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acute, the lower much narrower, glabrous. Wings conspicuously 
longer than corolla, spatulate, subobtuse or shortly acute, gradu- 
ally clawed at base, 3-nerved, the nerves simple. Limb of keel 
shorter than claw; crest of 2 lamellae and 4-5 narrower lobes, 
more or less incised or entire. Capsule rather shorter than wings, 
elliptic, narrowly subserrulate-winged on one side. Seed oblong, 
appressed-pilose, subcornute at apex, curved, the aril-lobes linear, 
membranaceous, descending, 2/3 as long as seed. — Chod. Bot. 
Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 84 (1914), as P. macrolonchum. — Based on 
Seler 2925, from grassy places, Zaragoza, Chimaltenango, Guate- 
mala. — Not seen; description compiled. 
129. P. Watsoni Chod. Stems numerous, branched, ascending 
from a thick woody base, 3.5 dm. long or less, finely incurved-pu- 
berulous. Leaves crowded, linear-acicular, acuminate at each end, 
obliquely mucronate, glabrous, flattish above, strongly 2-sulcate 
beneath, 4-11 mm. long, 0.4—0.6 mm. wide, on incurved-puberulous 
petioles 0.5 mm. long. Racemes about 10-flowered, 6-10 mm. long, 
8-10 mm. thick. Flower white with pale veins, 5mm. long. Sepals 
oblong, abruptly acutish, denticulate toward apex, glabrous, 2 mm. 
long. Wings obovate, cuneate at base, mucronate at the obtuse 
apex, glabrous, 3-sub-5-nerved, 5 mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide. Keel 
3.5 mm. long; crest of 2 pairs of lobes, the posterior adnate, cune- 
ate, entire, the anterior oblong-spatulate, erect, bifid. Upper petals 
oblong-oval, rounded at apex, 3.2 mm. long. Capsule elliptic, 
narrow-margined on both cells (both cells dehiscent), glabrous, 3 
mm. long, 2mm. wide. Seed cylindric, curved, blackish, 2 : 
long. Aril 1.8 mm. long, with minute umbo and wieninnt linear 
searious lobes. — Chod.! Monog. ii. 285. t. 26. f. 8-9 (1893). P. 
acicularis Wats.! Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 445 (1886), not Oliv. FI. 
Trop. Afr. i. 132 (1868).—CnHimvuanua: calcareous ledges and banks, 
Santa Eulalia Mts., 1 May 1885, Pringle 233 (ryPE coLL.: G); 
Pringle 713 (K). — T. 2. Fie. 80. — The type number was cited 
by Dr. Watson and by Pringle in litt. as 233, but on the label of 
the specimen in the Gray Herbarium is printed 223, doubtless by 
error. A later collection from the same locality, more widely 
istributed by Pringle, is numbered 713. 
130. P. scopartoripes Chod. Stems very numerous, angulate, 
finely incurved-puberulous, 0.9-3 dm. high, slightly glaucescent. 
Leaves linear-acicular, acute to acuminate at each end, obliquely 
