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branaceus, viridis, externe pubescens, persistens; labium superius breve, emarginato-bidentatum; dentibus 
acutis, recurvatis; inferius trifidum; laciniis ovato-lanceolatis; infima paulo longiore, canaliculata. Corolla 
pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta; petala albida?, glabra; superius (vexillum, fig . 40 
calycem triplo superans, sessile, ellipticum, emarginato-bilobum, lobis rotundatis, adscendens, subcarina- 
tum, superne patulum, flabellato-nervosum, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia 
(alas, fig, 5.) paulo breviora, longe unguiculata, oblonga, apice rotundata, semicordata, flabellato-venosa, 
carinae adpressa eique supra medium adhaerentia; duo inferiora (carina, fig. 6.) alis breviora, subspathulata, 
longissime unguiculata, superne falcato-curvata, ab uno latere rotundata, subsemicordata, concava, mar¬ 
ginibus contiguis cohaerentia. Stamina {fig. 2.) io, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina 
recondita, alterna breviora. Filamenta lineari- capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, glabra, persistentia; novem 
in tubum compressum, supra longitudinaliter apertum connata, superne libera; decimum (superius) solutum. 
Glandula minuta obtusa, basi interiori tubi staminei adnata. Antherie {fig- 7- S.) subrotundae, utrinque 
leviter emarginatse, dorso supra basim affixas, biloculares, glabrae, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, 
omnes conformes. Pollen ( fig. 9.) : granula minutissima, libera, subrotundo-subelliptica. Ovarium 
{fig. 10.) lineare, compressum, inferne attenuatum, substipitatum, apice in stylum desinens, glabrum, 
uniloculare. Ovula {fig- 11.J 10, suturae vexillum spectanti affixa ( fig. i 5 .), biseriata, subrotunda, com¬ 
pressa, subadscendentia. Stylus ad angulum rectum adscendens, stamina aequans, ovario triplo brevior, 
superne pubescens. Stigma (fig. 12.) capitellatum, puberulum. Discus nullus. Fructus adhuc ignoti. 
4 . VICIA SETIFOLIA. -j- 
V. caulibus debilibus, glabriusculisj foliolis 8-9, angustissime linearibus, acuto-submu- 
cronatis, utrinque rhaclrique puberulis; stipulis lanceolatis, semisagittatis; pedunculis 3 - 4 - 
floris, folia paulo superantibus calycibusque pubescentibus; leguminibus lanceolatis, glabris. 
Crescit prope Mexico , Quito et Santa Fe de Bogota , ait. 1170- i 5 oo hex. ^ 
Caules debiles, filiformes, subsimplices, sulcato-quadrangulares, glabriusculi. Folia alterna, subsessilia, 
pinnata, cirrosa. Foliola 8 vel 9, brevissime petiolata, alterna, interdum subopposita, angustissime linearia, 
acuto-submucronata, obsoletissime venosa, utrinque puberula, 8-11 lineas longa, 4 linece lata; superiora 
vix breviora. Rhachis puberula, 10-12 lineas longa, in cirrum bifidum spiraliter revolutum desinens. 
Stipula petiolares geminae, lanceolatis, acuminato-subulatas, semisagittatai, puberulae, virides, duas lineas 
longae. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, 3 - 4 -flori, puberuli, 1- 2-pollicares. Flores pedicellati, alterni, remoti, 
racemosi, magnitudine floris Lathyri Aphacie; pedicellis sesquilineam longis, pubescentibus, basi bracteatis(P). 
Calyx campanulatus, quinquelobus, basi turbinatus, quinquenervius, membranaceus, externe pubescens, 
persistens; lobis acuminatis; duobus superioribus adscendentibus; infimo longiore, sed angustiore. Corolla 
pentapetala, papilionacea^ calyci supra basim inserta, glabra, incarnata (?); petala flabellato-nervosa; 
superius (vexillum) calycem quadruplo superans, obovatum, emarginato-bilobum, lobis rotundatis, basi 
subcuneatum, reflexo-patentissimum; duo lateralia (alas) paulo breviora, longe unguiculata, subelliptica, 
apice rotundata, semisagittata, carinas adpressa eique supra unguem adhaerentia; duo inferiora (carina) 
vexillo fere dimidio breviora, longe unguiculata, falcata, semiorbiculata, obtusa., concava, subsemicordata, 
marginibus contiguis cohaerentia. Stamina decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina 
recondita, alterna breviora. Filamenta lineari- capillacea, glabra; novem in tubum compressum membra¬ 
naceum, supra longitudinaliter fissum connata, superne libera; superius (petalo oppositum) solutum, nonnisi 
margini alteri tubi staminei adhasrens. Antherie subrotundo-reniformes, utrinque leviter emarginatas, dorso 
supra basim affixae, biloculares, glabrae, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovarium 
lineare, compressum, inferne angustatum et brevissime stipitatum, glabrum, uniloculare; ovula 10 vel 11, 
suturae vexillum spectanti affixa, lenticularia, subadscendentia. Glandula a me haud visa ; an nulla ? Stylus 
brevis, ad angulum rectum adscendens, apice barbato-villosus. Stigma obtusum. Legumina lanceolata, 
compressa, breviter stipitata, stylo terminata, laevia, glabra, fuscescentia, calyce et filamentis persistentibus 
suffulta, pollicaria et longiora, 2 4 lineas lata, unilocularia, bivalvia; valvis coriaceo-chartaceis. Semina 
immatura, orbiculata, compressa, laevia, glabra, fusco-nigra, lineam lata; hilum lineare, tertiam partem 
peripheriae occupans. Podospermium breviusculum, apice bifurcatum; lobo uno brevi; altero longissimo, 
lineari, membranaceo, hilum obtegente. 
