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longis, stipellis inconspicuis; foliolum terminale distans, lateralia vix minora, omnia 
anguste ovata vel oblonga, utrinque-angustata, acuta, rigida, superne nitidula, parce 
et adpresse puberula, subtus præcipue ad nervos ut petioli pubescentia, penninervia, 
elevale reticulato-venosa, 4-6 cent. longa, 4-2 cent. lata; pedunculi axillares, folia 
superantes, supra medium dense foriferi, post anthesin 9 mill. longi; bracteæ magnæ, 
stipulæformes, ante anthesin deciduæ; flores 17-18 mill. longi, breviter pedicellati: 
calycis hirsuti tubus latus, basi obtusus, lacinias fere æquans. laciniæ lanceolatæ, 
acuminatæ, vexillo triplo quadruplove breviores, infima paulld longiore; vexillum 
obovatum, auriculis inflexis, breviter appendiculatum, 15 mill. longum, extus dense 
sericeum ; alæ breviter auriculatæ, vix breviores: carina latior, obtusa, rostrata, latera- 
liter saccato-cibbosa ; stylus tenuis, filiformis, superne haud incrassatus; legumen fere 
ovatum, dense villosum, 15 mill. longum, 10 mill. latum, breviter acuminatum ; 
semina oblonga, valde compressa, hilo lineari circà dimidiam partem cingente, 
caruncula mediocri. — E. Riedeli proxima. 
S' Barbara, prope Villa Rica, in pratis, n. 1541 ; in montibus prope Peribebuy, 
n. 1941 a; Caaguazu, in campis, n. 1541 4. Nov.-Mart. 
E. ROTUNDIFOLUM. n. sp. prostratum, pubescens, stipulis liberis, lanceolatis, paten- 
übus, foliolis 3 late rotundato-rhombeis, pedunceulis erectis, folio longioribus, supra 
medium laxe floriferis, calycis laciniis lanceolato-acuminatis, summis altius connatis, 
infimo longiore. 
Tabula nostra XIL: 4. Caulis fragmentum cum floribus et fructibus ; 2, flos ante 
anthesin; 3, Calyx expansus; #4, vexillam; 5, ala ; 6, Carina; 7, stamina ; 8, ovarium ; 
9, legumen longitudinaliter apertum. 
y Rhizoma crassum, tuberosa-lignosum ; caules tenues, prostrati, simplices, striati, 
vix angulaü, pilis brevibus, patentibus, pilis longioribus basi tuberculatis intermixtis, 
scabriuseuli, metrales et ultra; stpulæ patentes vel reflexæ, lanceolatæ, striatæ, pilo- 
sulæ, 7-8 mill. longæ; petioli 15-20 mill. longi, striati, scabro-pubescentes: stipellæ 
setaceæ :; foliola ampla, rotundata, vel rotundato-rhombea, sæpe mucronulata, termi- 
nale 15 mill. distans, majus, 5,5-6 cent. longam, 6-7 cent. latum, lateralia valde 
inæquilatera, minora, omnia rigide membranacea, utrinque ad nervos scabriuscula, 
ceterum glabra, trinervia, param elevate reticulato-venosa ; pedunculi folia multo supe- 
rantes, erecti, 15-20 cent. longi, supra medium laxe floriferi, striati, scabro-pilosuli ; 
bracteæ lanceolatæ, ante anthesin deciduæ:; flores 10 mill. longi, erecto-patentes, pedi- 
cellati, lutei; calyeis pilosi tubus brevis, 2-3 mill. longus, laciniis brevior, laciniæ 
lanceolato-acuminatæ, summæ ad dimidiam partem coalitæ, infima longiore, 8 mill. 
