PLANTS OF THE TKES MARIAS ISLANDS. 



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PauUiuia sessiliflora Kadi. 



Heretofore only known from the type specimens collected by Dr. 

 Edward Palmer in the State of Colima, Mexico. May 3 to 25 (No. 

 4210). 



Urvillea ulmacea H. 15. K. 

 Common in Mexico and northern South America. May 3 to 25 (No. 



4277). 



Cardiospermum corindum L. 



A widely distributed species. Maria Magdaleua Island, May 26 to 28 

 (No. 4328). 



Crotalaria lupulina ? H. B. K. 



Perhaps this species, which is common in Mexico, and extends into 

 the United States. May 3 to 25 (No. 4248). 



Tephrosia sp. 

 May 3 to 25 (No. 4193). 



Desmodium sp. 

 May 3 to 25 (No. 4287). 



Erythriiia lanata Rose, sp. nov. 



A small tree, 4.5 to 7.5 meters high, with a trunk 10 cm. in diameter; 

 brunches glabrous, bearing mostly single infrastipular spines; leaflets 

 triangular, shortly acuminate, 5 to 10 cm. long, 5 to 7.5 cm. broad, 

 glabrous or nearly so. 



Fio. 1. Erythrina lanata; a, calyx; 6, banner; c, keel; d, wing; e, stamens; /.ovary. 



Inflorescence unknown; calyx lauate becoming glabrate, tubular, 10 

 to 13 mm. long, truncate, one-toothed; banner 68 mm. long, folded, 

 densely white-lanate, rounded at apex; wings (9 mm. long) and keel 

 (10 mm. long) included within the calyx; ovary densely lanate; legume 

 glabrous, 12.5 to 15 cm. long, strongly constricted between the seeds, 

 long-stipitate, attenuate at tip; seeds small (for the genus), nearly 

 orbicular, 6 to 8 mm. long, bright scarlet, with a dark spot at the 

 micropyle. 



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