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Grandi&Ier • (17J.)" in 1902 published information on tho synonymy, 
botanic;,! characteristics and occurrence in Madagascar of Lon chocarpus 
icthyoc tonu s E. Baillon, Lcncho carpus inconstans Vatke, Lonchocarpus 
paullinioidcs Baker, and LoncEooarnus pol^ stacfrus Baker, and stated 
that this genus scarcely differs fron Milletia and in the absence of 
nature fruits tho allocation of a species to one or the other of these gen- 
era is rather arbitrary. 
IvLoderlein (300) in a description of the plant resources of tho French 
colonies published in 1902 listed Lonchocarpus latifolius H.B.K. as occurring 
in Martinique, L. n^bigin^sas 3^ nth. in Guadeloupe, French Guiana and else- 
where and other species of Lonchocarpus in the sane countries. L. nicon is 
listed fron French Guiana under "nod.icinal plants." 
Micheli (281) in 1903 described, with drawings, Lonchoc arpu s eriocar - 
inali s as a new specie's, L. eriophyllua Benth.,, B. g uatcnalcns ia Benth. , 
an ^ h. m violac cus H.B.K. are listed as Mexican species. 
de Wildenan (4^9) in 1905 published descriptions of useful or inter- 
esting plants found in tho Congo, including lonchocarpus B owevrei Micheli, 
h> sericeus H.B.K. and L. Katangensis de Wild, 
Hams (138) in 1906 described Bolus an t hus Hams as a new genus. He 
also made the transfer B nlusanthu s s pecie sua (Bolus) Earns (- Bonchocarpu s 
speciosus Bolus) fron South Africa. 
Pulle (337) in 1906 included Bonchocarpus sericeus H.B.K. and Dorr is 
guyanensis Benth. ir a list of Surinam plants. 
Sin (377) in 1909 described, with drawings, Lonchocarpus lax i floras 
Guill, and Porr. and L. p.ossambicensis Sin fron Portuguese East Africa, 
Engler and Drude (129) in 1910 published a drawing :f Bonchocarpus 
cyanescens Berth, fron West Africa, 
The How Royal Botanic Gardens (210) in 1911 published information 
on the botany, vernacular names and uses of Loncho c arpus cya nescen s Benth. , 
li 4 l.^ xifloru s Guill. end Perr. and L, s ericou s H.B.K. These .are all found 
in Nigeria* 
Pittier (328) in 1923 described Lo nch ocarpus pictus Pittier as a 
new species fourd in Venezuela. 
Bucko (119) in 1925 published botanical information concerning 
Lonchocarpus angulatus Eucke, L. nicou (Aubi.) BC. , L. pa.nicula.tus Bucko, and 
L. rari floras Benth. growing in tho Amazon region of Brazil. 
Pittier (329) in 1926 published a manual of Venezuelan plants. 
Included are: L, atropuroureus Benth. , L. densiflorus no ritzianus Benth. , 
L. d ipteronourus Pittier, L. fendleri Benth., L. latifolius (Willd.,) H.B.K., 
L. p ictu s and L, punctatus H.B.K. 
