STYLOSANTHES. 3 g^ 
Crescit in monte Turimiquiri 3 prope EL Cocollar , ait. 700 hex. [Provincia Novae 
Andalusice.) o Floret Septembri. 
Herba 3 - 4 -pedalis; ramis elongatis, ad nodos articulatis, teretibus , sulcato-striatis, ab uno latere linea 
pubescente notatis, et ibidem apicem versus pilis setosis hispidulis. Folia alterna, petiolata, valde remota; 
internodiis 3 - 3 ~ pollicaribus. Foliola subsessilia, cum petiolo communi articulata, linearia, argute acuta, 
integerrima, obsolete venosa nervisque duobus marginalibus subtus prominentibus rigidis instructa, mem¬ 
branacea, puberula, subtus pallidiora; intermedium 10-n lineas longum, lineam latum; duo lateralia a 
terminali remota, paulo minora. Petiolus communis angulatus, interne canaliculatus, puberulus, adjecta 
rhaclii (lineam longa) -|-i-pollicaris, stipulis adnatus, loco ubi liber evadit articulatus, ubi foliola inserta 
villosus. Stipulae lanceolatse, acuminato-subulata;, striato-nervosa?, puberulae, juniores hispidas, vaginato- 
connatas et petiolo adnatac, apice liberae, semipollicares. Glomeruli in apice ramorum subsolitarii, subglo- 
bosi, brevissime pedunculati, e fasciculis compluribus compositi; fasciculis bracteatis. Bractea ( fig . xi.) 
arcte imbricatae, uniflorae, pilis flavescentibus hispidae; extimae foliis similes, sed minores et ad foliolum 
solitarium redactae; interiores gradatim minores. Flores ( fig. 3 .) minuti ( fig. 1.), sessiles, tribracteolati 
[fig. 2.); bracteolis subspathulato-lanceolatis, acutis, uninerviis, tenuissime membranaceis, superne sericeo- 
hirsutis, inaequalibus. Calyx tenuiter membranaceus, glaber, virescens, caducus ; tubus longissimus, tenuis¬ 
simus, cylindraceus ; limbus campanulatus, quadrilobus, ciliatus; lobis obtusis ; superiore latissimo, emar¬ 
ginato ; reliquis oblongis ; inferiore concavo, lateralibus majore. Praefloratio : lobi marginibus sibi mutuo 
incumbentes, inferior exterior. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacca, summo tubo calycis inserta, alba, glabra; 
petala longe unguiculata (unguibus inferne tubo stamineo adhaerentibus), flabellato- nervosa; superius 
(vexillum,/^. 4-) obovatum, emarginatum, inferne cuneatum, limbum calycis duplo superans, ante aper¬ 
tionem floris alas et earinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (alae, fig. 5 .) breviora, oblique obovato-oblonga, apice 
rotundata, basi semisagittata (lobo lineari elongato obtuso) ; duo inferiora (carina, fig. 6.) alis paulo bre¬ 
viora, falcata, obtusa, subsemicordata, supra unguem gibba, marginibus contiguis superne cohaerentia. 
Stamina ( fig. 7.) decem, monadelpha, ibidem inserta, adseendentia, in carina recondita; alterna antheris 
multo minoribus instructa, in floribus apertis longiora, in alabastro breviora. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, 
diaphana, glabra, omnia in tubum membranaceum, decemnervium, compressum, supra longitudinaliter 
apertum connata, superne libera. Anthers2 ( fig. 8.) biloculares, glabrae; majores (apertae) oblongae; 
minores (item apertae) subrotundae. Ovarium [fig- 10.) in fundo tubi calycis, sessile, minutissimum, lineare, 
glabriusculum, biovulatum, apice in stylum desinens. Stylus capillaceus, longissimus, glaber, stamina 
aequans. Stigma obtusum. Squamula minutissima, subrotunda, carnosa, alba, eucullata, interdum lobata 
(lobulo altero multo minore), in fundo limbi calycis ( fig. 9.), dorso vexillum spectans. Legumen ( fig. 12.) 
biarticulatum, estipitatum; articulus inferior minutissimus, vacuus, subturbinatus, pilosus; superior 
subrotundo-reniformis, lenticulari- compressus, rudimento styli brevi uncinato-reflexo terminatus, mem¬ 
branaceus, glaber, nervosus, diaphanus, maculis fuscis et glandulis minutissimis punctiformibus conspersus, 
vix magnitudine grani cannabis, monospermus, non dehiscens. Semen ( fig. i 4 - i 5 .) suturae rectiori insertum, 
infra apicem podospermio brevissimo suspensum [fig. i 3 .), subrotundo-reniforme, lenticulari-compressum, 
laeve, glabrum, atrum, nitidum, A lineae longum; hilo parvo, orbiculari. Integumentum duplex; exterius 
chartaceum, atro-purpureum; interius tenuissime membranaceum, purpurascens, exteriori adhaerens. 
Embryo ( fig. 16.) flavescens. Endospermium nullum. Cotyledones reniformes, plano-convexae, rotundatae, 
aequales. Radicula in extremitate apicem leguminis spectante sita, inflexa et hilum spectans, teretiuscula, 
obtusa, cotyledonibus dimidio brevior. 
4 . STYLOSANTHES GUJANENSIS. 
S. caule erecto stipulisque pubescenti-pilosis; foliolis lanceolatis, utrinque pubescentibus; 
floribus capitato-conglomeratis , terminalibus, bracteato- in volueratis; bracteis hispidis; legumi¬ 
nibus hirsutis (teste A ubi.). 
Stylosanthes gujanensis Swartz. in Act. Holm. 1789. p. 284. Sp. pl. ed. PV. 3 . p. 1167. 
Trifolium gujanense Aubl. Gujan. 2. p. 776. t. 3 og. 
Crescit prope Mariquitam Novo- Grancitensium , ait. 5 00 hex. o Floret Junio. 
Radix ramosa. Caulis erectus, subsimplex, subio-pollicaris, teres, pubescens, pilis mollibus patentissimis 
obsitus, articulatus; ramis brevissimis in axillis foliorum summorum. Folia alterna, petiolata, ternata. 
Foliola summo petiolo communi insidentia (rhachi nulla vel brevissima?), lanceolata, argute acuta, basi 
acutiuscula et brevissime petiolata, venosa, venis obliquis subparallelis, apicem versus, margini ita approxi- 
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