Desmodium DC. — Dicerma DC. 3(59 



articuli coriacei baclii, hamulato-glutinosi, clongato-semi-orbi- 

 culares, utrinque ± attenuati, indehiscentes, desciscentes, saepe 

 vacui (steriles) angustiorcs, evoluti 0,3 poll. longi; semen 

 oblongo-reniforme compressum, marginibus tenuissimum, acu- 

 tum, lurido-flavum, 0,22 poll. longum, 0,14 poll. latum. 



2C6. DICERMA (PHYLLODIUM) PLLCHELLUM DC. 



Char. Gen. ct Subgen.cL Endl. Gen.6616. Msn. Gen.91. Comm. 65. -215. — 

 Distinctio generica a Desmodio Endl. Gcn. 6615 magis in habitu et 

 pracsentia foliorum floralium (uti jure dicunt Wglit. et Arn. Prdr. I. 

 230), quam in aliis notis quacrenda ; flores singuli paritcr ad basia 

 calycis bracteolis 2 deciduis instructi ct cacterum quod ad calycem, 

 petala et genitalia imoquc fructus Desmodio umbellato (No. 255.) sat 

 congencra et solummodo articulis membranaceis distincta species. — 

 Nomen simdense generis: Hahapddn. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. II. 339. 1. Wld. Sp. pl. III. 1179. 20. Brm. 

 Ind. 165. Brm, Zeyl. 116 t. 52 ubi vid. descript. ; Hsskl. Legum. 

 18. Papil. 20. 



Descrpt. Caulis fruticosus erectus 7 — 8 ped. altus; 

 rami badii lignosi teretes, lenticellis rotundis, minutis notati, 

 superiore parte sanguinei teretes, summo apice virides angu- 

 lati, toti pubescenti-vekitini graciles ; stipulae e basi 0,1 

 poll. latae, sanguineae, subulatae, 0,22 poll. longae, persistentes, 

 marcescentes, a basi dein in linea media rumpentes; petioli 

 patcntes, semiteretes, supra canaliculati, velutini, 0,7 — 1,0 

 poll. longi ; folia pinnatim 3 - foliata ; foliola lateraha infra 

 medium in 3 — 4ta petioli parte inserta, stipellis minutis, se- 

 taceis, adpressis , phoeniceis suifulta, terminali 2 — 3-plam 

 longitudinem minora, ovato - oblonga , 0,9 — 2,0 poll. longa, 

 0,0 — 1,2 poll. lata, terminale oblongum s. eiliptico-oblongum 

 2,0 — 4,3 poll. longum, 1,2 — 2,0 poU. latum, omnla basi ro- 

 tundata, laevissima, subcordata, apice obtusa s. acutiuscula, 

 mucrone minuto setaceo aplculata, utrinque praeprimis autem 

 subtus mollia pube minute adpressa, supra dein =t glabrata, 

 nitidula, olivacea, subtus glaucescentla, retlculata ; race?ni axiWii- 

 res ad apicem rami follati et termlDales, ut inde foliis delapsis 

 subpaniculati, distichi, basi saepe iterum ramosi 1,0 — 6,0 poU. 

 longi evadant ; fores 5 — 7 in axUlIs foliorum florallum con- 



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