64 . CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 
Racemes subaxillary, paniculate at the ends of the branchlets, the rachis 3 to 8 
em. long, minutely pilosulous. Peduncles and pedicels pubescent, the former 
solitary, biflorous, 3 to 4 mm. long, the latter slender, about 5 mm. long; bracts and 
bractlets ovate-orbicular, pubescent, very caducous, the latter opposite and close 
to the base of the calyx. Calyx broadly cupuliform, subturbinate at the base, trun- 
cate, about 5.5 mm. long, grayish-pubescent without and on the margin within. 
Petals minutely pubescent and whitish without, glabrous and pink within, the 
standard with a yellow spot above the claw; standard suborbicular (broader than 
long), subpeltate, the claw thick, 2.5 to 3 cm. long, 
the blade 12 mm. long and 15 mm. broad, emarginate 
with a pair of beaklike appendages at the base, emar- 
ginate at the apex; wings oblique, auriculate, ad- 
hering to the carina by the base of the blades. the 
claw 4.7 mm. long, the blade rounded at the apex, 11 
to 11.5 mm. long, 5.5 mm. broad; carinal petals fal- 
cate, adhering through the middle part of the lower 
margin of the blade, the claws slender, 5 to 5.5 mm. 
long, the blades subauriculate and convex at the base, 
obtuse at the apex, 9.5 mm. long, 4 to 4.5 mm. broad. 
Stamens monadelphous, the vexillar one free at the 
e base for about 4mm.; staminal tube broadened at the 
base, about 12 mm. long (including the free part of 
the stamens). Ovary linear, sessile, 10.5 mm. long, 
Fig. 11.—Lonchocarpus proteranthus. 5-ovulate, minutely silky-pubescent, the style gla- 
a, Standard; 6, wings; ¢, carinal }+oyg, subapiculate, arcuate but not retrocurved, the 
petals; d, calyx. Natural size. . . . 
From R. S. Williams 418. stigma inconspicuous. 
Legume lanceolate, thin, stipitate at the base, mu- 
cronate at the apex, glabrous, 1 or 2-seeded, 11 to 12 cm. long, up to 3 cm. broad, light 
brown, the ventral margin sulcate. Seeds reniform, flat, 2.7 cm. long, 1.6 cm. broad. 
Type in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, collected in the neigh- 
borhood of Penonomé, Province of Coclé, Panama, March, 1908, by R. 8. Williams 
(no. 418). 
This species evidently belongs to the L. punctatus group, but differs from the type 
in that the flowers precede the new leaves,! in the coriaceous, long-petiolulate leaf- 
lets, in the short floral racemes, in the distinct shape and dimensions of the petals, 
and probably also in the characters of the fruit. 
14. Lonchocarpus luteomaculatus Pittier, sp.nov. Puiate 4, B. Figure 12. 
A small tree; branchlets and young shoots pubescent, the former covered with a 
dark gray, lenticellose bark. 
Leaves 5 to 9-foliolate, the rachis minutely and sparsely pubescent, 8 to 12 cm. 
long. Leaflets coriaceous, the petiolules 6 to 7 mm. long, pubescent, the blades 
elliptic-ovate or obovate, usually cuneate at the base, subacuminate at the apex, 6 
to 10 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 cm. broad, dark green and sparsely hairy above, subglaucous 
and sparsely hairy beneath; costa and primary veins yellowish, hairy, subimpressed 
above, prominent beneath; margins slightly revolute. 
Racemes axillary or subfasciculate at the ends of the branchlets, the rachis 
pubescent, 9 to 10 cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels pubescent, the former solitary 
or geminate, usually biflorous, but also often uniflorous, in the latter case 2.5 mm., in 
the former case 1 mm. long; pedicels 1.5 mm. long; bracts and bractlets very small, 
1 This is true, however, of several other species belonging to distinct sections of the 
genus. 
