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9. Lonchocarpus longipedicellatus Pittier, sp. nov. Figure 8. 
A tree, the branchlets terete, grayish, more or less villous and pubescent. 
Leaves 7 or 9-foliolate, the rachis semiterete, canaliculate, glabrescent or sparsely 
hairy, 7 to 12 cm. long. Leaflets membranous or subcoriaceous, pellucid-punctate, 
the petiolules canaliculate, minutely puberulous or glabrescent, about 4 mm. long, 
the blades mostly oblong, sometimes ovate, rounded at the base, obtuse or emarginate 
or sometimes with a short obtuse acumination at the apex, 3.5 to 10.5 cm. long, 2 to 
5 cm. broad, light green and glabrous above, paler 
beneath, the costa and veins prominent and more or 
less pilosulous. Stipules oblong, about 2 mm. long, 
densely whitish-tomentose at the apex, caducous. 
Racemes axillary, usually 1 or 2 at the ends of the 
branchlets, the rachis more or less puberulous, 12 to 
18cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels puberulous at 
first, glabrous later, the former slender, solitary or 
geminate, biflorous, about 1.3 cm. long, the latter 
about 0.7 cm. long; bracts and bractlets ovate, very 
small, scarious, ciliolate, the latter opposite and in- 
serted about the middle of the pedicels. Calyx 
broadly cupulate, truncate, glabrous or pilosulous 
without, more or less gland-dotted, about 5 mm. long. 
Petals pale purple (?), densely pellucid-punctate; 
standard orbicular, suboblique, bilobulate at the base, "19. 8:—Lonchocarpus longipedicel- 
emarginate at the apex, slightly pubescent without iatus. a, Standard; 0, wings; ¢, 
: . , - carinal petals; d, calyx; ¢, pistil. 
above the insertion of the claw, this about 2.5mm. long, Natural size From Goldman 1030. 
the blade 13 mm. long and broad; wings oblong, auric- 
ulate at the base on the vexillar margin, rounded-obtuse at the apex, the claw 
slender, 5 to 5.5 mm. long, the blade 10.5 mm. long, 5 mm. broad; carinal petals 
falcate, subauriculate at the base, obtuse, pubescent along the carinal line, the claw 
as in the wings, the blade pubescent along the carina, 9 mm. long, 4 mm. broad. 
Vexillar stamen free atthe base. Ovary sessile, linear, minutely pubescent or puberu- 
lous, about 9 mm. long, 3 or 4-ovulate, the style arcuate, subulate, glabrous, the 
stigma capitellate, very small. 
Legume not known. 
Type in the U. 8. National Herbarium, no. 470825, collected at Jiquipilas, State 
of Chiapas, Mexico, in flower, May 31, 1904, by E. A. Goldman (no. 1030). 
This species is a near relative of L. punctatus H. B. K., but differs in the glabres- 
cent or slightly hairy leaves, the appearance of the glandular dots, the shape and 
dimensions of the leaflets, the relative length of the peduncles and pedicels, the 
absence of the dark vexillar spot, and the shape of the wings and carina, as well as 
in other minor details. 
10. Lonchocarpus michelianus Pittier, sp. nov. Ficure 9. 
Branchlets grayish, minutely lenticellate, the younger parts more or less pubescent. 
Leaves mostly 9-foliolate, sometimes 7-foliolate, the rachis broadly sulcate, pubes- 
cent, 7 to 12cm. long. Leaflets membranous, minutely pellucid-punctate, the petio- 
lules subcanaliculate, pubescent, 5 to 6 mm. long, the blades ovate or ovate-elliptic, 
more or less oblique, subacute at the base, shortly acute-acuminate at the apex, 3.5 
to 7 cm. long, 2 to 3.3 cm. broad, sparsely pubescent except on the hairy costa above, 
densely grayish-pubescent beneath, the costa and veins prominent. Stipules small, 
ovate, grayish-hairy, early deciduous. 
Racemes sparse, axillary, few-flowered, the rachis pilosulous, 7 to 10 cm. long, flower- 
bearing only on its upper third, the peduncles and pedicels pubescent, the former soli- 
tary, biflorous, 4 to 5 mm. long, the latter 6 to 7 mm. long; bracts and bractlets very 
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