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pinnato - compositis ) , validis , plerumque divaricatis. Foliolis 

 ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolatis , acutis , supra glabris , subtus ad- 

 presso-pubescentibus v. incano-subsericeis. Racemis elongatis , 

 multifloris , virgatis , densiusculis , ecoronatis ; rachi muticâ ; 

 pedicellis calyce duplo plusve brevioribus, filiformibus, bracteam 

 basi v. secus médium , bracteolas apice v. paulo demissius ge- 

 rentibus. Bracteis bracteolisque filiformi - subulatis. Calycis tubo 

 glabre- v. adpresso-piloso ; segmentis villosis : superioribus trian- 

 gularibus v. e basi dilatata subulatis , tubo aequilongis v. longio- 

 ribus , segmente infime subduplo brevioribus. Vexillo subcor- 

 dato-ovato , acuto , v. acuminato, glabro , v. dorso juxta apicem 

 pubescente, carinâ obtusâ v. acuminulatâ 1/3-1/2 breviori. Le- 

 guminibus subrotundis v. ovato-subrotundis , juventute adpresso- 

 villosis, demain glabris; rostro recto.— Hab. Mauritaniâ : in colli- 

 bus prope Algiriam [Des fontaines! Steinheil! Bové! Schimper! 

 Du four! Durieu!) , Belidam [Durieu!) et Mostaganem [De- 

 lestre!), nec in Atlantis planitiebus elatis [Durieu!). Floret mar- 

 tio , aprili , et majo. 



Frutex 1-3-pedalis, erectus, ramosissimus, spinosissimus. Ramsli flori- 

 feri virides v. subcanescentes, graciles, wgati, foliosi, liaud raro sub- 

 pedales , interdum brèves , saepissime simplices , nonnunquam subpani- 

 culati. Spinœ 4-18 lineas longœ , crassas , angulat* , virides, aristalœ , 

 plerumque rectœ , rarius arcuatae. Folia alia exstipulata, alia stipulis se- 

 taceis mox induratis comitata. Foliola 3-6 lineas longa , mutica , v. obso- 

 lète mucronulata, 1-nervia, tenuia, supra viridia, subtus îmnc sparse vil- 

 losa et concoloria, nunc subiucano-sericea; spinarum îauceolata v. lineari- 

 lanceolata , plerumque minima. Racemi 2-8 pollices lGngï (in ramulis 

 macris 1/2-1-pollicares, laxiores, 5-12-flori) ; pedicelli 1/2-1 1/2 liueam 

 longi , cuni rachi adpresso-villosi v. tomentoso-hirsuti. Bracteœ nunc ca- 

 lycis tubuai subaequantes, nunc pedicellis vix v. paulo longiores. Bracteolae 

 minutœ, calycis tubo subaequilongœ v. paulo longiores, villosas , v. seri- 

 ceae. Calyx 1 1/2-2 lineas longus, herbaceus, e viridi lutescens ; seg- 

 mentum infimum ultra médium fissum : laciniis filiformi-subulatis : latera- 

 libus média brevioribus. Gorolla flava, in sicco haud raro m agis minusve 

 cœrulescens.Vexillum '6-k lineas longum. Alae ovato- v. oyali-v. oblongo- 

 cultriformes, obtusœ, vexillo l|/i-l/3 breviores, carinâ angustiorcs, juxta 

 basin marginibus puberulae, caetero glabrae. Carinâ 4-6 lineas longa, 3 4-1 

 lineamlata, oblongo-cultriformis. Ovarium 8-12-ovulalum, lanceolatum. 

 3 e série. "Bot. T. Tï. (Novembre I 8 \ ï .) \ S 



