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ovate-oblong, subcuneate at the base, the apex with a short, obtuse acumen, 3.5 to 
10 cm. long, 1.5 to 4 cm. broad, sublustrous and light green above, paler beneath, the 
costa and veins prominent. Stipules not seen. 
Racemes erect, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves and forming long panicles 
at the ends of the branchlets, the rachis glabrous, angulate, densely flowered, 6 to 12 
cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels minutely pubescent, the 
former solitary, mostly biflorous, about 1.5 mm. long, the latter 
: 1 mm. long or less; bracts and bractlets broadly ovate, pubes- 
cent, the latter about 0.5 mm. long, opposite and close to the 
calyx. Calyx broadly cupulate, subdentate, minutely pubes- 
cent, about 3.5 mm. long. Petals purplish red; standard 
broadly orbicular, sublobulate and callous at the base, slightly 
emarginate at the apex, the claw 2.5 mm. long, the blade 
minutely pubescent on the back, about 9 mm. long and 10 mm. 
broad; wings elongate, oblique, adhering to the keel, auricu- 
late, rounded-obtuse at the apex, slightly pubescent, the claw 
Fic. 26.—Lonchocarpus 3.5 mm. long or less, the blade 7.5 mm. long, 3. 5 mm. broad; 
hondurensis, a, Stand- Ao rinal petals elongate, subfalcate, rounded-obtuse, scarcely 
ard; b, wings; c, carinal : ; 
petals; d, calyx, stamens, auriculate, minutely pubescent without, the claw 3.5 to 4mm. 
and style; e, pistil. Nat- long, the blade 6.5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. Staminal tube 
ural size. From Rovirosa dilated at the base, the vexillar stamen free, the upper free 
121. part ofjthe’filaments minutely hairy. Ovary stipitate, linear, 
pubescent, about 6.5 mm. long, 5 to,9-ovulate; style arcuate, pubescent at the base; 
stigma capitellate. 
Legume not known. 
Type from Honduras, collected by R. Temple (Banks Herbarium). 
The above description is from} Wilson 706 (see below). 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Brirish _Honpuras: Botanic Station, Belize, in flower, June, 1898, Campbell. 
Near Puerto Sierra, along Highland Creek, in flower, March 8, 1903, Wilson 
706. 
Mexico: Llanos del Carrizal, Tabasco (common), in flower, February 28, 1888, 
Rovtirosa 121. 
In Tabasco this has the vernacular name ‘‘gusano.”’ 
A beautiful and striking species, not easily confused. It has already been reported 
from Tabasco by E. P. Pohnson (no. 31). 
31. Lonchocarpus comitensis Pittier, sp. nov. . 
A small tree or a shrub, the branchlets stout, grayish, densely lenticellate, the 
younger parts densely fuscous-tomentose. 
Leaves 7 to 11-foliolate, the rachis fuscous-tomentose, terete, 2 to4.cm. long. Leaf- 
lets subcoriaceous, the petiolules tomentose, hardly over 1 mm. long, the blades 
ovate, oblong, or obovate, rounded and subattenuate at the apex, 1 to 3.5 cm. long, 
0.7 to 1.5 cm. broad, pilosulous above, the costa impressed, beneath reticulate, pubes- 
cent, the costa and veins prominulous and ferruginous. Stipules not seen. 
Racemes axillary, the rachis densely fuscous-pubescent, 4 to 6 cm. long. Flowers 
about 1.5 cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels fuscous-tomentose, the former biflorous, 
about 1 mm. Jong, the latter 4 to 5 mm. long; bracts and bractlets oblong, fuscous- 
pubescent, 1 to 2 mm. long, the latter opposite and appressed to the calyx. Calyx 
cupulate, broad, truncate, densely fuscous-tomentose, about 5 mm. long. Petals not 
seen. Vexillar stamen free. Ovary sessile, linear, pubescent, about 8 mm. long, 
5-ovulate; style slightly arcuate, sparsely pubescent. 
Fruit not known. 
Type in the U. 8. National,Herbarium, no. 470630, collected at Comitan, State of 
Chiapas, Mexico, in flower, April 3, 1904, by E. A. Goldman (no. 827). 
