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shortly paniculate, 4-5 cm. long, pubescent ; calyx 4-lobed, the lobes ovate, acute, slightly 

 pubescent ; petals 4, slightly pubescent ; ovary very pubescent. 



Type collected at Las Delicias, Santa Clara, Costa Rica, Jan., 1897, T. Biollev 10665 (herbarium 

 of Capt. John Donnell Smith). 



6. Icica confusa Rose, sp. nov. 



Probably a tree ; branches light-colored, pubescent with reddish appressed hairs ; 

 leaflets 5-7, lanceolate, somewhat pubescent when young but soon glabrate, narrowed at 

 base, long-acuminate, 8-12 cm. long; inflorescence narrow, pubescent; calyx 4-lobed, 

 broad, reddish-pubescent ; petals 4, reddish-pubescent ; ovary pubescent. 



Type collected in the valley of the Diquis, between the rivers Volcan and Convento, Costa 

 Rica, H. Pittier 12106 (herbarium of Capt. John Donnell Smith). 



7. Icica Pittieri Rose, sp. nov. 



Probably a tree ; young branches light-colored, with appressed pubescence ; leaves 

 very large, 2-4 dm. long; rachis of young leaves pubescent; leaflets 3-5, 10-20 cm. long, 

 5-10 cm. broad, rounded at base, abruptly acuminate, pubescent when young but nearly 

 glabrate in age; inflorescence 5-7 cm. long, very pubescent; calyx 4-lobed, the lobes 

 pubescent; petals 4, very pubescent without; immature fruit 2 cm. long, narrowed at 

 base. 



Type collected at Rio Blanco, Llanuras de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, H. Pittier 13426 (herbarium 

 of Capt. John Donnell Smith). 



8. Icica lucida Rose, sp. nov. 

 A tree ; young branches reddish, glabrous ; leaflets 5, lanceolate, shining, 6-8 cm. long, 

 cuueate at base, acuminate, prominently reticulate beneath, glabrous ; inflorescence an open 

 elongate panicle, longer than the leaves, 10-15 cm. long, slightly pubescent ; pedicels 1-2 

 mm. long; calyx 5-parted, the lobes ovate, acute; petals 2.5 mm. long, glabrous; ovary 

 glabrous ; style short ; fruit not seen. 



Type collected at Belmira near Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica, 1898, A. Tonduz 1164S (U. S. 

 Nat. Herb. no. 392031). 



9. Icica Palmeri Rose, sp. nov. 



Probably a tree ; branches glabrous ; leaves large ; leaflets 5-7, oblong, 10-12 cm. long, 

 thickish, rounded at base, obtuse, dull-green, the veins prominent beneath ; inflorescence 

 apparently short and compact, perhaps slightly pubescent ; pedicels short ; calyx-lobes ovate, 

 2 mm. long ; ovary pubescent; fruit 2 cm. long, shortly stalked at base, more or less flat- 

 tened, obtuse or sometimes pointed, glabrous. 



Type collected at San Dieguito, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, June, 1910, E. Palmer 634 (herb. N. 

 Y. Bot. Gard.). 



10. Icica cubensis Rose. 



Icica Copal A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cuba 386. 1842. Not /. Copal Schlecht. 1830. 



A tree, glabrous ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 3-7, elliptic, 

 acuminate, entire, shining, 5-8 cm. long, somewhat unequal at base ; flowers perfect, in short 

 few-flowered racemes ; calyx small, cup-shaped, 4-toothed ; petals 4, ovate, acute ; stamens 

 8, a little shorter than the petals ; ovary 4-celled ; fruit globose, 1.5 cm. long, obtuse, apic- 

 ulate, usually 4-celled and 4-seeded. 



Type locality : Vuelto Abajo, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



Illustration : Sagra, Hist. Cuba 10 : pi. 37. 



This species is referred to the South American species /. guianensis Aubl. by Bngler and to 

 /. heptophylla Aubl. by Grisebach, but both are apparently wrong. 



11. Icica panamensis Rose, sp. nov. 



A small tree 5-7 meters high ; branches smooth ; leaves large, 3-4 dm. long ; petioles 



stout, terete, 6-7 cm. long; leaflets 5-7, large, 12-18 cm. long, oblong, obtuse, hardly 



acuminate, dull, finely reticulate, glabrous; inflorescence a rather short panicle, glabrous; 



pedicels 1-2 mm. long ; calyx cup-shaped, the lobes small, broad and rounded ; petals 4 ; 



