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Machaerium tovarense Pittier, sp. nov. 
An unarmed tree, the branchlets terete, striate, verruculose, at first densely 
fulvous-pubescent. 
Leaves 11 or 13-foliolate, the rachis densely fulvous-hairy, 6 to 9 cm. long. 
Leaflets subcoriaceous, the petiolules densely hairy, about 1 mm, long, the 
blades ovate-oblong or elliptic, rounded at the base, attenuate and obtusely sub- 
acuminate at the apex, 1 to 5 cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. broad, above lustrous, pilosu- 
lous. the venation prominulous, beneath paler, reticulate, densely hairy on the 
costa and sparsely pilosulous on the veins, the margin also more thickly pilose- 
ciliate. Stipules caducous, not seen. 
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemose, 1 to 2 cm. long, the rachis 
fulvous-tomentose. Calycinal bractlets fulvous-pubescent, broader than long. 
Calyx persistent, campanulate, truncate, 2 to 3 mm. long. Filaments long- 
ciliate. Other details of the flower wanting. 
Legume 7 to 8.5 cm. long, short-stipitate (the stipe about 4 mm. long), fer- 
ruginous-pubescent, more so on the seminal part and along the carinal margin, 
the seminal part 2 to 3 em. long, 1.3 to 1.5 cm. broad, almost straight, the wing 
cultrate, obtuse, mucronate, 2 to 2.7 cm. broad. 
Type in the Gray Herbarium, collected near Colonia Tovar, State of Aragua, 
Venezuela, in fruit, by A. Fendler (no. 1865). 
This collection was considered by Bentham to belong to his Machaerium 
scemannii, the description of the fruit being added to the original description 
of that species. But the general pubescence is much more abundant on the 
Venezuelan tree, the leaflets on the whole more numerous, with shorter petiol- 
ules, and the fruits considerably larger and more hairy. On the other hand, 
the two species have many common characters, among them the villous fila- 
ments, so that there can be no doubt as to their being closely related. 
AN OLD AND A NEW SPECIES OF DREPANOCARPUS., 
Drepanocarpus inundatus Mart. ; Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. 2:96. 1838. Fia@ure 58. 
A low, unarmed tree or shrub, the branchlets terete, glabrous. 
Leaves 5 to 8-foliolate, entirely glabrous, the rachis 5 to 10 cm. long. Leaf- 
lets subcoriaceous, the petiolules subcanaliculate, 3 to 4 mm. long, the blades 
ovate-elliptic, rounded or sometimes cuneate at the base, 
obtusely long-acuminate at the apex, 2.5 to 7 cm. long, 
1 to 83 cm. broad, dark green above, paler beneath, the 
veins prominulous on both faces, elegantly anastomosed- 
reticulate beneath. Stipules aculeiform, 2 to 4 mm. 
long, very caducous. 
Inflorescences axillary, subracemose, much shorter 
than the leaves, sparsely branched, the rachis more or 
less ferruginous-pubescent, not over 4 cm. long, the 
branchlets (peduncles) simple, 5 to 8-flowered, not over F16. 58.—Floral details 
2 em. long, cymoid. Bracts stipule-like, very caducous; °% _Prepanocarpus in- 
undatus. a, Stand- 
bractlets ovate, conchoid, pubescent without, about 0.5 ard; b, wings; c, cari- 
mm. long, caducous. Flowers sessile, about 1 mm. long. nal petals; d, calyx; 
Calycinal bracts suborbicular (broader than long), e, ovary. Natural 
fuliginous-pubescent without, 1.5 to 2 mm. long, 2.7mm. —‘S2®.._ From Bourgeau, 
no number, in U. S. 
broad. Calyx campanulate, striate, about 3.5 mm. long, National Herbarium. 
purple, fuliginous-pubescent without, the teeth equal in 
length, rounded-obtuse, the vexillar ones a little broader. Petals purple; stand- 
ard orbicular, attenuate at the base into a short (not over 1 mm. long) claw, 
