1) ALEA. 
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peduneulata, ovata, obtusa, 7-8 lineas longa, densissime multiflora; pedunculo subquinquepolli- 
cari, tereti, nudo, adpresso-pubescente. Flores sessiles, bracteati, parvi- bracteis lanceolatis, acumi¬ 
nato-aristatis , concavis, dorso sericeo-hirsutis, longitudine calycis. Calyx turbinato-campanulatus, 
quinquedentatus, tenuiter membranaceus, 10-nervius, eglandulosus, externe sericeo-hirsutus, interne 
glaber; dentibus subulato-aristatis, hirsutis, tubo longioribus. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, violacea, 
glabra; petala longe unguiculata, tenuiter membranacea, flabellato-venosa, eglandulosa; superius (vexillum) 
fundo calycis insertum ejusque dentes parum superans, suborbiculatum, apice rotundatum, obsolete tri- 
lobum, basi sagittatum, lobis acutis, incurvatis, subcarinatum et adscendens, ante apertionem floris petala 
reliqua semiamplectens; duo lateralia tubo stamineo insertae vexillo longiora, inaequilatera , oblonga, 
obtusa, semicordata, carinae adpressa eamque paulo superantia; duo inferiora (carina) ibidem ac alae 
inserta, sed altius, irregulariter ovata, obtusa, semisagittata, lobo acuto incurvato, concava, marginibus 
contiguis superne cohaerentia. Stamina 10, fundo calycis inserta, adseendentia, alterna breviora, in carina 
recondita, omnia fertilia. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, diaphana, uninervia, albida, glabra, in tubum mem¬ 
branaceum, compressum, supralongitudinaliter apertum connata, superne libera. Anthera: ellipticae,utrinque 
emarginatse, dorso affixae, biloculares, glabrce, longitudinaliter parum interne dehiscentes, omnes conformes. 
Ovarium sessile, oblique oblongum, compressum, basi cuneatum, apice in stylum desinens, sericeo-villosum, 
uniloculare; ovula duo, subreniformia, compressa, suturae vexillum spectanti inserta, supra basim affixa, 
glabra. Stylus filiformis, glaber, adscendens, stamina superans. Stigma simplex. Fructus ignotus. 
2. DALEA MICROPHYLLA. -j" 
D. fruticulosa j caulibus procumbentibus, apice 3 - 4 - stachyis foliolisque glabris, 9-10-jugis, 
oblongis, obtusis, crassiusculis; spicis oblongo-cylindraceis; calycibus glandulosis, sericeo- 
pilosis. 
Crescit locis montosis Peruvice, inter Loxam et San Felipe , prope Guancabambam , 
ait . 1028 hex. f) Floret Augusto. 
Fruticulus 1-2-pedalis,saepe procumbens; ramis (caulibus?) subangulatis, glabris, tuberculis glandulosis 
hinc inde obsitis, apice ramosis et 3 - 4 -stachyis; ramulis alternis. Folia alterna, in ramulis abbreviatis sub- 
fasciculata, petiolata. Foliola opposita, 9-10-juga (12- i 5 -juga ex Bonpl.) cum impari, brevissime petio- 
lata, oblonga, utrinque obtusa, integerrima, crassiuscula, obsolete uninervia, glabra, subtus glandulis nigris 
punctiformibus obsita, 2 A lineas longa, 1-14 lineas lata; superiora parum minora; petiolis propriis 
glabris. Rhacliis communis adjecto petiolo 12-14 lineas longa, glabra, inferne glandulosa. Tuberculus 
glandulosus ad basim cujuslibet petioli proprii, rhachi insidens. Stipulie lanceolatas, acuminate, ciliatas, 
ramulo adpressas. Spic* in apice ramulorum solitariae, oblongas, cylindraceae, densiflora, --1-pollicares. 
Flores sessiles, unibracteati, paulo majores quam in praecedente, flavi et rubri in eadem planta (teste Bonpl.); 
bracteis lanceolatis, acuminato-subulatis, carinato-concavis, superne glandulis obsitis, externe sericeo- 
hirsutis, dentes calycinos asquantibus. Calyx turbinato-campanulatus, quinquedentatus, decemnervius, 
membranaceus, inter nervos glandulis oblongis croceis obsitus, externe sericeo-pilosus, interne glaber, 
persistens; dentibus acuminato-subulatis, hirsutis; inferiore tubum longitudine asquante; reliquis paulo 
brevioribus. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, glabra ; petala unguiculata, flabellato-venosa, apice glan¬ 
dula lineari instructa; superius (vexillum) calyci supra basim insertum, late reniforme, cucullatum, interne, 
supra unguem, denticulis duobus crassiusculis instructum, calycem superans, adscendens; duo lateralia 
(alse) tubo stamineo inserta et vexillum superantia, obliqua, oblonga, obtusa, basi semicordata, carinai 
adpressa; duo inferiora (carina) maxima, item tubo stamineo inserta, sed altius quam alai, quas multo 
superant, obliqua, subrotundo-ovata, obtusa, semicordata, concava, marginibus contiguis superne cohae¬ 
rentia. Stamina 10, omnia fertilia, calyci supra basim affixa, alterna breviora, adseendentia, in carina 
latentia. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, diaphana, glabra, uninervia, omnia in tubum membranaceum com¬ 
pressum, supra longitudinaliter apertum connata, superne libera, persistentia. Antiierie ellipticae, obtusae, 
basi emarginate, dorso affixae, biloculares, glabrte, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, cserulescentes, 
omnes conformes. Ovarium sessile, obovato-oblongum, basi cuneatum, compressum, apice in stylum 
desinens, membranaceum, hirsutum, basim versus glabrum, glandulosum. Ovula duo, subreniformia. 
Stylus filiformis, pilosus, superne glaber, stamina paulo superans. Stigma simplex. Legumen obovato-cunea- 
tum, deltoideum, compressum, per basim styli rostratum, membranaceum, glandulis obsitum, superne 
1 Petala omnia e fundo calycis prodeunt, sed ungues petalorum quatuor inferiorum per partem inferiorem tubo stamineo 
adhaerent; unguis articulatus, ubi liber evadit. 
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