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of the wings; its nearest relatives would be, perhaps, L. proteranthus and L. pune- 
tatus. 
The above-described specimens were distributed as Lonchocarpus sericeus H. B. K. 
var. sericeus Micheli, an obviously mistaken identification. 
35. Lonchocarpus emarginatus Pittier, sp. nov. Figure 30. 
Branchlets short, grayish, lenticellate, at first tomentellous. 
Leaves 5 to 11-foliolate, the rachis slightly canaliculate, hairy, 3 to 8.5 cm. long. 
Leaflets coriaceous, the petiolules canaliculate, hairy, 3 to 4 mm. long, the blades 
oblong, rounded at the base, emarginate at the apex, 2 to 5 cm. long, sparsely pubes- 
cent or glabrescent above, beneath paler, reticulate, sparsely pubescent, the costa 
and veins prominent. Stipules not seen. 
Racemes axillary and forming small panicles at the ends 
of the branchlets, the rachis hairy, 4 to 6 cm. long, densely 
flowered. Peduncles solitary, mostly biflorous, about 2 
mm. long, hairy; pedicels about 3 mm. long, cano-pubes- 
cent; bracts and bractlets very small, the latter on the lower 
half of the pedicel. Calyx cupulate, truncate or denticu- 
late, subattenuate at the base, about 3.5 mm. long, silky- 
pubescent without and ciliate on the margin. Petals purplish 
INS or pinkish; standard orbicular (broader than long), concave, 
, subbilobulate and callous-plicate at the base, slightly emargi- 
) nate at the apex, pubescent without, the claw 1.5 to 2 mm. 
om) long, the blade about 9.5 mm. long, 11 to 11.5 mm. broad, the 
Fig. 30.—Lonchocarpus margins inflexed; wings adhering to the keel, oblique,oblong, 
emarginatus, a, Standard; Subbiauriculate, obtuse at the apex, glabrous, the claw about 
b, wings; c, carinal petals; 3.5mm. long, the blade 8mm. long, 4 to 4.5mm. broad; carinal 
d, calyx and stamens; e, petals falcate, auriculate, obtuse, slightly pubescent without 
pistil. Natural size. From : : 
Purpus 6814. along the carinal margin, the claw 4 mm. long, the blade 7 
to 7.5 mm. long, 4mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the 
base, the staminal tube glabrous. Ovary linear, stipitate, densely cano-pubescent, 
about 5.5 mm. long, 3 or 4-ovulate; style long, acicular, arcuate, pubescent at the base; 
stigma capitellate. 
Legume not known. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 567145, collected at El Picacho, near 
San Gerdénimo, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, in flower, October, 1913, by C. A. Purpus 
(no. 6814). 
This species is distinct from every other in Middle America. In the absence of the 
fruit its systematic place in the genus remains doubtful. The characters of the 
flowers, however, point to a close relationship with the species of the section Carinati, 
series Sericiflori. 
36. Lonchocarpus salvadorensis Pittier, sp. nov. FIGURE 31. 
A large deciduous tree. Bark of the branchlets brownish, glabrescent, lenticellose; 
young shoots brownish-pubescent. 
Leaves 7-foliolate, the rachis, petiolules, and lower surface of the leaflets at first 
densely brownish-pubescent, later glabrous; rachis 10 cm. long, sulcate at the base. 
Leaflets coriaceous, the petiolules terete, 6 to 10 mm. long, the blades ovate to elliptic 
(the terminal one more or less obovate), subcuneate at the base, acuminate at the 
apex, 4 to 10 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. broad, pilosulous above at first, glabrous and lustrous 
later, the nervation prominent beneath. Stipules very small, hairy. 
Racemes paniculate at the ends of defoliate branchlets, short, stout, densely flow- 
ered, the rachis 12 to 25 cm. long, pubescent at first, glabrous later. Peduncles usually 
biflorous, hairy, very short; pedicels 2 mm. long or less; bracts and bractlets grayish- 
