168 ßUM.KTiN DE i/hkkbiek BOISSIER (2'"« SÉR.)- 1907 (22) 



foliolum terminale a lateralibus cc. 6-7 mm. distans, lamina foliolorum 

 elliplica vel elliplico-oblonga vel ovato-elliplica, apice breviter acuminala, 

 basi rotundala vel leviter subcordata, folioli terminalis majoris 28/13 

 30/18 mm. laleralium 20/9 29/13 mm., supra sparse selosa, sublus in 

 nervis lantum setulosa, lepidibus aureo-nilentibus numerosis punclulata, 

 trinervis, nervis supra inconspicuis, sublus valde reticulalis, marginibus 

 leviler, revolulis. 



Pedunmli axillares, peliolis longiores, 4-6 cm., ad apicem solum 

 racemum capituliformem 6-8 florum gerentes; bracteœ lanceolalae, 

 Slipulis similes; calyx lurbinalo-campanulalus, quinque dentalus, flori 

 sequilongus, cc. 10-11 mm.; exlus setoso-pubescens, lepidibus aureis 

 intermixlis, denlibus lanceolalis. acutis, superioribus 2 ad 2/3 cc. 

 connalis, inferioribus 3 profundissime fissis, mediano inferiore pauUo 

 cc. 1 mm. longiore; vexillum oblongum 10/6 mm. basi auriculalum 

 ungue brevi 1,5 mm., glabrura; alœ angusle-oblongae 8/2 mm. basi 

 subhaslato-auriculalae, ungue liliformi 2-2,5 mm.; carina oblonga alis 

 paulio lalior, dorso leviler arcuala, apice obtusa, basi truncala, ungue 

 flliforrai 2,5 mm.; ßlamentum vexillare a basi liberum, arliculalum, 

 filiforme, cselera connala; antherds ovales 0,5 mm.; ovarinm subsessile, 

 apice acutum, in suturis pilosum, lateribus lepidibus citrinis dense 

 vestiliim; Stylus glaber, filiformis, supra medium leviter incrassatus; 

 Stigma capilato-dilalalum; legumen non visum. 



Species nova affinis R. reticnlata DC. a qua dilferL indumento, inflores- 

 centia. foliis et aliis. 



Suffrutex semi-ereclus vel procumbens 0,2-0,3 m. petala lutea, in 

 arenosis siccis in regione fluminis Yhu, flor. mens. : Oct. Hassler 

 n. 9563. 



Yar. major nob. 



Procumbens; foliolis majoribus ovatis, lerminali 45/30 30/20 mm., 

 laleralibus 30/18 32/15 mm. caulibus pubescenli-hirsutis, pedunculis ad 

 10 cm. longis, racemis laxioribus. pauci (4-53-flons lantum, calyce et 

 floribus cc. 1 mm. longioribus. 



Suffrutex 0,4-0,5 m. petala lutea in arenosis siccis pr. Yhu flor. mens. : 

 Oct. Hassler n. 9564. 



^ Rhynchosia caaguazuensis Hassler spec. nov. 



SuffrutexO,S-\ m.; radix lignosa crassa; ca?</ß5 stricli, erecti, simplices, 

 tereles. manifeste slriali, cano tomenlelli, basi cc. 2-3 mm, crassi, in 

 tertio inferiore defoliati; iuteniodia 6-12 mm. folia alterna Irifoliolata; 



