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Series 4. SERICIFLORI. 
Section 1. CoNncavt. 
Leaves entirely glabrous, 5-foliolate. Free part of the filaments minutely hairy. 
30. L. hondurensis. 
Leaves more or less pilose, pubescent, or tomentose. 
Calyx fulvous-hairy; leaves 7 to 11-foliolate, the leaflets ovate, not over 4 cm. 
| C0) 6: 31. L. comitensis. 
Calyx minutely pubescent; leaflets much larger. 
Rachis of the leaves thick, deeply and broadly canaliculate; leaflets ovate- 
elliptic or obovate, obtusely acuminate; standard ovate, longer than 
broad; vexillar margin of the legume scarcely contracted between the 
Cee (a 32. L. lucidus. 
Rachis of the leaves slender, narrowly canaliculate; leaflets obovate, obtuse 
or emarginate at the apex; standard orbicular, broader than long; 
vexillar margin of the legume strongly contracted between the 
SCCdS. 2.2.2... cece eee eee eee ee eeeeseeseees. Od. L. constrictus. 
Section 2. CARINATI. 
Leaves sparsely punctate; petals densely and minutely yellow-spotted. 
34. L. guatemalensis. 
Leaves epunctate; petals not spotted. 
Calyx and back of standard densely silvery-pubescent; leaflets oblong, retuse; 
floral racemes numerous, approximate, densely flowered. 
35. L. emarginatus. 
Calyx and standard silky but not silvery-pubescent; leaflets acuminate; floral 
racemes few, rather distant. 
Flowers large, the standard 16 to 18 mm. long; bractlets relatively large, 
ovate or suborbicular, 2 to 3 mm. long and broad. 
Leaves 7-foliolate, the rachis subterete; leaflets subacute-acuminate; 
calyx truncate; basal lobules of the standard obsolete and in- 
flexed .......2......2-2-0- eee eee ee eee eee 36. L. salvadorensis. 
Leaves 7 to 13-foliolate, the rachis canaliculate; leaflets obtusely 
acuminate; calyx sinuate-dentate; basal lobules of the standard 
acute, remote from the claw.................... 37. L. palmeri. 
Flowers smaller, the standard less than 15 mm. long; bractlets oblong, very 
small, 
Carinal petals oblong, 13 mm. long and 3.5 mm. broad; leaflets obtuse. 
Peduncles and pedicels about 3 mm. long...... 38. L. sericeus. 
Carinal petals subrhomboidal, the blade short and broad; leaflets acu- 
minate. 
Peduncles and pedicels about 1 mm. long; carinal petals 7.5 mm. 
long, 3.5 mm. broad; leaflets obtusely acuminate. 
39. L. robustus. 
Peduncles 4 to 6 mm., the pedicels 2 to 3 mm. long; carinal petals 
5.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad; leaflets acutely acuminate. 
40. L. santarosanus. 
