Dalea foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby

Parosela polyphylla (Mart. & Gal.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 10: 104. 1906.
Dalea polyphylla Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 10 2 : 44. 1843.
Dalea citriodora H. & A.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 1: 245. 1880. Not D. citriodora Willd.
1803. ? Dalea platyslegia S. Schauer, Linnaea 20: 741. 1847.
An annual or perennial, more or less suffruticose below, branched above; stem glabrous, purplish, sparingly and inconspicuously glandular-dotted; leaves ascending, 3-5 cm. long; stipules subulate, 4-5 mm. long; petiole 2-5 mm. long; rachis glabrous; stipels conspicuous, gland-like; leaflets 11-41, oblong, 3-6 mm. long, glabrous, glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles terminating the branches or some of them sub-opposite the leaves, 3-10 cm. long; spikes oblong, dense, 1-3 cm. long; bracts suborbicular, abruptly acuminate, glabrous, conspicuously glandular-dotted, caducous; calyx silky-villous; tube campanulate, 10-ribbed, 2-2.5 mm. long; lobes ovate, the upper about half as long as the tube, the lowest a little longer than the rest; corolla purple; blade of the banner rhombic-ovate, 2.5 mm. long, the claw 3 mm.; blades of the other petals obliquely 2.5 mm. long, the claws 1 mm. long; pod pubescent above.
Type locality: Juquila, Oaxaca.
Distribution: Veracruz and Mexico to Oaxaca and Guatemala.

Parosela roseola Rydberg, sp. nov
An annual, somewhat woody at the base; stem gray or purplish, 2-5 dm. high, glabrous, terete; leaves 2-3 cm. long, spreading; stipules subulate, 1 mm. long; rachis distinctly winged, glabrous; stipels gland-like, conspicuous; leaflets 21-27, oblong, 1.5-3 mm. long, glabrous on both sides, glandular-dotted along the margins beneath; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-4 cm. long; spikes dense, short, 1-2 cm. long; bracts rounded, obovate or subreniform, abruptly short-acuminate, almost mucronate, glabrous and with a few glands on the back, shorter than the calyx; calyx-tube 10ribbed, 2 mm. long, densely sericeous; lobes triangular, 1 mm. long; corolla dark-rose; blade of the banner rhombic-cordate, 1.5 mm. long, the claw 1 mm. long; blades of the other" petals 2.5-3 mm. long; pod pubescent.
Type collected on Yolcan Jumaytepeque, Santa Rosa, Guatemala, November 1892, Heyde & Lux (Donnell Smith dist. no.) 4166 (herb. Columbia Univ.).

Parosela citriodora (Cav.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb 10: 104. 1906.
Psoralea citriodora Cav. Ic. 3: 36. 1794.
Dalea citriodora Willd, Sp. PI. 3: 1339. 1803.
Dalea lateripes Moc. & Sesse; DC. Prodr. 2: 245. as synonym. 1825.
An annual; stem often branched from the base, 1-4 dm. high, glabrous; leaves 1.5-3 cm. long; stipules setaceous, 3 mm. long; petiole very short; rachis slender, glabrous, with glandlike stipels; leaflets 13-23, oblong, obtuse or glandular-apiculate, 3-5 mm. long, glabrous, glandless or with a few minute glands along the margin towards the apex; peduncles terminal, 1-5 cm. long; spikes dense, 1-2 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick; bracts rounded-obovate, abruptly short acuminate, slightly purple-tinged, with 2 inconspicuous glands; calyx-tube turbinate, more or less silky, 2-2.5 mm. long, 10-ribbed; lobes slightly unequal, triangular, less than half as long as the tube, acute; corolla bluish-purple; blade of banner rhombic-ovate, nearly 2 mm. long, equaling the claw; blades of the wings a little more than 2 mm. long, those of the keelpetals broader, with a smaller basal lobe, the claws of both 1 mm. long; pod broadly obliquely obovate, almost 3-angular in outline, minutely puberulent above.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution: Durango and San Luis Potosi to Oaxaca and Guatemala.