108 J. N. Rose. 
sometimes shortly acuminate, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the 
base, with appressed pubescence on both surfaces, strongly nerved 
beneath; racemes 8 to 12 cm long, densely flowered; pedicels short 
(1 mm long); pods small, 8 to 10 mm long, apiculate. 
Colleeted by €. Thierne near San Pedro Sula, Department of Santa 
Barbara, Honduras, May, 1888, and distributed by John Donnell 
Smith (no. 5200). 
This species was distributed as Rhynchosia precatoria DC., but it 
is much nearer R. calycosa Hemsley, though still quite distinct from that 
species. 
13. Dolicholus longeracemosus (Mart. & Gal.) Rose, |. c., p. 101. 
Syn.: Rhynchosia longeracemosa Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. A3 
198, 1843. 
14. Dolicholus macrocarpus (Benth.) Rose, L c., p. 101. 
Syn.: Rhynchosia macrocarpa Benth. Pl. Hartw., 11, 1839. 
15. Dolicholus nelsoni Rose, |. c., p. 101. 
Doubtless a high-climbing vine; leaflets 3, softly pubescent on both 
surfaces, broadly ovate, 4 to 6 cm long, in cultivated specimens 10 cm 
long, shortly acuminate; raceme 10 to 15 cm long; pedicels slender, 3 to 
4 mm long, covered with soft white pubescence interspersed with long 
yellow stiff hairs as are also the calyx and peduncle; calyx teeth 5, all 
narrow, the two upper united below, the lowermost one much longer 
than the others. 
Mexico: Collected by E. W. Nelson on road between Tlaliscatillo, 
Guerrero, and Tlapacingo, Oaxaca, altitude 1,260 to 1,560 meters, 
December 6, 1894 (no. 2052). 
16. Dolicholus nigropunctatus (S. Wats.) Rose, 1. c., p. 101. 
Syn.: Rhynchosia nigropunctata S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad, XXII, 408, 
1881. 
17. Dolicholus precatorius (Humb. & Bonp.) Rose, l. c., p. 101. 
Syn.: Rhynchosia precatoria DC. Prod., II, 385, 1825. 
Glycine precatoria Humb. & Bonp. Willd. Enum, Hort. Berol, 755 
1809. 
18. Dolicholus pringlei Rose, I. c., p. 101. 
Syn.: Rhynchosia pringlei Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb., III, 316, 1895. 
19. Dolicholus vailiae Rose, 1. c., p. 101. 
Vine climbing to the height of 2 to 3 meters; leaflets 3, softly 
pubescent on both surfaces, ovate, 3 to 7 em long, acuminate; racemes 
elongated, 20 to 25 cm long, much longer than the leaves; pedicels 
1 to 1,5 mm long; calyx bearing yellow stiff hairs; sepals linear, the 
lower mueh longer; banner brown, orbieular, pubescent without; pods 
pubescent, 2 cm long; mature seeds not seen. 
Mexico: Colleeted by Dr. E. Palmer near Tequila, Jalisco, 1886 
(no. 269). Also collected near the same station by C. G. Pringle, 
September 25, 1893 (no. 4591). 
