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exsertis puniceis; legumine ignoto. 6 — Species affinis I. Iloustoni DC., a qua dif-fert ramulis et petiolis non rufo-tomcntosis, lloribus capitalo-congeslis stamini-busque brevioribus. — Crescit in pinetis Socorro et Sierra de Yavexia in Mexico.

139. I. ELEGANS Mari, et Galeotti 1. c. 321. — Caule peliolisque molliter hirsutis;foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 15-20-jugis, foliolis multijugis imbricatis linearibus denseciliatis, superficie glabriusculis, junioribus sericeo—villosis; capitulis sublrillorispedunculatis, in racemum terminalem thyrsoideum densum dispositis; pedunculisfloribusque subscriceo-tomentosis; staminibus purpureis longe exsertis. 6 —Pinnae subsessiles 5-pollicares, pinnulae 1 '/a—pollicares, racemus terminalis co-noideus 2—3—pollicaris, calyx 5-fidus 2-3-linearis campanulatus, corolla sericeaquintuplo longior. — Crescit in Mcxico in sylvis Misleca Alta in prov. Oaxaca.

140. I ? VILLOSA Mart. et Galeotti 1. c. 319. — Inermis: foliis bipinnatis, pinnis2-3-jugis, foliolis 12—15—jugis subdimidialo-oblongis scriceo-canesccnli-villosis;capitulis paucifioris pedunculatis axillaribus solitariis folio longioribus; stami-nibus purpureis longe exsertis; legumino ignoto. 6 — Crescit in Mexico in mon-tibus cactifcris Tchuacan.

141. I. NITENS Mart. et Galeotti I. c. 319. — Inermis: foliis conjugato-pinnalis,pinnis foliola tria gerentibus, foliolis nitidis glaberrimis obliquis oblongis oblusis,petiolis glabris; capitulis florum pedunculatis, in apice ramorum subfasciculalis;staminibus roseis purpureis elongatis; legumino ignoto. $ — Species affinis 1.pungenti Willd. — Crescit in Mexico in sylvis ad Tepinapa.

142. 1. PURIRAMEA Sleudcl, Flora (11. Z.) XXVI. II. 759. — Ramis, petiolis pedun-cuiisque pubescentibus; foliis 5—jugis, foliolis lineari-oblongis acutiusculis glabris;glandulis interpctiolaribus cupuliformibus; pedunculis lateralibus solitariis, apiceumbelliferis mulli Horis; corollis tenuiter pubescentibus; staminibus longissimisalte monadelphis. 6 — Crescit in Surinam.

143. I. {??) PURPURASCENS Hsskrl. Catal. pl. hort. Rogor. 291. — Foliis bipinnatis,jiinnis 11—18—jugis, pinnulis 15—45—jugis dimidiato-oblongis acutiusculis, in nervomedio supra pilosulis, margine ciliatis, subtus glaucescentibus et dense adpressepuberulis; glandulis maximis supra rhachidis basin cl reliquis inter paria 3-2suprema oblongis sessilibus; capitulis pedunculatis in ramis subaphyltis axilla-ribus; pedunculis solitariis, binis ternisvc 1-2-cephalis; floribus albidis, i —Crescit in Java.

XXIX? (LIXIA Casuretlo.

(Casarelto, Novar. stirp. Itrasil. dccad. p. 83.)

Flores.? Legumen non articulatum rectum continuum lignosum,

intus farctum, exsuccum bivalve, valvis cx apice ad basin regulariter et sub-elasticc dehiscentibus, endocarpio lignoso-subcroso, seminum sede profundefoveolato. Semina plura in funiculo brevi pendula oblonga crassa, vertica-litcr compressa, lineolis 3 mediis longiludinaliter circutn areolata, unaqua-que facie singulis valvarum suturis opposita, nuda cxarillata. Testa cartila-ginea embryonem album arcte obvolvens. Embryo semini conformis cxal-buminosus, cotyledones crassae. - Frutex elegans Ilrasiljensis: foliis bi-pinnatis, foliolis subsessilibus dimidialo-ovatis obtusis, apice obsoleteretusis mucronulatisve, exquisite utrinque venoso-reticulalis glabris, raro(sub lente) pellucido-punctalis, subtus pallidioribus; (lorum capitulis (?)axillaribus pedunculatis; leguminibus teretibus 2-5-spermis, valvis matu-ritate arcuato-corniculalo-hianlibus.

1. *CL. ORNATA Casarelto I. c. 84. no. 91. — 6 — Crescit in Ilrasilia in insulis si-nus Fluminensis (Rahia do Rio de Janciro).

XXX. (0838.) Al l UVSIil A. St. Uil.

(St. Ilii. Voyage dans Io dislr. des Diam. I. 385. — Rtli. in llook. I.ond. journ. Of

bot. V. 75. t. 1.)

Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx ample tubuloso-campanulatus subinflatus5-8-denlatus. Corolla tubulosa. Stamina numerosissima monadelpha, tub°