JOHNSTON. — NEW PLANTS FROM VENEZUELAN ISLANDS. 687 
punctate, ciliate at the margin, obliquely obtuse at the base, acute or 
rarely obtuse at the apex, puberulent, paler on the under side; petiole 
2.5 to 5 cm. long; petiolules 1.5 mm. long: inflorescence lateral; ra- 
cemes simple, 6 to 10 cm. long; pedicels jointed beneath the calyx, as 
much as 8 mm. long: calyx yellowish-pubescent and covered with stipi- 
tate glands, 5-parted; 4 lobes, subequal, elliptical; the fifth (lower) lobe 
exceeding the others twice, 13 mm. in length, pectinate, concave in bud and 
capping the others: petals 5, glandular-punctate; 4 subequal, rotund, with 
a distinct claw nearly half as long as the blade; fifth (upper) petal narrow, 
edges incurved, 8 mm. long, reflexed, pubescent at the base: stamens 10, 
declined, inclosed in the corolla; filaments broad at the base: ovary stipi- 
tate, included within the corolla; stigma sessile, lower than the anthers: 
fruit unknown. — On the hillside, El Valle, Johnston, no. 33, Aug. 3, 
1903. 
Gliricidia lutea, n. sp. Shrub 9 to 15 dm. high, bark whitish: 
leaflets 5 in number, 2 to 4 cm. Jong and 0.6 to 1.5 cm. wide; narrowly 
elliptical, above glabrous, below glabrescent or when young sericeous, 
base and apex cuneate; petiole 4 cm. long, petiolule 2 mm. long, both 
rufescent: inflorescence racemose, precocious ; pedicels 3 mm. long, gemi- 
nate, equalling the yellowish-green calyx which has turbinate base and 
truncate, slightly 5-dentate margin: petals yellowish-white; standard 
orbicular, emarginate; base narrowing sharply, slightly pubescent on 
upper side above calyx and on lower side at apex, 1 cm. long; wings 
oblong, shortly auriculate, 11 mm. long; both wings and keel possessing 
long, slender claws: ovary stipitate, narrow, slightly compressed, 2-valyed, 
pubescent; 3 to 5 reniform ovules; style terminal, recurved, glabrous; 
stigma minute: pod dry, flat, tipped with a short point, 3 cm. long, 1 cm. 
wide. —On dry hillside, El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 246, 1901, and 
Johnston, no. 34, Aug. 15, 1903. 
é yellow corolla and few leaflets readily distinguish this species 
from the others of the genus, which have roseate corollas and many 
leaflets. These distinctions, although marked, are not considered of 
sufficient importauce in the groups allied to Gliricidia to warrant the 
proposal of a new genus. 
Inga macrantha, n. sp. Shrub branching copiously; young stems 
rufescent: leaves 6- to 10-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate to elliptical, some- 
what pubescent on both sides, especially at the ribs, with the upper sur- 
face shining and the lower dull; base obtuse; apex acute or acuminate, 
commonly mucronate ; larger leaflets 7 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide; glands 
scutellate, located on the upper side of the petiole between the two 
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