APRIL 20, 1912] Two Score or New PLANTS 1507 
Distinguished by a number of minor differences from D. 
curranii Merr. (D. reticulata Elm.) 
CONNARACEAE. 
Connarus fragrans Elm. n. sp. 
Seandent shrub or small tree; branches terete, glabrous. 
Leaves alternate, 5-foliate, occasionally 3-foliate, glabrous; 
petiole terete, glabrous, thickened at the base, 5 em. long to the 
first pair of leaflets, the second pair 2 to 3 em. apart; blades 
coriaceous, 1 dm. long by 4 em. wide across the middle or a trifle 
below it, the smaller ones less than one half as large, entire, dry- 
ing brown, obtuse, acuminate or more frequently caudate at the 
apex, punctate beneath, oblongish; petiole thick, 7.5 mm. long, 
the terminal one 3 times as long; midvein conspicuous beneath, 
brown and glabrous; lateral pairs 5, ascendingly curved, the basal 
pair less conspicuous, tips faint and reticulately united, retieula- 
tions very fine and evident from both sides. Panicle terminal, 
lateral or from the leaf axils, 1.5 dm. long, branched from the 
middle; peduncles glabrous, terete; secondary stalks puberulent 
and usually subtended by short and blunt similarly puberulent 
bracts, numerously branched especially toward the distal end, all 
short and densely umber pubescent; pedicels few mm. long, 
similarly pubescent, usually subtended by bracteoles; calyx also 
hairy, 2 mm. long; the 5 segments united toward the base, ascend- 
ingly eurved, acute, thick, gland spotted; petals 5, ultimately 
free, ligulate, 6 mm. long, nearly 2 mm. wide, puberulent and 
glandular from below the middle to apex, the upper one half 
rotately spreading; stamens 10, erect, in 2 alternating series, their 
basal portion united into a glabrous cup about the ovary, 4 mm. 
long; the free portion of the 2 unequal series of filaments terete, 
sharply tapering, finely ciliate especially toward the end of 
the much larger series of 5; anthers suborbicular, 0.5 mm. 
across, versatile; ovary superior, globosely compressed, 2 mm. 
across, densely hairy; style 5 mm. long, stout, finely stri- 
gose, subterete, obscurely tipped at the apex and termin- 
ated in an enlarged flattened stigma; follicle luteus, when 
mature ellipsoid, 3 em. long, one half as thick, smooth, apex 
