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LEGUMIN 0 S 2 E, 
longior. Stigma obtusum, pilis brevibus cinctum. Margo in fundo calycis, obliquus, subannularis, integer. 
Legumina breviter stipitata, oblongo-teretiuscula, inflata, lateribus tumida, oblique acuta, transverse venosa, 
puberula, fuscescentia, unilocularia, bivalvia, polysperma, sesquipollicaria, quinque lineas lata; valvis coria¬ 
ceis. Semina circiter 18, approximata, biseriata, oblique reniformia, superne (ubi apicem leguminis spectant) 
paulo latiora et ab uno latere uncinato-subrostellata, lenticulari-compressa, laevissima, fusca, glabra, nitida, 
magnitudine lentis minoris; hilum parvum, sub apice subrostellato incurvato situm. Podospermia crassius- 
cula, teretia, subeurvata, lineam longa, persistentia. Integumentum membranaceum, interne membranula 
tenuissima diaphana arcte vestitum. Endospermium tenue, gelatinosum, hyalinum, integumentum interne 
obducens. Embryo fuscus. Cotyledones ellipticas^ subreniformes, obtusae, plano-convexiusculce, carnosae, 
aequales. Radicula subclavata, ad extremitatem latiorem seminis sita, uncinato-inflexa, hilum spectans, 
obtusiuscula, cotyledonibus dimidio brevior. Plumula subimperspicua. 
C. arborescenti proxima. 
9 . CRQTALARXA cajanifolia. -f- 
C, fruticosa (?); foliis Leniatis; foliolis oblongis, obtusis, mucronatis, basi subcuneatis, supra 
glabris, subtus adpresso- puberulis et canescentibus; racemis multifloris; leguminibus poly- 
spermis calycibusque adpresso-pubescentibus. 
Crescit, in declivitate montis Jorullo , ait. 58o hex. ? Floret Septembri. 
Ramuli teretiusculi, adpresso-puberuli. Folia alterna, petiolata, ternata. Foliola summo petiolo inserta 
(rhachi nulla), oblonga, obtusa, mucronata, basi subcuneata et breviter petiolata, integerrima, reticu- 
lato-venosa, venis primariis subparallelis nervoque medio subtus prominentibus, membranacea, supra 
glabra et laite viridia, subtus adpresso-puberula et canescentia; terminale 19-22 lineas longum, 8-9)- lineas 
latum; lateralia paulo minora, 1 5 - 17 lineas longa; petioli proprii 1-1^ lineam longi, serieeo-pubescentes. 
Petiolus communis subangulatus, adpresso-puberulus, i 5 -18 lineas longus. Stipulie petiolares.. 
Racemi subterminales, tardius oppositifolii, solitarii, pedunculati, multiflori, adjecto pedunculo sesqui-aut 
bipollicares; fructiferi duplo longiores; pedunculo 5 -1 4 lineas longo, teretiusculo rhachique (angulata) 
adpresso-puberulis. Flores sparsi, pedicellati, magnitudine floris Crotalarise incanae; pedicellis 2-2 ^-lineas 
longis, adpresso-puberulis, basi unibracteatis, superne bibracteolatis; bracteis lineari-subulatis, adpresso- 
pubescentibus, persistentibus, sesquilineam longis; bracteolis suboppositis, minutis, linearibus, puberulis, 
adpressis. Calyx urceolato-campanulatus, usque ad tertiam partem (infimam) quinquefidus, membranaceus, 
viridis, externe adpresso-pubescens, persistens; laciniis elongatis, valde acuminatis, trinerviis, subasqualibus; 
infima paulo longiore. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, flava, glabra; petala 
flabellato-nervosa; superius (vexillum) lacinias calycinas paulo superans, subrotundo-ovatum, subcordatum 
et breviter unguiculatum, ad angulum rectum adseendens, apice rotundatum, supra unguem bigibbosum, 
ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens (ungue subrotundo, concavo, interne villoso); duo lateralia 
(alae) vix breviora, longius unguiculata, ad angulum rectum adseendentia, oblonga, obtusa, ab uno latere supra 
unguem fimbriata; duo inferiora (carina) alas multo superantia, falcato-semilunata, oblique ovata, superne 
angustato-acuta, basi semicordata, concava, supra unguem gibba, fimbriata, marginibus contiguis superne 
cohaerentia; ungue cuneato. Stamina 10, monadelpha, ibidem inserta, adseendentia, in carina recondita; 
quinque alterna antheris minoribus instructa, in alabastro breviora, in flore aperto longiora. Filamenta 
lineari-capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, glabra, inferne in tubum connata; tubus compressus, supra 
secundum longitudinem fissus, marginibus cohaerentibus (?). Antherie biloculares, obtusae, basi emarginatae, 
dorso supra basim affixae, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, glabrae; quinque ovato-cordatae; quinque multo 
longiores, lineares, superne paulo attenuatae, subarcuata;. Ovarium stipitatum, oblongo-lineare, compressum, 
basi interiore gibbo-angulatum, superne et ad suturam ovuliferam sericeum, apice in stylum desinens, uni- 
loculare; ovula circiter 17, suturae vexillum spectanti affixa, biseriata, reniformia, subadseendentia, glabra; 
stipes compressus, subcurvatus, longitudine fere ovarii, adpresso-puberulus. Stylus longus, subulatus, 
uncinato-adseendens, inferne compressus, stamina superans, superne ad latus interius pubescenti-barbatus. 
Stigma subcapitellatum, basi pilis cinctum. Margo annularis integer in fundo calycis, stipitem ovarii laxe 
cingens, glaber. Legumina suboblonga, inflato-teretiuscula, ad latera turgida, secundum suturam seminiferam 
planiuscula, rudimento styli reflexo mucronata, breviter stipitata, calyce staminibusque persistentibus 
suffulta, pallide fuscescentia, subtus subpurpurascentia, adpresso-puberula, laevia, subpollicaria, i-locularia, 
bivalvia; valvis coriaceis. Semina (suppetentia immatura) crebra, biseriata, subreniformia, podospermiis 
longiusculis suspensa. 
Crotalariie incanae valde affinis, distincta praesertim forma foliolorum. 
