PITTIER—MIDDLE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LONCHOCARPUS. 83 
long, the blade about 10 mm. long and 5 mm. broad; carinal petals mostly free, falcate, 
auriculate, more or less distinctly folded along the vexillar margin, densely silky- 
pubescent on the upper half and along the carinal margin, 
the claw 4.5 mm. long, the blade about 8.5 mm. long and 
3.5 mm. broad. Vexillar stamen free at the base, the 
tube broadened-auriculate, leaving an ovate opening on 
each side of the former. Ovary sessile and thickened 
at the base, linear, roundish, densely canescent-pilose, 
about 8 mm. long, mostly 7-ovulate; style arcuate, sharply 
distinguished from the ovary, hairy at the base only; 
stigma capitellate. 
Legume compressed, attenuate at the base, acute at the 
apex, more or less fulvous-pubescent, the vexillar suture 
thickened opposite the seeds, sharp on the edge; seeds 1 
or 2 to 5, when 1 or 2 the legume ovate-oblique, about 5cm. 
long and 2.3 cm. broad, when more, the legume elongate, 
constricted between the seeds, arcuate with the vexillar 
side concave, 5 to 12 cm. long, 2.3cm. broad. Seeds sur- 
rounded with a coriaceous endocarp, oblong-reniform, 12 Fie. 33.—Lonchocarpus sericeus. 
to 14 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, 4 mm. thick, dark choco- _% Standard; b, wings; ¢, cari- 
late-brown with white hilum. ee” calyx; ¢, pistil. 
Type (Robinia sericea Poir.) in Jussieu Herbarium, from , 
America. The above description of the flower is based on specimens collected at 
Castleton Gardens, Jamaica, by Mr. Wm. Harris (no. 9153); that of the fruit from 
Edward Palmer no. 598, collected at Acapulco, Mexico, October, 1894, to March, 1895. 
OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Mexico: Marfa Madre Island, in fruit, May, 1895, Nelson 4310. Sihuataneja, 
Guerrero, in fruit, April 9, 1903, Nelson 7011. Between Rosario, Sinaloa, 
and Concepcién, Tepic, July 28, 1897, Rose 3268 (immature specimen). 
Cusa: La Herradura, Pinar del Rfo, in flower, August 26, 1905, van Hermann 119. 
Porto Rico: Los Indios de Guayanillo, along the river, immature flowers and 
imperfect fruits, July 29, 1886, Sintenis 4991 (determined by Urban but 
doubtful). 
MARTINIQUE: Marigot, in flower, October, 1869, Hahn 1223. 
TRINIDAD: Fendler 318, young fruits. 
This species seems to be widely spread over the West Indies, extending to Mexico 
in one direction, to Colombia and Brazil in another. It has not been reported as yet 
from Central America. 
According to Bentham its area of dispersion includes western tropical Africa. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 6,—See p. 78. 
39. Lonchocarpus robustus Pittier, sp. nov. Figure 34. 
A tree, the branchlets thick, nodose, at first ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves 9 to 13-foliolate, the rachis canaliculate, ferruginous-puberulous, 11 to 18 
cm. long. Leaflets submembranous, the petiolules canaliculate, ferruginous-hairy, 
about 5 mm. long, the blades oblique, ovate or oblong, rounded and subattenuate 
at the base, obtuse-acuminate at the apex, 4 to 8 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. broad, glabrous 
and minutely reticulate above, reticulate and minutely pubescent beneath, the 
costa and veins sparsely ferruginous-hairy, subimmersed above, very prominent 
beneath. 
Racemes axillary, subpaniculate at the ends of the branchlets, the rachis striate, 
ferruginous-hairy, 5.5 to 9 cm. long. Peduncles and pedicels ferruginous-pubescent, 
about 1 mm. long, the former usually biflorous; bracts and bractlets very small and 
