PITTIER—-MIDDLE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LONCHOCARPUS. 69 
21. Lonchocarpus latifolius (Willd.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 383. 1823. 
; Figure 17. 
Amerimnum latifolium Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 909. 1801. 
A large tree, 10 meters high and over, the branchlets thick, the bark brownish 
gray, covered with brown lenticels. 
Leaves 5 to 9-foliolate, often opposite, the rachis terete or canaliculate, glabrous, 
16 to 22 cm. long. Leaflets large, coriaceous, the petiolules thick, canaliculate, 8 to 
10 mm. long, dark-colored, glabrous or at first pubescent, the blades ovate or ovate- 
oblong, more or less oblique, more or less broadly cuneate-attenuate at the base, 
short-acuminate and subemarginate at the apex, 8.5 to 23 cm. long, 4.5 to 11 cm. 
broad, dark green above, paler beneath, the costa and veins prominent. Stipules 
not seen. 
Racemes solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, the rachis 
glabrous, thick, 5 to12 cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels mi- 
nutely pubescent, the former very short (less than 1 mm. long), 
1 or 2-flowered, the latter (when present) 2.5 to 3 mm. long; 
bracts oblong, about 1 mm. long, pubescent; bractlets minute, 
pubescent, linear. Calyx broadly cupulate, subattenuate at the 
base, about 3 mm. long, minutely pubescent, distinctly 5-den- wae 
tate. Petals greenish purple or reddish: standard orbicular, 
truncate at the base, slightly emarginate at the apex, minutely Fig. 17.— Lonchocar- 
pubescent without, the claw 1.5 mm. long, the blade slightly pus latifolius. a, 
callous at the base, 5.5 to 6 mm. long, 8 to 8.5 mm. broad; ‘Standard; 6, wings; 
. : . . . c, carinal petals; d, 
wings oblong, obtuse, auriculate and plicate on the vexillar side, —gaiyx and stamens; 
adhering to the keel, sparsely and minutely pubescent without, ¢, pistil. Natural 
the claw 2.3 mm. long, the blade 5.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad; size. From &. S. 
carinal petals adhering, falcate, obtuse, slightly pubescent with- Williams 317. 
out, the claw 2.1 or 2.2 mm. long, the blade about 4 mm. 
long and 2.5 mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the base. Ovary sessile, linear, 
minutely pubescent, attenuate at the apex, about 5 mm. long, 2 to 5-ovulate; style 
arcuate, pubescent at the base; stigma capitellate. 
Legume lanceolate, subsessile, attenuate at both ends, shortly mucronate or obtuse 
at the apex, submembranous, glabrous, 4.5 to 6.5 cm. long, 1.8 to 2.4 cm. broad, 1 to 
5-seeded, the margins thin-edged. Seeds reniform, very thin, about 11 mm. long 
and 6 mm. broad. 
Type from the West Indies. 
The following Central American specimens have been examined, the description 
being based upon those from Panama. 
PanaMa: Coiba Island, Pacific coast of Veraguas, in fruit, Seemann 627. Bis- 
marck above Penonomé, Province of Coclé, in flower, March 5, 1908, Williams 
317. Rio Indio de Faté, Province of Colén, near sea level, in fruit, August 
24, 1911, Pittier 4269. 
Guatemata: Baja Verapaz or Chiquimula, in flower, 1885, Watson 463. 
Honvuras: Island of Ruatén, along the Caribbean Main, in flower, 1885, Gaumer 
2025. 
In this species the leaves are often opposite, and this together with the thin legumes, 
wrinkled above the flat seed, somewhat reminds one of the genus Platymiscium. 
The leaflets are very variable in size and shape. 
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22. Lonchocarpus darienensis Pittier, sp. nov. FicurE 18, 
A small tree 3 to 4 meters high, the trunk 5 to 6 cm. in diameter, sparsely 
branched; bark gray, with white lenticels; young shoots more or less pubescent. 
Leaves 7 or 9-foliolate, entirely glabrous, the rachis terete, 10 to 16 cm. long. 
Petiolules terete, 7 mm. long. Leaflet blades oblique, ovate to elliptic, rounded or 
