" 
derneath, finely pmi the primaries about 8 on each side, not 
opposite, crooked ; racemes ax illary, in reality solitary but appear- 
ing as though 2-3- faced 8—10 cm. long inclusive of the peduncle, 
gether, the bracts similar to the stipules; calyx broadly campanu- 
late, 4 mm. long and broad, divided about one-third of way to 
the base; corolla purple, exceeding the calyx by 5 0 m 
vexillum jndistinctby auricled; style naked; youngest kaune only 
seen, apparently coriaceous, about 5-seede d. 
Vic. Sorata, Nov., 1892 den Kindly determined by M. 
Micheli. 
Astragalus Mandoni Rusby, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 3: Part 3, 19. 
Near snow-line, Mt. Tunari, 1391 (1022). 
Chaetocalyx Brasiliense (Vogel) Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 15: Part 1, 
75. Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1348) — 
Rusby's 2398. 
AMICIA PARVULA Sp. n. 
Herbaceous, the stems much elongated, very slender, only the 
younger portions minutely puberulent, purplish below, terete, the 
internodes 3 or 4 cm. long ; stipules niai Pe broadly 
sheathing, somewhat decurrent, about 5 mm. long; petioles fili- 
sparsely pubescent and rather sparsely beset below with rather 
large brown glands; racemes solitary in the axils and terminal- 
panicled, the peduncles 1-2 cm. long, filiform but rigid, erect- 
spreading, the flowers about .75-1 cm. apart, their bracts 2 mm. 
long, 1 mm. broad, obovate with rounded apex, herbaceous, the 
pedicels 5-7 mm. long, filiform; calyx about 8 mm. long, strongly 
nerved, pubescent, sparsely beset with large bright red glands, the 
tube 2 mm. long, campanulate, the upper lobes 5 or 6 mm. long, 
2 mm. broad, obovate with short-acuminate and obtuse point, the 
lateral lobes 3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, the lower lobe nearly 
equalling the upper, broader, Sees o form a keel; petals sub- 
equal; vexillum 8 mm. long, 6 . bro id obovate, scarcely 
emarginate; alae 8 mm. long, slightly oblique, obtuse, free, 
auricled; stamens 9 mm. long, monadelphous, the sheath cleft 
upon the upper side, the anthers uniform; style slightly exceed- 
ing the stamens, the ey recurved, the stigma ovoid, e 
ovary sessile, 3 mm g, 4- or 5-ovuled; fruit about I cm. long, 
3 mm. broad, 4- or s- Si es both sutures intruded, the lower uo 
deeply ; segments circulo- -quadrilateral, the margin thickened and 
wavy or tuberculate, 2-winged upon the inferior side along the 
