Dalea tomentosa (Cav.) Willd.

Parosela tomentosa (Cav.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 12: 273. 1909.
Psoralen tomentosa Cav. Ic. 3: 21. 1794.
Dalea tomentosa Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1341. 1803.
Dalea onobryihioides Moc. & Sesse;,DC. Prodr. 2: 246, as synonym. 1825.
Dalea verbenacea Schleeht. & Cham. I,innaea 5: 579. 1830.
Dalea argcnlea G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 225. 1832.
Parosela compailifiora Rose, MS. in herb.
A shrub, about 1 m. high; stems densely villous, branched above; leaves ascending, 2-4 cm. long; stipules setaceous, 2 mm. long; petiole 4-5 mm. long; rachis densely villous; stipels gland-like; leaflets 3-7, obovate or oblanceolate, acute or mucronate, densely silkyvillous on both sides, glandular-dotted beneath, 8-12 mm. long; peduncles terminating the branches; spikes dense, acute, 1-3 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the buds, densely silky; calyx-tube broadly campanula te, not strongly ribbed, densely villous, nearly 2.5 mm. long; corolla purple or pink; Made of the banner orbicular, fully 2 mm. long, the claw 2.5 mm. long; blades of the other petals 3.5 mm. long, the claws 1.5 mm. long; pod pubescent above.
Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Veracruz to Jalisco.