Coursetia caribaea var. caribaea

Benthamantha bicolor (M. Micheli) Rose, Contr. U. S Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906.
Cracca bicolor M. Micheli, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 444. 1894.
A suffrutescent perennial; stem erect, villous-canescent; stipules subulate-setaceous, 6-8 mm. long; leaves 5-S cm. long, densely villous, stipels minute, setaceous; leaflets 11-13, oval, obtuse at both ends, mucronate, 8-18 mm. long. 4-S mm. wide, silky-villous on both sides; racemes 4-10 cm. long, 4—7-flowered; bracts lance-subulate, 3 mm. long; calyx appressedpubescent, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 4 mm. long; corolla about 9 mm. long, ochroleucous, the banner purplish, retuse; pod puberulent, 4 cm. long, nearly 3 mm. wide.
Type locality: Near Cumert, Quiche. Guatemala.

Benthamantha micrantha (M. Micheli) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906.
■ Cracca micrantha M. Micheli, Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 30 1 : 286. 1891. Brittonamra caribaea f. micrantha Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 165. 1891.
A suffruticose perennial; stems erect, angled, sparingly pilose or glabrate; stipules setaceous, 5-S mm. long; leaves 1-1.5 dm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; leaflets 9-13, lanceolate or ovate, often 4-7 cm. long, mucronate, acute, sparingly puberulent-strigose on both s'des, or nearly glabrous, thin, 2-5 cm. long, or the terminal one up to 7 cm long; racemes 3-6flowered, 4-6 cm. long; bracts subulate, caducous; calyx strigose-puberulent, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 2 mm long, or the lowest one 3 mm. long; corolla 6 mm. long; pod puberulent or glabrate, 5-7 cm. long, « mm. wide, 14-25-seeded.
Type locality: Near San Jose, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica.

Benthamantha tuberosa Brand. Univ. Calif Publ. Bot. 4:376. 1913.
A perennial, woody at the branched base only, the roots bearing small fusiform tubers; stems branched, diffuse, 1-2 dm. high, sparingly hairy; stipules subulate, 2-3 mm. long; leaves 3-5 cm. long; stipels minute; rachis with a few minute hairs; leaflets 5-9, oblong-obovate, 1-2 cm. long, rounded at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base finely strigose on both sides or glabrate above; racemes 3-4 cm. long, 3-5-flowered; calyx sparingly strigose, the tube 1.5 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 1.5 mm. long; corolla 6 mm. long, yellowish, the banner tinged and veined with purple; pod 4 cm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, g'abrous, 16-seeded.
Type locality: Bafios del Carrizal, Veracruz. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Benthamantha mollis (H.B.K.) Alef. Bonplandia 10: 264. 1862.
Tephrosia mollis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sr>. 6: 463. 1823. ^Cracca mollis Benth. & Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1853: 9. 1853.
Benthamantha fruticosa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906.
A shrub, perhaps 2 m. high; branches silky-villous when young, straw-colored and glabrous the second year; stipules setaceous, 4-8 mm. long; leaves about 5 cm. long; rachis shortvillous; stipels subulate, minute; leaflets 7-13, elliptic, 1-4 cm. long, rounded at the apex, mucronate, silky on both sides (the hairs short on the upper side, longer on the lower) ; racemes 5-10 cm. long, 5-10-flowered; bracts subulate, 3 mm. long;calyx silky-pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes 3-4 mm. long, lance-subulate, attenuate; corolla about 9 mm. long, greenish-yellow, the banner more or less tinged with purple; pod 4-6 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, puberulent, 20-25seeded, 6-7 cm. long, 3 mm. wide.
Type locality: Cumanacoa, Venezuela.
Distribution: Yucatan to San Luis Potosi, Guerrero, and south to Ecuador and Venezuela.

Benthamantha brandegei Rydberg, sp. nov
A low shrub; stem sparingly appressed-pubescent, soon glabrous, striate, in age strawcolored; stipules setaceous, 5-8 mm. long; leaves 5-8 cm. long; rachis sparingly strigose; stipels subulate, minute; leaflets 9-13, thin, elliptic or oblong, 1-3 cm. long, green but strigose on both sides, mucronate; racemes 3-8 cm. long, 6-12-flowered; peduncle pilose; bracts setaceous, 3-5 mm. long; calyx pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes 3—4 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous or the banner purplish, about 7 mm. long; pod 6-S cm. long, 3 mm. wide, 2 -28-seeded. puberulent.
Type collected on the west slope of Cape Region mountains, Lower California. November, 1902, Brandegee (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 397951).
Distribution: Lower California and Sonora to Guerrero and Morelos; apparently also Costa Rica.

Benthamantha panamensis Rydberg, sp. nov
A suffrutescent perennial; stem 3 dm. high or more; branches slightly silky-strigose when young, soon glabrous, terete, green or tinged with purple; stipules setaceous, 3-5 mm. long; leaves 5-S cm. long; rachis sparingly puberulent; leaflets 11-15, oblong or elliptic, 1-2.5 cm. long. thin, sparingly silky-strigose above, more densely so beneath, green on both sides; stipels setaceous-subulate, 1 mm. long; racemes 5-S cm. long, 5-10-flowered; peduncle pilose; bracts setaceous, 5 mm. long, deciduous; calyx pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes subulate, attenuate, 4-5 mm. long; corolla 8-9 mm. long, the keel yellow, the wings slightly tinged with purple, the banner rose, with purple veins; pod glabrous or slightly granuliferous.
Type collected around Alhajuela, Panama, January 11 and 12, 1911, PlUier 2340* (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 67 6582).

Benthamantha microphylla Rydberg, sp. nov
A shrub, 1.5 m. high; young branches sparingly silky-puberulent, in age glabrate, and the second year ash-colored; stipules setaceous, 3 mm. long; leaves 1-2.5 cm. long; rachis silky; leaflets 13-17, rounded-oval, 1-3 mm. long sparingly silky above, densely so and almost white beneath; racemes 1-2 cm. long, 1-4-flowered; calyx silky, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 4 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, 8-9 mm. long, the banner with brownishpurple veins; pod 4-5 cm. long, nearly 3 mm. wide, puberulent, 14-17-seeded.
Type collected at Rio Coajaguillo, Michoacan or Guerrero, February, 1899, Langlasse 830 (U.S. Nat. Herb. no. 385557).

Benthamantha greenmanii Britten & Baker f Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 2: 50. 1900.
Cracca Greenmanii Millsp. Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 1: 299. 1896.
A perennial, woody at the branched base, the roots bearing small fusiform tubers; stems decumbent or spreading, 1-2 dm. high, finely strigose; stipules subulate, 2 mm. long; leaves 3-4 cm. long; rachis sparingly strigose; stipels minute; leaflets 3-5, obovate, obtuse to retuse and mucronate at the apex, 1-2 cm. long, glabrous above, finely strigose beneath; racemes 5-7 cm. long; peduncle pilose and glandular; bracts subulate, 2-3 mm. long; calyx strigose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm. long; corolla cream-white; pod 16seeded.
Type LOCALITY: Chichen Ilza, Yucatan. Distribution: Yucatan and Campechy.

Benthamantha glandulosa Rose, Contr. U. S Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906.
A perennial, woody only at the base; stem branched, spreading, sparingly pilose, 2-3 dm. high; stipules subulate-setaceous, 2-3 mm. long; leaves 3-6 cm. long; rachis sparingly pilose; stipels minute; leaflets 5-7, elliptic or obovate, sparingly short-pubescent on both sides, often mottled along the veins, rounded and mucronate at apex; racemes 5-10 cm. long; peduncle pilose and slightly glandular, 4-7-flowered ; bracts setaceous, 3 mm. long, caducous; calyx pilose, the tube 1.5 mm. long, the lobes nearly 3 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate; corolla ochroleucous, about 8 mm. long; pod glabrous.
Type locality: Chiapas. Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala.

Benthamantha edwardsii (A. Gray) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 99. 1906.
~ Cracca Edwardsii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 35. 1853.
Cracca sp. Benth.; Benth. & Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. 1853: 9. 1853.
Benthamantha Grayi Alef. Bonplandia 10: 264. 1862. -Cracca Edwardsii sericea A. Gray, Proe. Am. Acad. 17: 201. 1882.
Cracca sericea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 74. 1883
BriUonamra caribaea Edwardsii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 165. 1891.
BrUtonamra sericea Kearney, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 14: 32. 1894.
Benthamantha sericea Britten & Baker f. Jour. Bot. 38: 19. 1900.
A low, suffruticose perennial; stem branched, '2-3 dm. high, woody at the base; branches canescent with ascending hairs; stipules subulate-setaceous, 3-5 mm. long; leaves 3-10 cm. long; rachis villous-canescent; stipels less than 1 mm. long; leaflets 9-13, elliptic, 1-2.5 cm. long, acute or obtuse, sparingly silky above, densely silky-canescent beneath, cuspidate, the cusps and petiolules about 1 mm. long; racemes 4—10 cm. long, slender, as long as or longer than the leaves: bracts subulate, 2-3 mm. long; calyx silky-pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 2-3 mm. long, the lowest longer than the rest; corolla 7-8 mm. long, the banner purple, the keel and the wings ochroleucous; pod 5-5.5 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, glabrous, 12-16-seeded.
Tvpe locality: Near Monterey, Xuevo Le6n.
Distribution: Southern Arizona and northern Sonora to Nucvo Le6n.