574 — 



Affine E. violaceo et E. lanceolato Beiith. in HooJi\ 

 Joiirn. IT. p. 62, ab utroque abnnde diversnra, 



Caules angiilato-sulcati , inferne sensim glabrati. Sli- 

 pulae 1 — 1^2 Cent, longae, in unam lauceolalam snbcoali- 

 tac appresse griseo -hirtellae, apice acuminato scarioso snb- 

 piloso- lacero. Petiolus communis 3 mm. longns, petiolult 

 laterales eum circitor aeqnantes, medius panllo longior. Fo- 

 liola coriacea tautu mollia, 5 — 8 cent. longa, medinm late- 

 ralibus pararaper longins, unum lateralium scmper panllo 

 brevins qnara allerum, 8 — 10 mm. lata, raarginibus per to- 

 tara longitudinem revoluta, coslis venosis densis patnio ad- 

 scendentibus prominentibus snbUis fnsco-rufo-pilosis , reticu- 

 iatis sabscrobiculatis, duabns infimis altius secus margiuem 

 adsceudentibus, Pnbes paginae sup. grisea, sed nervus me- 

 dins snpra fusco- hirtellns. Racemi axillares peduncnlati 

 [pedunculo rnfo-hirto l^/a — 2 cent. longo) florentes 5 — 6 

 cent. longi, incano-hirti, densiflori. Bracteae lanceolato - 

 iiavicnlares raerabranaccae hirtae ciliataeqne 1/2 cent. longae 

 ftigaces. Calyx- fusco -hirto-sericeus 1/2 cent. propemodum 

 aeqiians. Corolla flava. Vejcillum extus sericenm obovatnm 

 ungue arcuato, 8 — 9 mm. longum. ^/ae dimidialo- spalhn- 

 latae, basi inaeqtialiter bi-ungniculatae (rel potins nngnicu- 

 latae anticeque dente auctae). Carina a basi alte fissa bipes 

 punctis resinosis inspersa, Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium 

 ellipticum acntum albo-hirtura. Legumen incnrvato- mucro- 

 natum fusco -villosnm disperraum 1 ^/^ cent. longum. 



2. Eriosema {Rhynchosia DC.) crinitum Bentb. 1. r. — 

 Crescit in Savanis ad Onoribo. 



Rhynchosia Lour. 

 1. Rhynchosia punctala DC. Mem. Legum. IX, Tab» 56. 

 Prodr. l. c. p. 3S5. 



