JOHNSTON'. — NEW PLANTS FROM VENEZUELAN ISLANDS. G87 



punctate, ciliate at the margin, obliquely obtuse at the base, acute or 

 rarely obtuse at the apex, puberulent, paler on the under side; petiole 

 2.5 to 5 cm. long; petiolules 1.5 mm. long: inflorescence lateral ; ra- 

 cemes simple, 6 to 10 cm. long; pedicels jointed beneath the calyx, as 

 much as 8 mm. long: calyx yellowish-pubescent and covered with slipi- 

 tate glands, 5-parted ; 4 lobes, subequal, elliptical ; the fifth (lower) lobe 

 exceeding the others twice, 13 mm. in length, pectinate, concave in bud and 

 capping the others : petals 5, glandular-punctate ; 4 subequal, rotund, with 

 a distinct claw nearly half as long as the blade ; fifth (upper) petal narrow, 

 edges incurved, 8 ram. long, reflexed, pubescent at the base: stamens 10, 

 declined, inclosed in the corolla ; filaments broad at the base : ovary stii)i- 

 tate, included within the corolla; stigma sessile, lower than the anthers: 

 fruit unknown. — On the hillside. El Valle, Johnston, no. 33, Aug. 3, 

 1903. 



Glirifcidia lutea, n. sp. Shrub 9 to 15 dm. high, bark whitish : 

 leaflets 5 in number, 2 to 4 cm. long and 0.6 to 1.5 cm. wide; narrowly 

 elliptical, above glabrous, below glabrescent or when young sericeous, 

 base and apex cuneate ; petiole 4 cm. long, petiolule 2 mm. long, both 

 rufescent: inflorescence racemose, precocious ; pedicels 3 mm. long, gemi- 

 nate, equalling the yellowish-green calyx which has turbinate base and 

 truncate, slightly 5-dentate margin : petals yellowish-white ; standard 

 orbicular, emarginate ; base narrowing sharply, slightly pubescent on 

 upper side above calyx and on lower side at apex, 1 cm. long; wings 

 oblong, shortly auriculate, 11 mm. long; both wings and keel possessing 

 long, slender claws : ovary stipitate, narrow, slightly compressed, 2-valved, 

 pubescent ; 3 to 5 reniform ovules ; style terminal, recurved, glabrous ; 

 stigma minute: pod dry, flat, tipped with a short point, 3 cm. long, 1 cm. 

 wide. — On dry hillside. El Valle, Miller Sf Johnston, no. 24G, 1901, and 

 Johnston, no. 34, Aug. 15, 1903. 



The yellow corolla and few leaflets readily distinguish this species 

 from the others of the genus, which have roseate corollas and many 

 leaflets. These distinctions, although marked, are not considered of 

 sufldcient importance in the groups allied to Gliricidia to warrant the 

 proposal of a new genus. 



Inga macrantha, n. sp. Shrub branching copiously; young stems 

 rufesrent : leaves 6- to 10-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate to elliptical, some- 

 what pubescent on both sides, especially at the ribs, with the upper sur- 

 face shining and the lower dull; base obtuse; apex acute or acuminate, 

 commonly mucronate ; larger leaflets 7 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide ; glands 

 scutellate, located on the upper side of the petiole between the two 



