UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND 

 OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS 



JoHX Don NELL Smith 



Nissolia costaricensis Doiin. Sm,- — Foliola 5 glabra magna oblongo- 

 vel ovato-elliptica obtuse curvilineo-acuminata basi acuta vel rotun- 

 data. Flores in pedunculo axillari brevissimo fasciculati vel rhachi 

 evoluta racemosi. Calyx brevissime setaceo-denticulatus. Alae cum 

 carina acute acuminatae. Legumen valde curv^atum inter semina 

 vix constrictum, ala maxima obtusa. 



Suffruticosa, ramulis petiolisque minute setaceo-muriculatis ceterum glabris. 

 Petiolus communis 7-11*="^ longus, foliolis .5-8^^ longis 25-35"^"^ latis mucronu- 

 latis. Pedunculi nodiformes vel 4^"^ longi et racemi pubescentes, his usque ad 

 ^-gcm longiSj floribus 9^^ longis. Calyx pubescens turbinato-campanulatus 

 parum obliquus 3™°^ longus inter setas vix 0.5™™ longas tnincatus. Vexillum 

 extus pubescens 7^^ longum petalis reliquis pauIo brevius. Ovarium pubescens 

 plerumque 3-ovuIatum, stylo angulo fere recto divergente. Leguminis stipes 

 calyce altero tanto longior, corpus seminifenim canescens 11-22"^^ longum 4 

 crassum, articulis 1-3 oblongis transverse subteretibus, mesocarplo intricato- 

 fibroso, endocarpio araneoso, ala 24-28"^°^ longa 9-11^"^ lata cum articulis 



mm 



arcuata. 



Alajuela, Costa Rica, alt. 200"°, J 



P. Biolley (n, 7088). — In fundo La Verbena dicto prope Alajuelita, Pro v. 5 

 Jos^, Costa Rica, alt. 1140^, Dec. 1894, H. Pittier (n, 9664). 



Machaerium (§ REXicm-AXA Benth.) cobanense Dorm. Sm, 

 Stipulis bracteisque aculeatum. Foliola 1 3-1 9 elliptico-oblonga 

 utrinque rotundata vel nunc apice nunc basi acutiuscula supra pube 

 conspersa subtus sordide tomentulosa. Panicula longissima, floribus 

 pedicellatis. Calyx braceolis vix bis longior breviter obtuseque tri- 

 dentatus. Stamina aequaliter diadelpha. 



In fruticetis reclinans, caulibus usque ad 10^ longis (cl. repertor in Uteris) - 

 Petiolus communis 9-15^^ longus, foliolis penninerviis reticulato-venosis mucron- 

 ulatis, superioribus 4-5 '^ longis 15-20™^ latis quam infima ovalia 3-plo 

 longioribus, terminal! maximo obovato-elliptico. Panicula sordide pilosa 

 usque ad 3^"^ longa, ramis saepe 2-3-nis erecto-patentibus, bracteis sicut 



I Continued from Box. Gazette 42:300, 1906. 



Botanical Gazette, voL 44] [loS 



