234 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUuME 22 
2. Rourea paucifoliata Planch. Linnaea 23: 415. 1850. 
Rourea oblongifolia floribunda Planch. Linnaea 23: 415. 1850. 
A vine, several meters long, the young twigs finely appressed-puberulent or glabrate. 
Leaves glabrous, the petioles rather slender; leaflets 3-9, rarely only 1, ovate to oblong- 
lanceolate, subcoriaceous, dull on both sides, 3-8 cm. long, long-acuminate at the apex, 
rounded or narrowed at the base, the petiolules 3-4 mm. long; panicles mostly solitary in 
the upper axils, sometimes clustered, 6-12 cm. long, equaling or longer than the leaves, 
sparingly appressed-pubescent; bracts lanceolate to subulate, ciliate, 1.2 mm. long; calyx 
about 3 mm. long, its lobes oval, ciliate, becoming broadly ovate in fruit ; petals narrowly 
obovate, one half longer than the calyx; carpels villous; styles much shorter than the 
stamens ; follicle obliquely oblong, 1.5 cm. long, about 6 mm. in diameter, 3-4 times as 
long as the calyx; seed oblong, 8-10 mm. long, about three times as long as the aril. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION : Jamaica. 
3. Rourea suerrensis Donn.-Smith, Bot. Gaz. 23: 5. 1897. 
‘* A small tree.’’ Petioles rather stout, 10 cm. longor less; leaflets 5 or 3, chartaceous, 
elliptic to obovate-oblong, the larger ones 1.5-2.3 dm. long, 1 dm. wide or less, deep-green 
and faintly shining above, paler beneath, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the 
stout petiolules 3 or 4 mm. long, the veins elevated on the lower surface, about 5 on each 
side of the midvein; panicles clustered in the upper axils, about as long as the petioles, 
the rachis and pedicels appressed-puberulent; pedicels 5 mm. long or less; calyx about 3 
mm. long, its lobes broadly ovate, acutish; petals oblong, obtuse, about 6 mm. long; 
shorter stamens about as long as the calyx-lobes; carpels pilose, much shorter than the 
styles ; follicles narrowly oblong, curved, about 13 mm. long and 5-6 mm. in diameter . 
aril yellow, about one fourth as long as the seed. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Suerre, Llanos de Santa Clara, 300 m. alt., Costa Rica. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
2. CONNARUS L. Sp. Pl. 645. 1753. 
Trees, shrubs, or woody vines, with evergreen odd-pinnate leaves, the leaflets char- 
taceous or coriaceous. Flowers small, mostlyin axillary panicles. Calyx 5-parted, the seg- 
ments imbricate, not enlarged after flowering, persistent or deciduous. Petals 5, longer 
than the calyx. Stamens 10, the filaments filiform, connate at the base, the alternate ones 
longer and shorter; anthers didymous. Disc none, or annular. Carpels 5, usually only 1 
maturing. Follicle stipitate, obliquely obovoid or oblong, woody or coriaceous, 1-seeded. 
Seed erect, longer than the aril; endosperm none. 
Type species, Connarus macrocarpus Ly. 
Follicle distinctly many-striate, its stipe very short. 1. C. Lamberts. 
Follicle smooth, or indistinctly striate, its stipe 5-7 mm. long. 
Leaflets leathery, densely and strongly reticulate-veined beneath. 2. C. réticulatus. 
Leaflets chartaceous to membranous, not densely reticulate-veined. 
Young twigs and inflorescence densely red-tomentose or velvety. 
Follicles 3-3.5 cm. long, veiny ; leaflets 24 cm. long or less. 3. C. grandifolius. 
Follicles about 1.5 cm. long, smooth or nearly so; leaflets 13 cm. 
long or less. : 4. C. panamensis. 
Young twigs and panicles appressed-puberulent ; follicles about 2 cm. 
long, faintly striate ; leaflets 5-10 cm. long. 5. C. Turczaninowitz. 
1. Connarus Lamberti (DC.) Britton. 
Omphalobium Lamberti DC. Prodr. 2: 85. 1825. 
Connarus guianensis Lamb.; DC. Prodr. 2: 85, as synonym. 1825. 
Connarus Pottsii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 463. 1886. 
Older twigs and mature leaves glabrous, the young twigs pubernlent. Petioles stout, 
5-8 cm. long; leaflets 3, oblong-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, chartaceous, 10-15 cm. long, 6-8 
cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, the primary veins 
prominent on the under side, about 9 on each side of the stout midvein, the petiolules 2-3 
