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ovate, obtuse, the latter distant from the calyx. Calyx salverform, short and broad 
(about 3 mm, long and 4 mm, broad), densely brownish-pubescent outside, the lobules 
shallow, the 2 anterior ones broadly rounded and coalescent, the 3 posterior acute 
with the middle one longer. Petals purple, the standard with a large ovate, yellow 
spot at the base; standard orbicular, truncate and slightly marginate at base, emargi- 
nate at apex, brownish silky pubescent without, the claw 
obliquely inserted, 1 to 1.5 mm. long, the blade 10 mm. long and 
broad; wings glabrous, the claw about 2.5 mm. long, the blade 
7.5 to 8 mm. long, 3.5 mm. broad, slightly pubescent at the base, 
glabrous elsewhere, the claw 2.2 mm. long, the blade about 7.5 
mm. long, 4 mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the base. 
Ovary linear, short-stipitate, 2-ovulate, about 8 mm. long, mi- 
nutely silky-pubescent; styleincurved, attenuate, about 3.5 mm. 
long, sparsely hairy, persistent; stigma capitellate. 
Legume flat, coriaceous, 1 or 2-seeded, 4 to 4.5 cm. long, 1.5 to & 4 
2.2 cm. broad, glabrous, short-stipitate, the marginal nerve 
. Fig, 12.—Lonchocarpus 
rounded and smooth. 
: . . luteomaculatus. a, 
Type in the U.S. National Herbarium, nos. 679271-2, collected _ standard; b, wings; c, 
along the Rio Santa Isabel, Province of Colén, Panama, among _carinal petals; d, sta- 
bushes near the seashore, flowers and immature fruits, August  ™ens: pistil. Natu- 
eae tal size. From Pittier 
13, 1911, by H. Pittier (no. 4170). 4170. 
Lonchocarpus luteomaculatus seems to stand alone among the 
Epunctati. It is characterized by the peculiar pubescence on the lower face of the 
leaflets, the prominent reticulation of the leaflets, the large yellow spot at the base of 
the standard, and the different shape of the legume. 
15. Lonchocarpus purpureus Pittier, sp. nov. Fiaure 13. 
A tree, the young branchlets densely ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves 9 or 11-foliolate, often opposite, the rachis obscurely canaliculate, 8 to 12 cm. 
long, fulvous-pubescent. Leaflets subcoriaceous, the petiolules subcanaliculate, 
5 to 6 mm. long, fulvous-pubescent, the blades oblong or oblong- 
elliptic, rounded or subacute at the base, obtusely subacumiate at 
the apex, 3 to 7 cm. long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. broad, glabrous or mi- 
nutely puberulous above, hairy and strongly reticulate beneath, 
the costa and veins pubescent, immersed above, strongly prominent 
beneath. 
Racemes axillary, the rachis fulvous-pubescent, 5 to 8 cm, long. 
Peduncles and pedicels densely ferruginous-hairy, the former usually 
biflorous, about 1 mm. long, the latter 2.5 to 3mm. long; bracts and 
FtG. 13.—Loachocur- bractlets linear, small, ferruginous-hairy, the latter distant from the 
pus purpures. 4, calyx. Calyx cupulate, broad, 5-toothed, about 3 mm. long, ferru- 
Btandard; ginous-hairy without, the carinal tooth prominent. Petals purple; 
wings; c, carinal : . . 
petals; d, calyx Standard orbicular, concave, callous-plicate at the base, emarginate 
and stamens; ¢, at the apex, densely ferruginous-pubescent without, the claw 
pistil. Natural obliquely inserted, 1.3 mm. long, the blade 7.5 mm. long, 8 mm. 
sie. From J.D. toad, the margins more or less inflexed; wings oblong-elongate, 
Smith 3289. . . . . 
rather narrow, oblique, auriculate, obtusely subacuminate, minutely 
yellow-spotted, glabrous, the claw 2 to 2.5 mm, long, the blade about 6 mm. long, 2mm. 
broad; carinal petals falcate, rather broad, obtuse, minutely yellow-spotted, ferruginous- 
hairy along the lower margin, the claw 1.5 to 2 mm. long, the blade 5.5 to 6 mm. long, 
about 3 mm. broad. Staminal tube glabrous. Ovary linear, softly pubescent, about 
5.5 mm. long, 4-ovulate; style arcuate, sparsely pubescent; stigma bilobulate, hairy. 
Legume not known. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4.—Fruits of 3 species of Lonchocarpus. Fig. A, L. caudatus, from the type 
specimen, Nelson 1998; fig. B, L. luteomaculatus, from the type specimen, Pittier 4170; fig. C, L. cochleatus, 
from the type specimen, Langlassé 471. Natural size. . 
