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dentlbus loiigc actimiiialo - liiiformüjiis eiliatis, Ir^umiae paiici- 

 articiilalü hinc rccto liiiic siniiato pilis imcinatis piibcriil». 

 Crescit prope pl. Zwarigheid, in. Oct. 

 Ex affiiiilate D. racemiferi ^ ancistrocarpi caet, 

 Caules 1 — 2 pedaics. Petiolt 1 ^/2 — ^ cent. loiigi, 

 subbifarie pilosi; petioluli deiise hiiti 2 — 4 inna. longi, bro- 

 viores quam stipellae filiformes ciliatae. VoUola laliora 

 inferiorum 1^/2 — 2 cont, longa, racdiuiii 2^/2 5 superiorum 

 laloraüa 3, medium 4 cent. longa, omnia subtus nervo me- 

 dio proraineute notata, veais obsoletis vel parum conspicnis. 

 Stipulae 1 — 1 •/2 ^'«^"t« longae_, striatae, neivosae. Pedi- 

 celli 1 — II/2 cent. loiigi, filiformes. 



4. Desmodium spectabile. Caule tercti vel letragono- 

 tercti pilis hamalis scaliro- piibosceule hirtove, foliis tri — 

 qnandoque unifoliolalls, folinlis coriaccis supra subscabro- 

 pubcrulis, siiblns iiicano ~ birlis j raucronatis, snmmo ovato 

 obluso vel aculluseuln, lateralibus ranllo rainoribus oblongis, 

 stipulis e basi dilataia ovato - lanceolatis inaeqiiilateris aeu- 

 minatis strialis coriaceis marcescentibus, stipellis lanceolatis, 

 inllorescentia arapla panienlata, racemis mfescenllnis bracteis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis viridulis hirtis dcridnis, lloribus ple- 

 rumque geminis breviter pedicellatis, legumiue 5 — 6-articu- 

 lato hyalino spiraliter torto rancronato, iiiferne uncinato- pii- 

 benilo, superne glabro. 



Crescit in Surinamo ad Onoribo in Savanna arenosa ia- 

 tcr gramina alta, ra. Marl. Frulex. 



D. phijsocarpo Vogel in Linnaca XII. p. 104. cogna- 

 lum nee non D. rubiginoso Benlh. in Annah of Nat. 

 liist. IIL p. 404, afliue, ab ulroque notis propositis haud 

 dtibie distiuctissimum. Constitiiit aiitem cum liis paurisqiie 

 aliis seclioneu) peculiareiu slatura, indumenlo, fuliolis amplis 

 el intloresLcnlia magna pyramidata insignem. 



