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IND. LATIFOLIA, n. sp. prostrata. foliis late ovatis, simplicibus, fere sessilibus. 
Tabula nostra IT: 4, Ramus cum inflorescentia; 2, flos: 3, petala ; #, stamina cum 
ovario ; », stamen; 6, fructus; 7, semen (fig. 2-7 magn. auctæ). 
9 Rhizoma crassum, lignosum ; caules plures, graciles, prostrati, subsimplices, sca- 
bro-pubescentes, 40-60 cent. alti; stipule lineares, erectæ, 4-6 mill. longæ; folia 
simplicia, sessilia, vel brevissime petiolata, late ovata vel fere orbicularia, emarginata, 
breviter mucronata, basi cordata, superne elabra, subtus parce hispidula, 28-40 mill. 
lata, 25-50 mill. longa, regulariter alternantia; racemi axillares, elongati, jam ante 
anthesin folia superantes, peduneulo demum 15-20 cent. longo, pubescente; flores 
primum congesti, post anthesin plus minusve dissiti, rosei, erecti, patentes, demum 
reflexi, 10 mill. longi, petiolo brevissimo; bracteæ post anthesin caducæ, lineari- 
setaceæ, calyce paullo breviores; calycis laciniæ superiores latiores, inferiores lon- 
giores, omnes setaceæ, corollæ dimidiam partem æquantes, dense pubescentes; vexillum 
patens vel reflexum, orbiculatum, obtusum, extus parce pubescens, 7-6 mill. longum; 
alæ vexillum æquantes, oblique ovatæ; carina brevior, lateraliter gibbosa, breviter 
mucronata, angusta, per anthesin patens vel reflexa: legumen rectum, reflexum, pubes- 
cens, plano-convexum, anguste marginatum, apiculatum, leviter torulosum, 8-10 sper- 
mum, 15-18 mill. longum. 
Ab omnibus speciebus Americanis, foliis simplicibus, sessilibus, fere orbiculatis 
valde differt. 
Caaguazu, in Campis, Oct.; Pastoreo-mi prope Villa Rica, Sept.; 1571 et 1571 a. 
Tribu V. Galegeæ. 
SESBANIA Pers. 
S. EXASPERATA, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. VE, p. 534; Benth. FI. bras., L c., 
p. 42 (Eusesbania). 
(©) Floribus luteis, in ripis arenosis Rio Paraguay prope Assomption, Jan., n. 1379. 
Ar. geogr. In America meridionali calidiore frequens. 
