PITTIER—-MIDDLE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LONCHOCARPUS. 59 
Racemes (not perfectly developed) axillary and subpaniculate at the ends of the 
branchlets, short, few-flowered, the rachis reddish brown tomentose. Peduncles and 
pedicels fuliginous-tomentose, the former 1 or 2-florous, 3 to 4 mm. long, the latter 3 
to 6 mm. long; bracts and bractlets linear, hairy, up to 
8 mm. long, the latter close to the base of the calyx. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, fuliginous-tomentose, 5- 
toothed, the carinal tooth long and linear. Petals pink 
or purplish; standard suborbicular (broader than long), 
callous-plicate at the base, emarginate at the apex, con- 
cave, softly hairy without, the claw 4 mm. long, the 
blade 12 mm. long, 14 mm. broad; wings obovate- 
oblique, scarcely auriculate, rounded-obtuse at the apex, 
glabrous, the claw about 6.5 mm. long, the blade 8.5 mm. 
long, 4.5 mm. broad; carinal petals falcate, subauricu- 
late, obtuse, densely hairy without, the claw nearly 6mm. 
long, the blade 9 mm. long, 4mm. broad. Staminal tube 
glabrous, strongly dilated at the base. Ovary linear, 
cano-pubescent, about 7 mm. long, 1 or 2-ovulate; style 
glabrescent; stigma inconspicuous. . 
Legume ovate-elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, 1 or censis. a, Standard; b, wings; 
) c, carinal petals; e¢, pistil. Natu- 
2-seeded, 12.5 to 16 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, cuneate- _ralsize. From Inst. Fis. Geogr. 
attenuate at the base, obtuse or rounded and apiculate = Costa Rica 13528. 
at the apex, the cinnamon-colored surface pubescent, 
the marginal nerve narrow and subacute; pedicel thick, 13 mm. long, dark brown 
pubescent. Seeds dark brown, reniform, 2 cm. long, 1 cm. broad. 
Type from Costa Rica (see below). 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Costa Rica: Nicoya, forested hills of the Pacific seaboard, in flower and fruit, 
May, 1900, Tonduz (Inst. Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica, no. 13993 in John Donnell 
Smith Herb., type); floral buds and fruits, January, 1900, Tonduz (Inst. 
Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica, nos. 13528, 13532). Salinas Bay, dry forests, fruits, 
July, 1890, Tonduz. La Balsa del Rio Grande, Province of Alajuela, fruits, 
June 2, 1911, Pittier 3654. . 
This is distinguished from the single other Middle American species of the group, 
Lonchocar pus eriocarinalis, by its large leaflets and fruits, the thick velvety indument 
covering the young leaves, the long, unguiculate petals, the very broad and peculiarly 
shaped wings, etc. It is known among the natives of Nicoya as “‘siete-cueros,’’ i. e., 
‘seven hides,’’ a name applied to several hard timbers and referring to the toughness 
of the wood, which causes the hand to blister to the deepest layer of the skin. The 
tree does not shed its bark as supposed by Captain Smith. 
Fic. 6.—Lonchocarpus costari- 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 2.—See p. 57. 
7. Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis Micheli, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 
34: 267. 1903. PuatTEe 2, D. FIaure 7. 
A tree 6 to 8 meters high, the branchlets lenticellate, more or less grayish brown 
tomentose. , 
Leaves 7 to 11-foliolate, the rachis terete, subcanaliculate, brownish-tomentose, 
7 to 12cm. long. Leaflets coriaceous, the petiolules densely hairy, 4 to 5 mm. long, 
the blades ovate, rounded at the base, obtuse and emarginate at the apex, 3 to 6.5 
cm. long, 2 to 3.8 cm. broad, sublustrous and sparsely pilosulous above, the costa and 
veins hairy and deeply immersed, sparsely pubescent beneath, reticulate, the costa 
and veins very prominent. Stipules small, hairy, early deciduous. 
Racemes simple, axillary and paniculate at the ends of the ‘branchlets, the rachis 
hairy or subtomentose, terete, 4 to 11cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels tomentose, 
