﻿FEB. 
  4, 
  1922 
  pittier: 
  dalbergias 
  of 
  mexico 
  61 
  

  

  the 
  base." 
  The 
  only 
  fruits 
  at 
  hand 
  differ 
  a 
  Httle 
  from 
  Bentham's 
  description, 
  

   and 
  in 
  Donnell 
  Smith 
  no. 
  1708, 
  from 
  Guatemala, 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  petals 
  narrower, 
  

   the 
  standard 
  auriculate, 
  the 
  ovary 
  5-ovulate 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  differences. 
  

   Although 
  distinctly 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  strand 
  formation, 
  Dalbergia 
  

   hrownei 
  is 
  sometimes 
  found 
  far 
  above 
  sea-level. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith 
  observed 
  it, 
  

   for 
  instance, 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  700 
  meters 
  in 
  Santa 
  Marta. 
  

  

  11. 
  Dalbergia 
  ecastophyllum 
  (Iv.) 
  Taub. 
  in 
  Engl. 
  & 
  Prantl, 
  Pflanzenfam. 
  3^: 
  

   335, 
  1894. 
  

  

  Hedysarum 
  ecastophyllum 
  L. 
  Syst. 
  ed. 
  10, 
  2: 
  1169. 
  1759. 
  

  

  Ecastaphyllum 
  brownei 
  Pers. 
  Syn. 
  2: 
  277. 
  1807. 
  

   Type 
  Locality: 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

   Specimens 
  Ex.\mined: 
  

  

  Trinidad: 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  1874, 
  Kuntze 
  764. 
  

  

  Venezuela: 
  Paparo, 
  mouth 
  of 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  del 
  Tuy, 
  Barlovento, 
  Miran- 
  

   da, 
  1913, 
  Pittier 
  6349. 
  

  

  COLOMBL^: 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  1914, 
  Sinclair. 
  

  

  Panama: 
  Chagres, 
  1854, 
  Fendler 
  315. 
  Colon, 
  Hayes 
  155. 
  Without 
  

   definite 
  locaHty, 
  1874, 
  Kuntze 
  764. 
  

  

  Costa 
  Rica: 
  Boca 
  Banano, 
  1895, 
  Tondiiz 
  9156. 
  Diquis 
  River, 
  1891, 
  

   Tondiiz 
  4014. 
  Punta 
  Mala, 
  in 
  the 
  Diquis 
  delta, 
  1892, 
  Tonduz 
  6775. 
  

   Santo 
  Domingo 
  de 
  Osa, 
  1896, 
  Tonduz 
  9892. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Puerto 
  Barrios, 
  1905, 
  Deam 
  59. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Puerto 
  Sierra, 
  1903, 
  Wilson 
  248. 
  Ruatan 
  Island, 
  1886, 
  

   Gaumer. 
  

  

  British 
  Honduras: 
  Manatee 
  Lagoon, 
  1906, 
  Peck 
  463. 
  

  

  Dalbergia 
  ecastophyllum 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  many 
  localities 
  from 
  

   Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro 
  northwards 
  and 
  including 
  the 
  Guianas 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  sea- 
  

   board 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  from 
  Florida. 
  

   It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  notice 
  that 
  this 
  shrub 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  

  

  Mexico. 
  

  

  12. 
  Dalbergia 
  monetaria 
  L. 
  f. 
  Suppl. 
  317. 
  1781. 
  

   Type 
  Locality: 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  Examined: 
  

  

  French 
  Guiana: 
  Karouany, 
  Sagot 
  159. 
  

  

  Venezuela: 
  Bosque 
  de 
  Catuche, 
  above 
  Caracas, 
  1913, 
  Pittier 
  6297. 
  

  

  Panama: 
  Rio 
  Sirri, 
  Trinidad 
  Basin, 
  province 
  of 
  Colon, 
  near 
  sea-level, 
  

   1911, 
  Pittier 
  4029. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Tela 
  River, 
  near 
  Puerto 
  Sierra, 
  1903, 
  Wilson 
  77. 
  Laguna 
  

   Quemada, 
  Atlantic 
  Coast, 
  1903, 
  Wilson 
  627. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Puerto 
  Barros, 
  1905, 
  Deam 
  70. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  scarcer 
  in 
  Central 
  America 
  than 
  either 
  D. 
  brownei 
  or 
  D. 
  

   ecastophyllum. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  figure 
  in 
  the 
  Biologia 
  Centrali- 
  Americana, 
  and, 
  

   since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  only 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  localities 
  

   as 
  shown 
  above, 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  seaboard, 
  from 
  Guatemala 
  southeast- 
  

   wards. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  watershed 
  of 
  

   South 
  America 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  the 
  Amazon 
  basin. 
  It 
  penetrates 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  

   interior 
  along 
  the 
  main 
  rivers, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Caracas 
  reaches 
  an 
  altitude 
  

   of 
  about 
  1200 
  meters. 
  

  

  