is Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



Descent eveiywhere except on margin with comparatively long and 

 Bpreading hairs, 4.5 5.8 mm. long, L.2 L.8 nun. wide Keel 

 Bparsely appressed-pubescent, 1 4.6 mm. Long. Upper petals nar- 

 rowly obovate, equalling the keel. Capsule orbicular, densely cili- 

 ate and pubescenl with rather short wide-spreading hairs, 9 mm. 

 Long, 8.5 9 mm. wide. Seed dully silky-pilose, 5 mm. long. Aril 

 membranaceous-scarious, 2.2 nun. deep, short -pilose, the dorsal 

 edge ascending, the ventral subvertical, the margin irregularly 

 Lobulate. Benth.! Bot. Sulph. 67 (1844). Honduras: Gulf of 

 Fonseca, Sinclair (type: K, fragment G); sandy loam, arid 

 banks, ( rulf of Fonseca, Nov. 1838, Barclay 2647 (B). A specimen 

 in hh. Kew., collected by Friedrichsthal in Guatemala, is somewhat 

 doubtfully referred here. T. 2. Fig. 35. 



58. P. Hayesii, sp. nov. Caules plures e basi fruticulosa erecti 

 sparse ramosi rlexuosi subdense pubescentes pilis aliis brevibus in- 

 curvo-patentibus aliis longis paten tibus vel adscendentibus rectis 

 vel vix curvatis 1-1.2 dm. alti. Folia ovata acuminata basi cuneata 

 ut caules sul)dense pubescentes reticulato-venosa (venis lateralibus 

 ca. 5-jugis) 2.1-3.2 cm. longa 0.9-1.1 cm. lata, in petiolis 1.5 mm. 

 longis; infima minora ovalia obtusa. Racemi ramos et caules ter- 

 minantes ca. 15-flori 3.5-3.8 cm. longi. Flores 5-6 mm. longi. 

 Sepala ovata acuminata sparse incurvo-puberula ciliolata 2.7 mm. 

 longa. Alae ovales apice rotundatae basi vix cuneatae ad costam 

 et apicem versus sparse incurvo-puberulae sparse ciliolatae 5.8 mm. 

 longae 4 mm. latae. Carina 5.5 mm. longa. Petala superiora late 

 obovata apice rotundata. Capsula submatura orbicularis emar- 

 ginata basi truncato-rotundata in lateribus incurvo-puberula sub- 

 patenti-ciliolata 8.5 mm. longa 8 mm. lata. Semen (valcle imma- 

 turum) pilosum. Arillus (submaturus) 1.5 mm. altus, margine 

 scarioso lato parum undulato sparse piloso, margine dorsali des- 

 cendente angulum ca. 45 formante. Guatemala: plains about 

 Guatemala City, July 1860, Sutton Hayes (type: G). T. 1. 

 Fig. 29. 



59. P. consobrina, sp. nov. Suffruticulosa infra ramosa 2.4 

 dm. alta. Caulis ramique dense pubescentes pilis patenti-incurvis 

 pilis longioribus patentioribus perpaucis vel mancis. Folia inferiora 

 ovalia obtusa media et superiora late ovata acuta basi late cuneata 

 subvenoso-reticulata (venis lateralibus ca. 6-jugis) tenuia sed de- 

 mum subflrma supra subsparse puberula pilis incurvis infra vix 



