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small, oblong, hairy, caducous, the latter opposite, close to the calyx. Calyx broadly 
cupulate, truncate, about 4.5 mm. long, sparsely grayish-pubescent without. Petals 
purplish or pinkish, irregularly dotted or spotted (under the lens); standard subor- 
bicular, concave, emarginate at the apex, the basal lobules hardly prominent, the 
claw strongly arcuate, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, the blade 
densely silvery-pubescent at the base, sparsely so toward 
the margin without, sparsely pubescent and darker col- 
ored at the base within, 12.5 to 13 mm. long and broad; 
wings oblique, oblong, rounded-auriculate at the base 
on the vexillar margin, obtuse at the apex, very sparsely 
pilosulous without, the claw about 5 mm. long, the 
blade 10.5 mm. long, 4.5 mm. broad; carinal petals fal- 
cate, rounded-auriculate on the vexillar margin, con- 
vex, obtuse at the apex, sparsely pilosulous without, 
the claw 5 mm, long, the blade about 11 mm_long, 4.5 
mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the base. Ovary 
sessile, linear, velvety-pubescent, 9.5 mm, long, 3 or 
4-ovulate; style arcuate, glabrescent, the stigma very 
small, 
Legume not known. 
Fie. 9-—Lonchocarpus michelianus Type in the U. 5. National Herbarium, no. 246518, 
G, Standard; b, wings; ¢, carinal collected at El Naranjo, Department of Santa Rosa, 
petals; d, calyx; e, pistil. Natu- Guatemala, at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, in 
ral size. From J. D. Smith 4468. flower, May, 1893, by Heyde and Lux (J. D. Smith, 
no, 4468). 
Determined as L. violaceus (Beauv.) H. B. K. by the late Micheli, this species 
departs from L. benthamianus in its general pubescence, the shape of the leaflets, the 
arrangement of the inflorescence, and the less prominent lobules of the standard, 
and also in its distinct habitat, the latter growing on cliffs near the seashore, while 
L. michelianus is a mountain tree. 
11. Lonchocarpus longistylus Pittier, sp. nov. Fiaure 10. 
A tree, the branchlets brownish, glabrous, lenticellate. 
Leaves 11 to 15-foliolate, glabrous, the rachis terete, 8 to 
20 cm. long. Leaflets membranous, pellucid-punctate, the 
petiolules canaliculate, 4 to 5 mm. long, the blades mostly 
oblong, sometimes ovate, oblique (the lateral ones), sub- 
acute at the base, acute-acuminate at the apex, 3.5 to 8.5 
cm. long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. broad, minutely reticulate, dark 
green above, grayish or fulvous (almost glaucescent) with 
a prominent costa beneath. Stipules not seen. 
Racemes axillary, subpaniculate at the ends of the 
branchlets, the rachis subangulate, glabrous, 14 to 17.5 cm. 
long. Peduncles and pedicels glabrous, 5 mm. long, the 
former biflorous; bracts and bractlets very small, oblong, 
acute, ciliate, caducous, the latter opposite, distant from 
the calyx. Calyx broadly cupulate, rounded at the base, 
truncate or subdenticulate, 4 to 4.5 mm. long, glandular- us ‘agisttue  candera. b 
dotted, glabrous, minutely ciliate. Petals purplish; stand- wings; c, carinal petals: d, 
ard orbicular (shorter than broad), 10.5 to 11 mm. long, 12.5 calyx, stamens, and style; 
to 13 mm. broad, more or less oblique, emarginate at the © Pistil. Natural size. 
: : : . From Gaumer 904. 
apex, minutely silky-pubescent on both sides above the in- 
sertion of the claw and along the veins, the basal lobes lateral, the claw 1.5 to 2 
mm. long; wings oblique, obovate, obtuse, rounded-auriculate at the base on the 
