﻿FEB. 
  4, 
  1922 
  PITTIER: 
  DALBERGIAS 
  of 
  MEXICO 
  59 
  

  

  The 
  tvpe 
  specimen 
  is 
  labelled 
  Dalbergia 
  campecheana 
  Benth., 
  but 
  the 
  leaves 
  

   are 
  small, 
  with 
  few, 
  distinctly 
  petiolulate 
  leaflets, 
  the 
  inflorescences 
  are 
  few- 
  

   flowered, 
  the 
  ovar}^ 
  is 
  4 
  or 
  5-ovulate, 
  etc. 
  

  

  7. 
  Dalbergia 
  cibix 
  Pittier, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Scandent 
  shrub 
  or 
  vine, 
  ascending 
  to 
  20 
  m. 
  above 
  the 
  ground; 
  branchlets 
  

   terete, 
  grayish, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  lenti'cellate, 
  at 
  first 
  densely 
  ferruginous-pubescent. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  7 
  to 
  9-foliolate, 
  the 
  rachis 
  terete, 
  slender, 
  ferruginous-hirtous, 
  4 
  to 
  

   5 
  cm. 
  long. 
  Leaflets 
  submembranous, 
  the 
  petiolules 
  ferruginous-pubescent, 
  

   about 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blades 
  ovate, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  rounded 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  cm. 
  long, 
  0.6 
  to 
  1.3 
  cm. 
  broad, 
  sparsely 
  

   pilosulous 
  and 
  minutely 
  reticulate 
  above, 
  beneath 
  densely 
  ferruginous-pubes- 
  

   cent, 
  the 
  costa 
  prominent 
  and 
  the 
  veins 
  impressed; 
  margins 
  re 
  volute. 
  

  

  Inflorescences 
  paniculate, 
  many-flowered, 
  axillary, 
  terminal 
  or 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   fasciculate 
  on 
  defoliated 
  nodes, 
  the 
  rachis 
  branched, 
  ferruginous-hair}^ 
  

   Bracts 
  and 
  bractlets 
  suborbiculate, 
  pubescent, 
  1 
  mm. 
  long 
  or 
  less, 
  caducous. 
  

   Flowers 
  pedicellate, 
  white, 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  pedicels 
  1 
  to 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long. 
  

   Calyx 
  subtubular, 
  bilabiate, 
  2.5 
  to 
  3 
  mm. 
  long, 
  sparsely 
  pubescent, 
  the 
  2 
  

   vexillar 
  lobes 
  broad, 
  rounded 
  and 
  adnate, 
  the 
  2 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  small 
  andacute, 
  

   the 
  carinal 
  lobe 
  narrow, 
  acute, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  others. 
  Petals 
  pink 
  

   (?), 
  glabroas; 
  standard 
  oblong, 
  hardly 
  auriculate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  emarginate, 
  

   the 
  lobes 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  claw 
  1.2 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blade 
  5.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   3.3 
  mm. 
  broad; 
  wings 
  oblique, 
  obovate, 
  auriculate 
  on 
  the 
  vexillar 
  margin 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  claw 
  about 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blade 
  4.5 
  to 
  

   5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  about 
  2 
  mm. 
  broad; 
  carinal 
  petal 
  subfalcate, 
  auriculate 
  on 
  the 
  

   vexillar 
  side, 
  subacute, 
  the 
  claw 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  wings, 
  the 
  blade 
  3.2 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   1.5 
  mm. 
  broad. 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  monadelphous, 
  alternately 
  long 
  and 
  short, 
  

   glabrous. 
  Pistil 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  ovary 
  stipitate, 
  1 
  or 
  2-o\'u- 
  

   late, 
  the 
  style 
  slightly 
  arcuate, 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Legume 
  ovate-oblong, 
  membranous, 
  attenuate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  a 
  short, 
  

   slender 
  stipe, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  1-seeded, 
  4.5 
  to 
  6 
  cm. 
  long, 
  1.5 
  to 
  1.7 
  cm. 
  

   broad, 
  glabrous. 
  Seeds 
  immature. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Herbarium, 
  no. 
  571750, 
  collected 
  at 
  Yaxcaba, 
  

   Yucatan, 
  Mexico, 
  1895, 
  by 
  G. 
  F. 
  Gaumer 
  (no. 
  721). 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  a 
  communication 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Millspaugh, 
  the 
  fruits 
  just 
  de- 
  

   scribed, 
  which 
  bear 
  the 
  no. 
  57934, 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  a 
  different 
  place 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Gaumer 
  but 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  species, 
  under 
  no. 
  721. 
  

  

  The 
  Maya 
  name 
  of 
  these 
  pods 
  is 
  "Kuxub-tooch," 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  "cibix." 
  

  

  8. 
  Dalbergia 
  mexicana 
  Pittier, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Branchlets 
  terete, 
  finely 
  striate, 
  ferruginous-puberulous, 
  glabrate. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  9 
  to 
  11-foliolate, 
  the 
  rachis 
  terete, 
  slender, 
  sparsely 
  ferruginous- 
  

   pubescent, 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  cm. 
  long. 
  Leaflets 
  subcoriaceous, 
  the 
  petiolules 
  ferryginous- 
  

   hairy, 
  about 
  2 
  mm. 
  long, 
  the 
  blades 
  ovate, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  suborbicular 
  or 
  

   obcordate, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  rounded-emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  cm. 
  

   long, 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  cm. 
  broad, 
  dark 
  green, 
  lustrous, 
  reticulate, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  sparsely 
  

   ferruginous, 
  reticulate 
  and 
  sparsely 
  pubescent 
  beneath, 
  the 
  costa 
  subimpressed 
  

   on 
  both 
  faces, 
  the 
  veins 
  prominulous 
  above, 
  obsolete 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Inflorescences 
  axillary, 
  ven.' 
  short 
  (not 
  over 
  2 
  cm. 
  long), 
  few-branched, 
  

   the 
  ramifications 
  subcymose, 
  the 
  rachis 
  ferruginous-hair^^ 
  Bractlets 
  ovate, 
  

   acute, 
  hairy, 
  not 
  over 
  0.5 
  mm. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  pedicellate, 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

  

  