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mim. long ; inflorescence shorter than the leaves, the rachis puberulent ; pedicels very short ; 
calyx puberulent, about 1.5 mm. long, its lobesoblong-lanceolate ; petals oblong, twice as long 
as the calyx; longer stamens about as long asthe calyx; follicle obliquely obovoid, strongly 
ridged on the curved back, glabrous when mature, about 1.5 cm. long, 1.2 cm. wide and 
lcm. thick, many-striate, the stipe not longer than the calyx. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Interior of Guiana. 
DISTRIBUTION : St. Vincent (according to Grisebach) ; Guatemala; alsoin Venezuela, Trinidad, 
and Guiana. 
2. Connarus reticulatus Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cuba 84. 1866. 
Young twigs puberulent, the older ones glabrous; petioles 3-4 cm. long, thickened at 
the base; leaflets 3, ovate-oblong to elliptic, leathery, smooth and shining above, strongly 
and densely reticulate-veined beneath, 4-8 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, 
rounded at the base, the stout petiolules 2-3 mm. long; panicles mostly terminal, peduncled, 
reddish-tomentose ; flowers pedicelled ; calyx tomentose, its segments lanceolate, obtusish ; 
petals oblong-lanceolate, about 6 mm. long, twice as long as the calyx; follicles obliquely 
obovoid, 2.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, about 1 cm. thick, becoming glabrous, the apex in- 
curved, acute, the stipe 3-4 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
3. Connarus grandifolius Planch. Linnaea 23: 432. 1850. 
Young twigs densely red-tomentose, terete. Petioles stout, red-tomentose, 3-8 cm. 
long; leaflets 3 or 5, thin-coriaceous, oblong to elliptic or narrowly obovate, smooth on 
both sides, or rufous-puberulent on the veins beneath when young, obtuse or short-acumi- 
nate at the apex, obtuse at the base, 12-24 cm. long, 6-10 cm. wide, the veins sunken in 
the upper surface, prominent beneath, coarsely reticulate; panicles axillary, densely red- 
tomentose, many-flowered, shorter than the leaves; flowers sessile; calyx 3 mm. long, 
deeply cleft, red-tomentose, its lobes lanceolate, acute; petals linear-oblong, somewhat 
longer than the calyx; longer stamens 3 mm. long; follicles obliquely obovoid, rufous- 
tomentose, becoming glabrous, finely veined, 3-3.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, 1.5 em. thick, 
the incurved beak short, acute, the stipe 5-7 mm. long; seed oblong, 2 cm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Dominica (erroneously said to be from Santo Domingo in Index Kewensis). 
DISTRIBUTION : Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique. 
4, Connarus panamensis Griseb. Bonplandia 6: 6. 1858. 
A climbing vine with reddish-velvety twigs. Leaves trifoliolate; petioles stout, about 
6 cm. long; leaflets elliptic to oblong, 10-13 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, short-acuminate at 
the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, rather thin, but firm in texture, dull, glabrous 
above, puberulent along the prominent midvein beneath, the primary veins about 6 on each 
side of the midvein, the stout petiolules about 5 mm. long; flowers sessile, in velvety pan- 
icled spikes; petals oblong, twice as long as the velvety calyx; stamens shorter than the 
petals; follicles obliquely obovate, saffron-colored, minutely apiculate on one side above 
the middle, velutinous when young, smooth or nearly so when mature, about 1.5 cm. long, 
1 cm. wide and 8 mm. thick, the stout stipe about 5mm. long; seeds black, shining, the 
aril yellow. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Panama. . 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
5. Connarus Turczaninowii Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. 
Nat. V. 16: 364. 1872. 
Connarus panamensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 32: 277. 1859. Not C. panamensis Griseb. 
1858. 
Young twigs and leaves appressed-puberulent ; mature foliage glabrous. Petioles 4-6cm. 
long; leaflets 5 or 3, oblong to elliptic, chartaceous, 5-10 cm. long ; 3-5 cm. wide, acuminate 
at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base; the thickened petiolules 4 or 5 mm. long, 
