Aveust 31, 1910] A New GENUS AND New SPECIES OF LEGUMINOSAE 701 
slender glabrous style which bears a minute capitate stigma; 
| pods flat, 5 to 8 cm. long, 10 to 15 mm. wide, smooth, 
E base abruptly short stipitate, apex obtusely rounded, 3 to 5- 
seeded, pendulous, yellowish green and in the region of the 
beans slightly streaked with red. 
Type specimen 11925 in fruit and 10551 in flower, 
A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, 
Mindanao, October and May respectively, 1909. 
| An uncommon tree in well drained soil of woods on 
sharp ridges or on edges of very steep gorges along the 
Sibulan river at 2500 to 3500 feet. The Bagobos call it 
! "Balbalan" and ''Caranaipate". 
i Next to D. minahassae Koord., but the leaflets are more 
| villous pubescent, not ovate oblong nor obtuse or emarginate, 
their bases obtuse rather than cuneate; inflorescence densely 
tomentose not puberulent; and corolla blue not white. The 
fruits are different from the so determined middle Luzon 
g specimens. 
sicilia 
THE ESCOLTA PRESS, INC. 
