66 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



l .8 nun. long. Wings cuneate-orbicular, somewhat venose, broadly 



rounded at apex, rather abruptly shorl-elawed, 3.5 nun. Long, 2.8 

 nun. wide. Keel 3.8 nun. long, mauve-purple with yellow apex. 

 Upper petals obovate, 2.8 nun. Long. Capsule oval, ca. 2.5 mm. 

 Long. Mature seed not seen. ('hod.! Monog. ii. 07. t. 13. f. 8-9 

 (1893). Cuba: eastern part, 1856-57, Wright 112 p.p. (type 

 coll.: K>. The specimen of this number in hb. Kew. agrees 

 entially with Chodat's description of P. Wrightii, except that 

 the flowers are larger (not " 2 mm. vel paullo longiores ") and the 

 wings by no means " duplo fere longiores quam latae." Without 

 seeing Chodat's actual types (hb. Krug and Urban) I do not ven- 

 ture to base another name on this number of Wright's, which in- 

 cludes also P. cubensis Chod. (type), P. grandiflora var. leptophylla 

 ( hod., and P. angustifolia HBK. that is, all the Cuban forms of 

 immediate relationship. 



84. P. grandiflora Walt. var. leptophylla Chod. Perennial, 

 erectish or ascending, branched, the branches divergent or erect, 

 1-3.5 dm. high, rather densely incurved- or incurved-spreading- 

 pubescent. Upper leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, the lower nar- 

 rowly oblong, lance-oblong, or -oval, acutish to obtusish, mucronu- 

 late, cuneate at base, slightly revolute, 1-nerved, the lateral veins 

 about 2 pairs or obsolete, sparsely pubescent with incurved hairs, 

 the upper 1.5-2.1 cm. long, 2-4.5 mm. wide, the lower 7-17 mm. 

 long, 2-8.6 mm. wide, on incurved-puberulent petioles 1 mm. long. 

 Racemes terminal and quasi extra-axillary, 1.5-3.8 cm. long, 8-23- 

 flowered. Flowers 3.5-3.8 mm. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse, cilio- 

 late, bearing usually about 4 pairs of glands, 1.5-2.3 mm. long. 

 Wings purplish-pink, broadly orbicular, inequilateral, emarginate 

 at the rounded apex, shortly abruptly clawed, strongly reticulate- 

 venose especially in fruit, 5 mm. long, 5.3 mm. wide. Keel 4.7 mm. 

 long, whitish (?) with yellow apex. Upper petals purplish, broadly 

 oval-obovate, slightly undulate at the rounded apex, 4 mm. long. 

 Capsule oval, emarginate, 3.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. Seed 

 shortly silky-pilose, 2.7 mm. long. Aril corneous, 1 mm. long, 

 sparsely pubescent, very shortly 3-lobed at base. Chod. ! Monog. 

 ii. 57 (1893). Mexico without locality: Schiede & Deppe (G). 

 Cuba: Wright 112 p. p. (cotype coll.: G). Santo Domingo: in 

 savannas, Sierra de Palo Quemado, 500 m., 10 May 1887, Eggers 

 1890 (cotype coll.: BK); near Constanza, 1190 m., May 1910, 



