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cent, the upper longer. Wings elliptic, “ glabrous,” thrice as long 
as sepals, equalling corolla. Upper petals obovate, shorter than 
keel. Capsule elliptic-orbicular, emarginate, membranaceous, cili- 
ate, glabrous on sides. Aril apparently rather small. — HBK. 
Nov. Gen. v. 409. t. 512 (1821). P. americana Mill. a. normalis 
Ktze. Rev. i. 48 (1891), as to synonym. — Not seen; recorded by 
HBK. from near Ario, alt. 1830 m. — Chodat’s description, made 
from the types (Monog. ii. 24 (1893)) does not agree in all char- 
acters with the original. I can discover no feature in the original 
description to distinguish the species from Chodat’s P. Albowiana, 
but am unwilling to unite them without examining the types. 
49. P. AtBowrana Chod. Suffruticulose, several-stemmed, 
erect, 3-4 dm. high. Stems subsimple or sparsely branched, rather 
densely pubescent with short incurved hairs mixed with plentiful 
longer spreading hairs. Leaves ovate (the lower, not seen, probably 
oval), acute, cuspidate, at base rounded to cuneate-rounded, thin, 
with 3-4 pairs of lateral veins, not reticulate, green above, pale be- 
neath, rather densely pubescent both sides with rather long in- 
curved hairs, 2.5—5.6 em. long, 1.5-3 em. wide, on petioles 1-2 mm. 
long, pubescent like the stem. Racemes 1.5-13 cm. long, loosely 
flowered; pedicels rather sparsely incurved-pubescent, 3.5-5.5 mm. 
long. Flowers purplish. Sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, acutish, 
pubescent with incurved hairs, 2-2.5 mm. long. Wings oval, 
rounded at apex, cuneate at base, very sparsely puberulous along 
midnerve, somewhat purplish-tinged, 5-6 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide. 
Keel glabrous, 6-6.2 mm. long. Upper petals oblong-subovate, cili- 
ate toward base, 5mm. long. Capsule elliptic, ciliate, pale, reticu- 
late, 1.2 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, in youth sometimes slightly puberu- 
lous on the sides; occasionally one cell is abortive and densely 
appressed-pubescent, while the other is glabrous except for the 
marginal cilia. Seed pilose, 4.2-4.7 mm. long. Aril 1.5-2 mm. 
long, cloak-like, with lobulate or slightly lobed margin, rather 
closely involving the seed. — Chod.! Bull. Herb. Boiss. iii. 123 
(1895). — Janisco: barranca near Guadalajara, 8 Nov. 1888, 
Pringle 2147 (G); cool slopes of barranca near Guadalajara, Sept.— 
Oct. 1891, Pringle 3876 (Type coLL.: BGK); granitic ledges of 
barranea of Guadalajara, 1375 m., 28 Sept. 1903, Pringle 11375 
(GK). Mrcwoacan: granitic soil, El Ocote, 600 m., Dec. 1898, 
Langlassé 722 (G). Morexos: Acapulco, Oct. 1894—Mar. 1895, 
