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“..., sparingly hirsute; stipules small,
subulate, about 2 mm. long, hirsute; leaves short, 1—2cm. long;
leaflets mostly 3 pairs, or on some of the branches only 2 pairs,
obliquely oval, 3—10 mm. long, raucronate, denticulate, yellowish-
green, glabrate above, hirsute beneath, the hairs in age with
pustulate bases; peduncles 5 mm. long or less; sepals subulate,
about 3 mm. long; petals not seen; fruit strigose, body 2—3 mm.
high; beak about 1 mm., truncate conic, broader than high ; nutlets
when ripe dark-brown, with small, but rather acute tubercles on
the back, strongly reticulate on the faces, with rather large and
deep faveoles.
The fruit of this species resembles most that of Kallstroemia brachy-
stylis Yail. of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, but the beak
is still shorter and thicker, the tubercles smaller but rather more acute and
J) Dr. Rydberg has named my Kallstroemia species and was so kind as
to give me his description of K. curta n. sp....”
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