﻿62 
  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  3 
  

  

  Unless 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  incorrectly 
  stated, 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  varia- 
  

   ble. 
  Some 
  report 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  up 
  to 
  3 
  meters 
  high; 
  Bentham^ 
  

   says 
  "caulis 
  lignosus 
  vulgo 
  scandens;" 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  corresponding 
  to 
  my 
  no. 
  

   6297 
  from 
  near 
  Caracas 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  "a 
  large 
  vine, 
  often 
  15 
  cm. 
  in 
  diam. 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  climbing 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  trees." 
  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  also 
  different 
  inspecimens 
  from 
  different 
  localities, 
  although 
  I 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  the 
  oblong 
  type 
  reproduced 
  in 
  plate 
  63 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  just 
  cited. 
  

   With 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  plate 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  opportune 
  to 
  mention 
  that 
  although 
  

   Bentham 
  indicates 
  only 
  9 
  stamens, 
  as 
  always 
  found 
  by 
  myself, 
  he 
  gives 
  two 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  androecium 
  of 
  D. 
  monetaria, 
  each 
  with 
  10 
  stamens. 
  

  

  13. 
  Dalbergia 
  calycina 
  Benth. 
  Journ. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  4: 
  Suppl. 
  35. 
  1860. 
  

   Type 
  Locality: 
  Guatemala 
  (Friedrichsthal) 
  . 
  

  

  14. 
  Dalbergia 
  hypoleuca 
  Pittier, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Tree; 
  young 
  branchlets 
  ferruginous-pubescent. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  7 
  to 
  11-foliolate, 
  the 
  rachis 
  terete, 
  pubescent, 
  glabrescent, 
  10 
  to 
  

   20 
  cm. 
  long. 
  Leaflets 
  coriaceous, 
  often 
  opposite 
  or 
  subopposite, 
  the 
  petiol- 
  

   ules 
  canaliculate, 
  grayish-pubescent, 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blades 
  ovate 
  or 
  

   ovate-oblong, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  obtuse 
  and 
  subretuse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  3 
  to 
  

   7 
  cm. 
  long, 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  cm. 
  broad, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  finally 
  reticulate 
  with 
  the 
  venation 
  

   prominulous 
  above, 
  beneath 
  grayish 
  or 
  whitish, 
  minutely 
  pubescent, 
  with 
  

   the 
  costa 
  very 
  prominent 
  and 
  the 
  veins 
  slightly 
  so 
  ; 
  margins 
  strongly 
  revolute. 
  

  

  Inflorescence 
  axillary 
  or 
  terminal. 
  Flowers 
  not 
  known. 
  

  

  Legume 
  coriaceous, 
  glabrous, 
  long-stipitate, 
  rounded-attenuate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  mucronulate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  1 
  -seeded 
  and 
  then 
  8 
  cm. 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  cm. 
  

   broad, 
  or 
  2 
  to 
  5-seeded 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  16 
  cm. 
  long, 
  the 
  breadth 
  varying 
  

   between 
  1.7 
  and 
  1 
  cm. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  John 
  Donnell 
  Smith 
  Herbarium, 
  collected 
  at 
  El 
  Escobal, 
  

   near 
  Atenas, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  by 
  Federico 
  Golcher. 
  Represented 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   National 
  Herbarium 
  (no. 
  716263) 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  collection, 
  without 
  date, 
  and 
  

   numbered 
  1747, 
  which 
  probably 
  corresponds 
  to 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Instituto 
  

   fisico-geografico. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  Costa 
  Rican 
  Cocobola, 
  equal 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Panama, 
  but 
  even 
  

   scarcer. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  close 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  but 
  the 
  leaflets 
  are 
  less 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  the 
  pods 
  much 
  narrower. 
  

  

  15. 
  Dalbergia 
  granadillo 
  Pittier, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Tree. 
  Leaves 
  7 
  to 
  13-foHolate, 
  the 
  rachis 
  terete, 
  at 
  first 
  pubescent, 
  9 
  to 
  

   17.5 
  cm. 
  long. 
  Leaflets 
  submembranous, 
  often 
  subopposite, 
  the 
  petiolules 
  

   sparsely 
  pubescent 
  or 
  glabrescent, 
  canaliculate, 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blades 
  

   suborbiculate 
  or 
  ovate, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  subacumi- 
  

   nate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  3 
  to 
  5.5 
  cm. 
  long, 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  cm. 
  broad, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  reticulate 
  

   with 
  the 
  venation 
  prominulous 
  above, 
  glabrous 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  prominent, 
  

   sparsely 
  pubescent 
  costa, 
  and 
  the 
  veins 
  prominulous, 
  beneath, 
  margins 
  

   not 
  revolute. 
  

  

  Inflorescence 
  paniculate, 
  axillary 
  or 
  terminal, 
  the 
  rachis 
  few-branched, 
  

   ferruginous-pubescent. 
  Flowers 
  few. 
  Calyx 
  cupulate, 
  ferruginous-pubes- 
  

   cent, 
  persistent. 
  Other 
  floral 
  details 
  not 
  known. 
  

  

  3 
  In 
  Mart. 
  Fl. 
  Bras. 
  15': 
  229. 
  1862. 
  

  

  