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quod folia fert nonnnlla, qnornm foliola a etipra descriptis vix 

 abhorrent, at*ex quornm axiüis ramiili orluntur, in quibus pe- 

 tioli foliola ferunt illa angustiora, ut aliis adhibitiä ramis 

 omnes persequi possis transitns. 



Tres Machaerii species novas niiper inter Brasiliae stirpea 

 repertas dissertationi nostrae praelo jam commissac qmim impli- 

 cere uon liceat , ad calcem subjungimus. 



Mach, pedicellatum m. M. petiolo glabro, foliolis 5 ob- 

 longls obtiiso-acuminatis glabris, racemis apicc snbfer-; 

 riigineo-tonientosis, pedicello calycem aeqiiaute, staitd-^ 

 iiibus diadelphis. ■ — 



Petiolus communis circ. 2 — 2"^'^ longus, glaberrimns;; 

 foliola membranacea , oblouga, utrinque elliptico - attemiata seu 

 basi ovata, apice (saepius longo) obtuso -acuminata, circ. 2''' 

 longa 1" lata, glaberrima, reticulato-venosa. Racemi axil- 

 lares, pedunculo compresso apicc subrecnrvato, basi snbglabro, 

 apice plus minus pube sordide ferrugineo-aurea tomentoso; pe- 

 dicelli ultra lineani longi , compressi, superiores bracteolaequc 

 orTiiculato - ovatae adpressae tomentosi. Flores 5'" longi. Ca- 

 lyx campanulatus , 5-dcntatus; dentes brcves apice rotundato- 

 obtusi, superiores latioros. Corolla violacea; vexilliim quam 

 cetera petala lougins extus ferruginco - aureum ; carina bipes, 

 petalis erectis dorso curvatis connatis apice rotnndatis basi au- 

 tice deutatis, Stamina diadelpha, decimo plane libcro. Ova- 

 rium basi in stipitem attenuatum, subanreo-scriceiim; stjlus 

 compressus, glaber, obliquo-adscendens; vaginula ovarii sti- 

 pitem includcns acqui-tubulosa, 10-costata, obliquo- truucala, 

 autice altior. Leg. ignotum. 



Manso et Lhotzky leg. pr. Rio Jan. c. fl. mense Novembr. 



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