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somewhat puberulent, 1-2 dm. long, the stout petioles 2 cm. 
long or less, the glands on the rachis between the pinnae 
orbicular, small. Pinnae 3 or 4 pairs; leaflets 4-6 pairs, obo- 
vate, chartaceous, I.5-2.5 cm. long, dark green above, pale 
beneath, loosely reticulate-veined, obtuse or retuse at the apex, 
obliquely narrowed at the base; peduncles axillary, puberulent 
above, 5-11 cm. long; flowers short-racemose; pedicels puberu- 
lent, 4-6 mm. long; calyx narrowly campanulate, 4-5 mm. long, 
narrowed to the base, puberulent, its teeth ovate, I mm. long; 
corolla 7-8 mm. long, campanulate-funnelform, pubescent, its 
lobes oblong-ovate, ciliate; stamens 1.5—-2 cm. long, the filaments 
united about one-fourth their length; pod coiled, 6-8 cm. long, 
8-10 mm. wide, more or less constricted between the seeds; seeds 
blue and white, shining, orbicular, 4 mm. broad, the funicle 
slender. 
Provinces of Havana, Pinar del Rio and Camagiiey. Type 
from Batabano, April 10, 1903 (Shafer 161); apparently the same 
species at Old Kerr’s Point, Abaco, Bahamas (Brace 2017). 
8. Pithecolobium truncatum sp. nov. 
A tree up to 12 m. high, the bark rough, the young twigs and 
leaves brownish-puberulent, the old foliage glabrous. Leaves 15 
cm. long or less; petiole stout, I-2 cm. long; glands oblong- 
orbicular; pinnae I or 2 pairs; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs (on leaves of 
shoots I or 2 pairs), obovate, coriaceous, I.5-4 cm. long (those of 
shoots larger and suborbicular), obtuse at the apex, narrowed 
at the base, pinnately veined; peduncles axillary, 4-9 cm. long; 
flowers short-racemose; pedicels stout, puberulent, about 2 mm. 
long; calyx broadly campanulate, puberulent, coriaceous, 3 mm 
long, the limb truncate, the teeth minute, mucronate; corolla 
finely pubescent, its tube 5-6 mm. long, its lobes 3 mm. long, 
lanceolate, acute; stamens about 2.5 cm. long, the filaments 
united about one-fourth their length; pod curved to a nearly 
complete circle, 6 or 7 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, scarcely or not at 
all constricted between the seeds; seeds blue and white, somewhat 
compressed, obovate, shining, 4 or 5 mm. long. 
Southern Oriente. Type from gravelly hills, El Cobre, west 
of Santiago, March 23, 1912 (Britton, Cowell & Shafer 12874). 
9. PITHECOLOBIUM OBOVALE (A. Rich.) C. Wright; Sauvalle, 
Anales Acad. Habana 5: 407. 1868 
Inga obovalis A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub. 1: 472. 1845. 
Calliandra revoluta Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 83. 1866. 
