- 

 nores) superiores supra basin productae et inde semi-corda- 

 tae; petioli 3,0 — 0,5 poU. longi, teretiusculi , supra leviter 

 canaliculati ; stipellae lineari-subulatae, ad foliolorum basin 0,12 

 poll. longae, hirtae ; foliola foliorum inferiorum ovata s. rhom- 

 beo-oblonga, terminale 2,5 — 3,0 poll. longum, 1,3 — 1,5 poll. 

 latum, lateralia 1,6 — 1,8 poll. longa, 0,8 — 0,9 poll. lata, su- 

 periorum oblonga s. oblongo-lanceolata , terminale 2,0 — 1,0 

 poll. longum, 0,7 — 0,4 poll. latum , lateralia 1,0 — 0,6 poll. 

 longa, 0,15 — 0,30 poll. lata, omnia acutiuscula, saepiusque 

 retusa, hinc margine repando-crenata, subtus glaucescentia, 

 in nervis venisque pihs uncinatis adpresse tecta; racemi in 

 apice cauhs in ramis patenti-divaricatis terminales, graciles, 

 elongati aut basi foHis destituti paniculati, panicula divari- 

 cata; rami 2 — 12 poll. longi; pedicelli gemini, patentissimi, 

 gracilhmi sub anthesi 0,4 poU. longi, fructiferi 0,5 poU. longi, 

 in axilla hracteae caducae, Mneari-subulatae vix 0,1 poll. lon- 

 g^e\ flores minuti, teneri; ^«/y.r rubens hirtus, campanulatus, 

 0,15 poll. longus, profunde 4-fidus, in anthesi patentissimus ; 

 lacmia suprema latior 2-denticulata, inferiores 3 hneari-subu- 



