500 University of California Puhlications in Botany [Vol. 6 



Clitoria monticola, sp. nov. 



Suffmticosa : eaule erecto, i-ainiilis juvenibus paulnliim piibescen- 

 tibns : foliis trif oliolatis, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis basi rotundatis 

 apice costa excurrenti niucronulatis, ea. 9 cm. longis, 2.5 cm. latis, 

 supra glabris, subtus praecipue ad venas pubescentibus ; petiolis piibes- 

 centibus 3-6 em. longis: racemis 3-8-floris. 3-4 em. longis: ealyee 

 tubuloso ea. 1.5 cm. longo, deutibus ca. 4 mm. longis ; corolla ca. 2.8 em. 

 longa ; ovario pnbescente 3-5-oviilato ; legumine usque ad 4.5 em. longo 

 glabro; seminibus globosis. 



Collected by T. S. Brandegee at El Taste and Sierra de San 

 Francisquito, high mountains of the Cape Region of Baja California. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 83907. This species is listed in Proc. 

 Cal. Acad, of Sci., (2), vol. 3, p. 129, as Clitoria Mariana L., from 

 which it is verv distinct. 



Lonchocarpus Purpusii, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, 5-6 m. alta. ramis lenticellatis : foliis 10-15 cm. 

 longis, foliolis 5-7, glabris ovatis, apice acuminatis, basi cuneatis, 

 pellucido-punctatis, 5-6 cm. longis, 2-4 cm. latis : paniculis plerumque 

 axillaribus 7-9 cm. longis; pedicellis saepe bifloris; calyce cupulato 

 margine undulato : petalis atropurpureis sub lente paululum pubes- 

 centibus ; vexillo orbiculato emarginato ca. 1 cm. longo alas aequanti ; 

 carinae petalis medio parum adhaerentibus ; stamine vexillari basi 

 libero; ovario 2-3-ovulato paululum pubescenti. 



A handsome species bearing an abundance of dark purple flowers. 

 Collected near Zacuapan, Vera Cruz. No. 7849. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 198247. 



Machaerium riparium, sp. nov. 



Ramis vetustis badiis striatis, juvenibus f<,^rrugineo-hirsutis : foliis 

 5-9-foliolatis, petiolo communi ca. 5 cm. longo, stipulis spineseentibus 

 curvatis ; foliolis ellipticis vel oblongis utrinque glabris apice basique 

 obtusis ca. 3 em. longis, 1.4 cm. latis; floribus in paniculis axillaribus 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus; bracteolis sub calyce late ovatis badiis 

 pubescentibus; calyce breviter 5-lobato, lobis semi orbiculatis: corolla 

 extus ferrugineo-sericea ; ovario ferrugineo-hirsuto stipitato 1-ovulato; 

 legumine glabro 5.8 cm. longo, ala 1.8 cm. lata apice rotundata. 



Collected near Zacuapan, Vera Cruz, growing in rocky soil along 

 brooks. No. 8166. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 200644. 



