Dalea carthagenensis var. barbata (Oerst.) Barneby

Parosela barbata (Oerst.) Rydberg, sp. nov
Dalea vulneraria barbata Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1853: 4. 1853.
A shrub, about 1 m. high; branches slender, finely villous, slightly glandular-dotted; leaves 2—4 cm. long; stipules short, subulate; rachis margined, shortvillous; leaflets 7—11, obovate, short-petioluled, 6-10 mm. long, short-villous on both sides, minutely glandulardotted beneath; spikes dense, headlike, mostly axillary and short-peduncled ; bracts ovate, short-acuminate, villous, obscurely glandular-dotted, shorter than the calyx; calyxtube campanulate, 3 mm. long, 10-ribbed, densely silkyvillous; lobes filiform, 4 mm. long, plumose; corolla yellow, fading brown; blade of the banner cordate, 2 mm. long, the claw 2 mm. long; blades of the wings nearly 3 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 4 mm. long.
Type locality: Between Matagalpa and Chinotega, Segovia, Nicaragua. Distribution: Nicaragua to Panama and Colombia.