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ram. long, grayish, subulate; stipels subulate, 0.5-1 mm. long, shorter than the petiolules, 

 more or less persistent; leaflets 25-37, oblong, 7-16 mm. long, dull-green above, paler beneath, 

 densely and finely pubescent above and beneath, punctate beneath with minute brown dots, 

 obscurely reticulate above, firm; racemes 3-9 cm. long; bracts 1-2 mm. long, lanceolate, brown, 

 pubescent, deciduous before anthesis; calyx- tube 2-2.7 mm. long, glandular-dotted, finely 

 canescent, obscurely ridged, split slightly more deeply on the posterior side; lobes less than 

 0.4 mm. long, obtuse, pubescent, ciliate; petals 5-6 mm. long, firm, from less than twice to 

 twice as long as the calyx, the standard broad, slightly notched; style 3-4 mm. long, slightly 

 pubescent, slightly upcurved at the apex, the gland at the curve large, conspicuous (the apex 

 of the style resembling a cobra's head, whence the specific name); pods about 14 mm. long and 

 3.5 mm. wide, thin, greenish-brown, glabrous, punctate distally with small glands, straight, 

 at maturity reflexed-spreading, on pedicels less than 1 mm. long; seed 4.5 mm. long, obovoid, 

 flat, smooth, olive-brown, with a narrow basal lobe, filling one third to two fifths the length 

 of the pod. 



Type collected in flower and fruit at Monte Alban, near Oaxaca city, Oaxaca, aftitude between 

 1650 and 1800 meters, October. 1894, C. L. Smith 337 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 

 Distribution: Cation-sides, Oaxaca. 



6. Eysenhardtia platycarpa Pennell & Safford, sp. nov. 

 A much branched shrub or small tree, 3-5 m. high ; stems grayish-brown, the young growth 

 cinereous-puberulent with appressed hairs; leaves 10-14 cm. long, spreading; stipules 2-3 

 mm. long, grayish, subulate; stipels subulate, 0.5-1 mm. long, shorter than the petiolules, more 

 or less persistent; leaflets 41-49, oblong, 12-15 mm. long, dull-green above, much paler beneath, 

 minutely puberulent above and beneath, punctate beneath with reddish to brown, minute 

 dots, obscurely reticulate above, firm; racemes -4— 12 cm. long; bracts 1-2 mm. long, lanceolate, 

 brown, pubescent, deciduous before anthesis; calyx-tube 2-2.5 mm. long, glandular-dotted, 

 canescent-puberulent, obscurely ridged below, split slightly more deeply on the posterior side; 

 lobes minute, less than 0.25 mm. long, obtuse (or acutish during anthesis), slightly pubescent, 

 ciliate; petals 5 mm. long, firm, from less than twice to twice as long as the calyx, the standard 

 broader, slightly emarginate-notched; style 3 mm. long, slightly pubescent, slightly upcurved 

 at the apex, the gland at the curve large, conspicuous; pods (not mature) 12-13 mm. long, 

 3.5-4 mm. wide, thin, greenish-brown, glabrous, punctate distally with relatively large glands, 

 straight, becoming ascending-spreading, on pedicels about 1 mm. long; seed with a small basal 

 lobe, filling one third to two fifths the length of the pod. 



Type collected in flower and immature fruit at Barranca of Guadalajara, Jalisco, altitude 1500 

 meters, October 25, 1903, C. G. Pringle 8762 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 

 Distribution: Jalisco to Michoacan (or Guerrero). 

 Illustration: Rep. Smithson. Inst. 1915: 285./. 3. 



7. Eysenhardtia adenostylis Baillon, Adansonia 9: 239. 1870. 



Wiborgia adenostylis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 213. 1891. 



Viborquia adenostylis Cockerell, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 97. 1908. 



A much branched small tree, 3-5 m. high; stems grayish-brown, the young growth more or 

 less cinereous-puberulent with appressed hairs; leaves 10-15 cm. long, spreading; stipules 2-3 

 mm. long, grayish, subulate; stipels subulate, 0.5-1 mm. long, shorter than the petiolules, 

 more or less persistent; leaflets 37-49, oblong, 15-24 mm. long, dull-green above, glaucous- 

 whitened beneath, finely puberulent above and especially so beneath, punctate beneath with 

 minute brownish dots, obscurely reticulate above, firm; racemes 4-12 cm. long; bracts 1-2 mm. 

 long, lanceolate, grayish, pubescent, deciduous before anthesis; calyx-tube 2.5 mm. long, ob- 

 scurely glandular-dotted, canescent-puberulent, obscurely ridged below, split more deeply 

 (but not to the middle) on the posterior side; lobes 0.2-0.3 mm. long, acutish, the three anter- 

 ior slightly longer, pubescent, ciliate; petals 5 mm. long, firm, from less than twice to twice as 

 long as the calyx, the standard broader, slightly emarginate-notched; style 3-4 mm. long, 

 slightly pubescent, slightly upcurved at the apex, the gland at the curve large, conspicuous; 

 pods 17-19 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, thin, pale-brown, glabrous, punctate distally with small 

 glands, slightly upcurved at the apex, at maturity ascending, on pedicels 1-1.8 mm. long; 



