C. peruvianus - Peron, D. Joseph de Jussieu in Herb. Lamarck - Herb. Mus. Paris. Longest stem ca 4 dm. long, branched in the flowering portion, branches subtended by leaf- like bracts; leaves cuneate at base with a very short petiole 1-4 mm. long; lvs. leathery, oblong, serrate-dentate, acute, glabrous, conspicuously veined below and slate-colored; venation not so evident above, invisible; lvs. 1-3 cm. apart often with smaller lvs & branch-gra[ing points in their axils; siligues crowded in dense inflorescences 3-5 cm. long; pedicels divariant, slightly arched, minutely pub. with short simple trichomes as are the infl. branches; (0.5-10mm.) ped. ca. 1 cm. long; siligues stipitate, wing- fruit complex at right angles to replum; The following specimens at Herb. Paris are the same species - all from (Peru) Equateur 1. Esblahuair, 21-5-1931, R. Benoist 4329. 2. Arbuste à fleurs blanches Forêt au Vessou de San Juan 16-2-1930, M.R. Benoist 2023 3. Vallée de Isloa, 13-4-1931, Mr. R. Benoist 426/.