Brongniartia inconstans S. Watson

Brongniartia inconstans S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 404
1887.
A shrub, about 1 m. high; branches glabrous, or more or less pilose with brownish hairs;
leaves 3-10 cm. long; stipules large, foliaeeous, broadly obliquely cordate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long,
strongly reticulate, often connate on one side; leaflets 1-5, broadly oval or ovate, abruptly acute, 2-4 cm. long, strongly reticulate, glabrous; stipels present, small, spinulose; flowers axillary, 1-4 together; pedicels 1-3 cm. long; bractlets obsolete; calyx nearly 2 cm. long, glabrous, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, the lowest one slightly longer than the rest ; corolla 2-2.5 cm. long, yellowish-brown, drying purple; pod glabrous, 7-8 cm. long, nearly 2 cm. wide, 3-7-seeded.
Type locality: Tequila, Jalisco.
Distribution: Jalisco, Guerrero, and Miehoacdn.