Dalea reclinata (Cav.) Willd.

Parosela pilifera Rydberg, sp. nov
An annual; stem about 3 dm. high, sparingly long-pilose, terete, often purple-tinged, with ascending branches; leaves ascending, 2-5 cm. long; stipules subulate-setaceous, 5-7 mm. long; rachis sparingly long-pilose; stipels minute, obsolete; leaflets 5-11, narrowly elliptic, mucronate, 6-10 mm. long, glabrous above, sparingly pilose and minutely or obsoletely glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles terminal, 4—10 cm. long; spikes dense, 2-5 cm. long, 8 mm. thick; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, pilose, almost black, with narrow whitish margins, equaling the calyx; calyx-tube campanulate, 2 mm. long, silky-pilose, not glandular; lobes filiform with a triangular base, about equaling the tube; corolla purplish-blue; blade of the banner orbicular-cordate, nearly 2 mm. long, equaling the claw; blades of the wings with a large rounded basal lobe, 2 mm. long, those of the keel-petals much broader, with an acute basal lobe, nearly 3 mm. long, the claws of both 1-1.5 mm. long; pod pilose above, glabrous below.
Type collected at Pachuca, Hidalgo, September 1905, Purpus 1741, in part* (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Hidalgo, Morelos, and Mexico.

Parosela townsendii Rydberg, sp. nov A slender annual; stem 2-3 dm. high, sparingly pilose or glabrate; leaves ascending, 2-3 cm. long; stipules subulate-setaceous, 3-5 cm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; stipels obsolete; leaflets 7-9, reflexed, oblong, acute, 5-10 mm. long, glabrous above, sparingly silky-pilose, obsoletely glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles terminal, 4-9 cm. long; spikes desne, 1-3 cm. long, about 8 mm. thick; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pilose, acuminate, nearly black, with broad white scarious margins, equaling the calyx; calyx-tube broadly campanulate, densely pilose, obscurely glandular, 2 mm. long; lobes filiform from a broad triangular base, pilose-plumose; corolla rose, with the claws and sometimes the whole banner yellowish; blade of the banner orbicular-oval, about 2 mm. long, equaling the claw; blades of the wings obovate, with a large rounded basal lobe, 2 mm. long, those of the keel-petals broader, with a small acute basal lobe, 2.5 mm. long, the claws of both 1.5 mm. long; pod densely pilose above, becoming glabrate near the base.
Type collected in the Sierra Madre near Colonia Garcia, September 4, 1899, Townsend & 1 Barber 301 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 347124).