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21. Lonchocarpus emarginatus Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: SO. f. 30. 

 1917. 



Oaxacu ; type collected near San Geronimo. 



Leaflets 5 to 11, emarginate ; flowers pink or purplish. 



22. Lonchocarpus rugosus Bentli. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: Suppl. 92. 

 1860. 



Guerrero and Yucatan, type from Canipeche. Central America. 

 Tree with deep pink flowers ; leaflets 9 to 17, 2.5 to 6.5 cm. long ; fruit 1 to 

 6-seeded, 4 to 14 cm. long, 1.7 to 2 cm. wide. " Masicaron " (Honduras). 



23. Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis Micheli, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 

 34:267. 1903. 



Colima and Guerrero; type from El Valle Grande, Guerrero. 

 Tree, 6 to 8 meters high ; leaflets 7 to 11, ovate, 3 to 6.5 cm. long ; flowers deep 

 red ; fruit 1 to 3-seeded. " Palo de oro " (Guerrero). 



24. Lonchocarpus jaliscensis Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 60. 1917. 

 Known only from the type locality, Bolaiios;. Jalisco. 



Leaflets 7 to 13, 1.5 to 5 cm. long. 

 Doubtfully distinct from L. eriocarinalis. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Lonchocarpus obovatus Benth. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: Suppl. 93 

 1860. Type from Chila, Puebla. 



Lonchocarpus parvutlorus Benth. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: Suppl. 89. 

 1860. Type from Mexico. 



Lonchocarpus phaseoijfolius Benth. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: 93. 1860 

 Type from Tehuantepec. 



RoBiNiA ACUMINATA Schlccht. Liuuaea 12: 306. 1838. Type from Mapilque. 

 According to Schlechtendal, this plant belongs to the genus, like the following 

 species. 



RoBiNiA LAnFOLiA Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Robinia no. 9. 1768. Type from 

 Campeche. 



Robinia rosea Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Robinia no. 4. 1768. Type from Cam- 

 peche. 



RoBLNiA schiedeana Schlocht. Linnaea 12: 306. 1838. Type collected between 

 Veracruz and Santa Fe. 



56. MUELLEBA L. f. Suppl. PI. .52. 1781. 

 1. Muellera mexicana (Zucc.) Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: Suppl. 117. 1860. 



Cyanobotnjs mexicana Zucc. Abh. Akad. Wiss. Miienchen 4: 28. 1845. 



Described from cultivated plants of Mexican origin. 



Leaflets 5 to 11, ovate or oblong, acuminate, densely pellucid-punctate ; pedicels 

 2-floweretl ; fruit subcompressed, subtorulose, 2.5 to 5 cm. long, 1 to 3-seeded, 

 smooth, glabrate. 



The plant is wholly doubtful, and the name may have beon ba.sed upon a 

 mixture. 



