12 CONTRIBUTIONS 
Var. major. In pratis apricis montium Peribebuy; Oct, n. 1567, specimen in 
omnibus partibus majus; caule, flore, inflorescentia omnino /nd. gracilis ; sed folia 
lineari-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, 2-3 cent. longa, potins ad formam unifoliolatam 
Ind. asperifoliæ pertinent; varietas ideo inter has species male definitas intermedia. 
Ar. geogr. In Brasiliæ prov. S. Paul. 
IND. ASPERIFOLIA, Bong. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist., IE, p. 431; Benth. FI. bras., I. c., 
p. 38; Gris. Symb., p. 99. 
y Flores rosei, Villa Rica in collibus incultis, Oct., n. 1863. 
Ar. geogr. Frequens in collibus et campis siccis Boliviæ, Bras. australis, Uruguay et 
Resp. Argentinæ. 
ID. camPEsTRIS, Bong. ibid.; Benth. FI. bras. |. c., p. 38. 
Species Ind. asperifoliæ affinis. 
Ibitimi, Villa Rica, in pascuis; n. 1570, 1570 a et b; legumen 17-18 mill. lon- 
gum, rectum, reflexum, polyspermum, scabro-hispidulum. 
Var. angustifolia. Rhizoma crassum, caules plures erecti vel ascendentes, ramosi, 
angulati, scabro-puberuli, 30-40 cent. alti; stpulæ e basi lanceolata lineari-setaceæ, 
acutissimæ, persistentes : folia 9-13 foliolata, rachi 1,5-2,5 cent. longo, foliola anguste 
lanceolata, utrinque acuta, mucronata, scabro-puberula, 1,5-2 cent. longa, # mill. 
lata; pedunculi demum 15-18 cent. longi, a medio floriferi ; flores 7-8 mill. longi, 
primum congesti, postea plus minusve dissiti: bracteæ setaceæ; calycis laciniæ tubo 
multo longiores, longe setaceæ, fere æquilongæ, corollam circiter æquantes; petala 
latiuseula, carina rostrata ; legumen reflexum, rectum 2,5 cent. longum, scabro-pubes- 
cens, Compressum, suturis incrassatis, cirea 12 spermum. 
Ab. I. campestris forma typica foliolorum forma imprimis differre videtur. 
Caaguazu, in Campis, n. 1569. 
Ar. geogr. In Brasilia australi, præcipue in prov. Rio Grande do Sul. 
Ixp. microcARPA, Desv. Journ. Bot., 1814, p.79 ; Benth. FI. bras. I. c., p. 39, t. 6. 
La Trinidad prope urbem Assomption in locis apricis; Maio, n. 1535. 
Ar. geogr. In Brasilia septentrionali, in Venezuela et insulis nonnullis Indiæ ocei- 
dentalis. 
Ixp. An, L. Mant., 272; Benth. FI. bras., I. c., p. 42; Gris. Symb., p. 99. 
Prope Assomption subspontanea. Maio, n. 1536. 
Ar. geogr. Xn America centrali et tropica frequens spontanea vel culta. 
