PITTIER—-MIDDLE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LONCHOCARPUS. 87 
Leaves 7 to 11-foliolate, the rachis subterete, canaliculate on the basal part, 9 
to 20 cm. long. Leaflets membranous, pellucid-punctate, the petiolules canali- 
culate, 6 mm. long, the blades ovate, more or less oblique, rounded at the base, 
obtusely acuminate, 4 to 9 cm. long, 3 to 4.5 cm. broad, dark green above, paler 
beneath; costa and veins (8 or 9) rather prominent beneath. Stipules not seen. 
Racemes axillary, 15 to 25 cm. long. Peduncles 
solitary, 6 to 7 mm. long, biflorous, glabrous; pedicels 
slender, 7 to 8 mm. long, glabrous; bracts and bractlets 
ovate, suborbicular, minute, ciliate on the margin, 
very caducous. Calyx broadly cupulate, rounded at 
the base, truncate, glabrous, more or less glandular- 
dotted, about 5 mm. long. Petals whitish without, 
pale purple or pinkish within; standard orbicular, 
glabrous, about 15.5 mm. long and broad, projecting 
at the base in a narrow, bilobate, rounded append- 
age, deeply emarginate at the rounded apex, emargi- 
nate on both sides of the basal appendage, this about 
3 mm. long and 3.5 mm. broad, the claw strongly 
arcuate, 2 mm. long, inserted on the back of the 
appendage; wings obovate, oblique, auriculate, more 
or less inflexed on the upper margin, the lower margin yg. 37,—Lonchocarpus benthamianus. 
strongly arcuate, the claw about 5.5 mm. long, the  a,Standard; b, wings; c, carinal pet- 
blade rounded-obtuse at the apex, 11.5 mm. long, 6 als; d, calyx and stamens; e, pistil. 
mm. broad; carinal petals falcate, convex in the Naturalsize. From Duss 2663. 
middle, broadly rounded at the apex, sparsely pubescent along the lower margin, the 
claw about 5 mm. long, the blade 9.5to 10mm. long. Vexillar stamen free at the base 
only. Ovary sessile, linear, minutely pubescent, about 9 mm. long, 3 or 4-ovulate; 
style arcuate, hairy toward the apex. 
Legume lanceolate, compressed, suboblique, long-stipitate, subylate-acuminate, 
l-seeded, about 6 cm. long and 3 cm. broad, glabrous, the vexillar suture narrowly 
marginate, the carinal suture thin-edged and broader. Seed reniform, depressed, 
dark brown, about 15 mm. long and 10 mm. broad. 
Type from the West Indies. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
GuADELOUPE: Duss 2663 (small tree, especially abundant on the cliffs and in 
stony places close to the seashore at Vieux Fort, Le Baillif, Deshaies, etc., 
at altitudes from 0 to 400 meters; flowers May to August; common name 
“savonnette”’). 
MARTINIQUE: Duss 1091 (a common tree; delights in the neighborhood of the 
sea; Case Pilote, Précheur; blossoms in July and August; common name 
“savonnette”). Collines du Bois Brilé, in fruit, August, 1871, Hahn 1123. 
Barsapos: In flower, December, Waby 9 (a slender, tall tree, rather common, 
the flowers pale pinkish). In flower, April to June, 1895, Waby 106 (a small 
tree with white flowers). 
The name Lonchocarpus violaceus Benth. has no standing under the current rules. 
As mentioned above (p. 38), when Kunth created the genus he suggested the transfer 
into it of several species, among them Robinia violacea Beauv.! This is an African 
tree, possibly the same as L. sericeus (Poir.) H. B. K., or a synonym of Capassa 
violacea Klotzsch? and L. philenoptera Benth.,? but certainly not the same as Robinia 
1H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 383. 1823. 
2 In Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 28. pl. 5. 1862. 
3 App. Speke’s Journ. 682. 1863. 
