PITTIER—MIDDLE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LONCHOCARPUS. 55 
2. Lonchocarpus velutinus Benth. in Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 111. 1853. 
PiaTE 1, B. Ficaure 2. 
A tree 5 to 16 meters high, the branchlets grayish or brownish, lenticellate, the 
young shoots finely pubescent. , 
Leaves 7-foliolate, the rachis narrowly canaliculate, densely pubescent, 8 to 18 
em. long. Leaflets subcoriaceous, the petiolules dark-colored, fuliginous-pubescent, 
about 6 mm. long, the blades ovate, obovate, or oblong, subacute to acute-attenuate 
at the base, usually shortly acute-acuminate, but sometimes acute, obtuse, or retuse 
at the apex, 5 to 14 cm. long, 2 to 5.5 cm. broad, densely felted-pubescent, the costa 
and veins impressed above, reticulate, grayish-pubescent, the venation prominent 
beneath. Stipules linear, hairy, very small, caducous. 
Racemes simple, axillary, often subpaniculate at the ends of the branchlets, the 
rachis brown or grayish velvety pubescent, 12 to 20 cm. long. Peduncles and pedi- 
cels minutely hairy, the former usually biflorous, 2 to 4 mm. long, the latter 2 to 3 
mm. long; bracts and bractlets linear, very small, hairy, caducous, the latter distant 
from the base of the calyx. Flowers entirely deep purple. Calyx salverform, 
broad, about 2.5 mm. long, finely pubescent without, 5-toothed, the two vexillar 
teeth broadly rounded and coalescent, the lateral and carinal ones acute, the latter 
longer. Standard suborbicular, concave, slightly attenuate and callous-plicate at 
the base, emarginate at the apex, minutely silky-pubescent with- 
out, the claw about 2 mm. long and obliquely inserted, the blade 
7 mm. long, 8.5 to 9 mm. broad, the margins revolute; wings nar- 
rowly oblong, plicate on the upper margin, slightly pubescent at 
the apex without, the claw about 2.5 mm. long, the blade 5.5 mm. 
long and 2 mm. broad; carinal petals falcate, obtuse, pubescent 
without along the dorsal line, the claw as in the wings, the blades 
about 5 mm. long, 2.5 to3 mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the 
base, the staminal tube and filaments glabrous, the anthers ovoid, Fie. 2.—Loncho 
sparsely and minutely hairy. Ovary linear, sessile, about 7.5 mm. — ©#/PUs belutinus. 
. a, Standard; 56, 
long, 1 or 2-ovulate, densely pubescent; style sharply incurved; — wings: ¢, carinal 
stigma capitellate, exceeding the stamens. petals; ¢, pistil. 
Legume elongate-lanceolate, attenuate and short-stipitate at the Natural size. 
base, rounded and apiculate at the apex, 1 or 2-seeded, 8.5 to 11 cm. seen is Wil- 
long, about 1.7 cm. broad, thin and submembranous, pale yellow, pu- : 
bescent or glabrescent, the vexillar margin slightly thickened, the carinal margin thin- 
edged. Seeds crescent-shaped, flat, pale brown, about 12 mm. long and 4 mm. broad. 
Type from Panama, collected at Culebra, Canal Zone, by Hinds. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Pawama: San Carlos, Province of Panama, Seemann 1183 (cited in original de- 
scription). Vicinity of Penonomé, Province of Coclé, in flower, March, 1908, 
Williams 349. Caldera, Chiriquf, in flower, March 22, 1911, Pittver 3353. 
CoLomsia: Near Masinga, and on Aguadulce road near Santa Marta, in flower 
and fruit, January 6 and April 25, 1899, H. H. Smith 930, 934. Forest along 
a stream on the road from Bonda to Don Amo, Cordillera de Santa Marta, 
alt. about 170 meters, in flower, February 8, 1899, H. H. Smith 933. Forest 
beyond Don Amo, on the mountain trail to Cordillera de Santa Marta, alt. 
about 700 meters, in flower, March 12, 1899, H. H. Smith 2028, 2029. 
The leaflets are variable in shape and size, but on 15 sheets examined the leaves 
were invariably 7-foliolate. The color of the flowers varies from deep purple or 
crimson to yellowish and dull purple. The tree seems to be of frequent occurrence 
in the lower belt of the Cordillera de Santa Marta and was also noted as common en 
the road from Caldera to David, in the Province of Chiriquf. 
The specimens from Santa Marta were distributed as Lonchocarpus latifolius 
(Wilid.) H. B. K. 
