US Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



L898, Ltnujhisst 316 (G). Tabasco: Atasta, 30 Aug. 1889, Rovi- 

 rasa 602 (K). Mexico without locality: Pavon (B). Guatemala: 

 Mazatensugo, Nov. 1870, Bernoulli A- Carlo 3191 (K); between 

 Jocoy (?) and San Geronimo, Aug. 1870, Bernoulli 998 (K); Santa 

 Rosa, 915 ni.. .Inly 1892, Heyde & Lux 3007 (K). Cuba: Wright 

 L12p. p. (G) ; Cieneguita, 18 June 1895, Com bs 213 (GK). Jamaica: 

 St. Andrew, McNab (K); Kings House Grounds, 25 Nov. 1897, 

 Harris 6904 (BJ) ; Hope Gardens, 215 in., 2 Sept. 1901, Harris 8153 

 (J). St. Thomas: Cowells Hill, 8 Dec. 1876, Eggers (G). Gren- 

 ada: Mardigras, St. Georges, 14 Aug. 1905, Broadway 1818 (G). 

 Tobago: Scarboro, 29 Sept. 1912, Broadway 4252 (B). Trinidad: 

 B. dc Schack (K); Crueger (K); Lockhart (K); Fendler 271 (K); 

 Queens Park, 1848, Purdie 36 (K). T. 2. Fig. 45. 



86. P. nicaraguensis Chod. Stems hispid with spreading hairs, 

 striate, leafy, bearing many short (3-5 cm.) ascending leafy flower- 

 ing branches near the base. Leaves lanceolate or lance-linear, mu- 

 cronate, usually glabrescent or sparsely puberulous, 3-4.5 cm. long, 

 4-5 mm. wide. Racemes terminal and extra-axillary, loosely few- 

 flowered, 1.5-4 cm. long. Flowers 4 mm. long. Sepals glandular- 

 ciliate. Wings obovate-spatulate, not angulate, subemarginate, 

 inequilateral, not ciliate. Upper petals cuneate at base, suborbicu- 

 lar above. Capsule short-stipitate, ovate-elliptic, emarginate, 2.5 

 mm. long and wide. Seed ovoid, golden-sericeous. Aril small. 

 Monog. ii. 54 (1893). Not seen; described by Chodat from Levy 

 238, Nicaragua (hb. Boiss.), with which Pittier & Durand 348, from 

 Costa Rica, was doubtfully associated. 



87. P. collina Brandegee. Perennial, the stems 3 dm. long, 

 pubescent, sparsely branched. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuate 

 at base into a short petiole, puberulent, 3-4 cm. long, 7 mm. wide, 

 the lower much smaller. Racemes axillary or extra-axillary. Flow- 

 ers 4 mm. long. Upper sepal glandular-ciliate. Wings obovate, 

 inequilateral, shorter than capsule, 4 mm. long. Keel yellowish- 

 white. Upper petals purple. Capsule elliptic-oblong. Seed cylin- 

 dric, appressed-hairy. Aril large, curved, 2-horned, white. 

 Brandegee, Zoe v. 204 (1905). Described from Cerro Colorado, 

 Sinaloa. Not seen; description compiled. 



88. P. Planellasi Molt. & Gomez. Herbaceous perennial (?), 

 erect, sparsely branched, 3.5 dm. high, the stem and branches 

 rather densely pubescent with incurved or incurved-spreading hairs, 



