Nov., 1912. DIAGNOSES or SPERMATOPHYTES GREENMAN 331 



pinnatis, pinnis 2-3-jugis ; foliolis sessilibus oppositis vel alternis oblongis 

 vel oblongo-obovatis 1-2 cm. longis apice rotundatis vel subemarginatis 

 integris glabris basi cuneatis et plus minusve obliquis, juventate 

 punctatis, maturate utrinque reticulato-venosis supra sublucidis subtus 

 pallidioribus ; petiolo communi glabro usque ad 3 cm. longo; rhachis et 

 rhachillis plerumque crispo-puberulentis ; stipulis ovatis ca. 4 mm. longis 

 cuneatis punctatis caducis; racemis subterminalibus 1-1.5 dm. longis 

 multifloris glabris vel sparse puberulentis, pedicellis gracilibus 8-14 mm. 

 longis superne incrassatis infra apicem articulatis et sparse glandulosis ; 

 floribus 1.5-2 cm. diametro; calycis limbi laciniis oblongis 5-8 mm. 

 longis 3-4 mm. latis glandulosis utrinque minute sed plus minusve dense 

 tomentulosis ; petalis 5 flavis glanduliferis basi pilosis; staminibus 

 corollas subaequalibus supra basin stipitatam glandulosis et pilosis ; ovario 

 dense glandulifero et sparse piloso. YUCATAN: Progresso, 5 March, 

 1899, Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, no. 1675 (hb. Field Museum, cat. no. 61675, 

 type); Izamal, Dr. Geo. F. Gaumer, no. 349 (hb. Field Museum, cat. 

 no. 36152), and coll. of 1888, without number (hb. Field Museum, cat. 

 no. 181486; San. Anselmo, Dr. Geo. F. Gaumer, no. 1623 (hb. Field 

 Museum, cat. no. 58421). 



This species is named in honor of Dr. GEORGE F. GAUMER who first 

 collected the plant in 1888. Dr. GAUMER states that it is a tree often 

 becoming sixty feet in height and is abundant in the brush and forest 

 lands about Izamal, where it is known by the native name of Xcitinche. 



Dalea delicata (Rose) Greenman, comb. nov. Parosela delicata Rose 



Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. viii. 304 (1905). 



Specimens collected in Mexico by Mr. C. R. Orcutt,no. 42 15 (hb. Field 

 Museum, cat. no. 282126) agree in all details with the original material 

 on which this species was based. 



Dalea vernicia (Rose) Greenman, comb. nov. Parosela vernicia Rose 



Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. viii. 303 (1905). 



In addition to the original material on which this species was 

 founded, the following specimens are here referred: Sluice-way above 

 power house, Barranca de Oblatos, State of Jalisco, Mexico, altitude 

 i no m., 29 September, 1908, Barnes 6* Land, no. 211 (hb. Field Muse- 

 um) ; railroad banks, along the Mexican Central Railway below Tuxpan, 

 altitude 1170 m., State of Jalisco, Mexico, 9 October, 1908, Barnes &* 

 Land, no. 337 (hb. Field Museum). . 



Desmodium Conzattii Greenman, sp. nov. 



Frutex 1-1.5 m. altus, ramulis ramulisque subadpresso-sericeis ; foliis 

 brevi-petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis elliptico- vel oblongo-lanceolatis 1.5- 

 3.5 cm. longis 0.5-1.5 cm. latis acutis integris utrinque adpresso-sericeis 



