Eysenhardtia punctata Pennell

Eysenhardtia reticulata Pennell, sp. nov
A much branched shrub or small tree, 3-5 m. high; stems grayish-brown, the young growth slightly pubescent to glabrous; leaves 8-12 cm. long, spreading; stipules 2-3 mm. long, subulate; stipels bristle-like, from a broad base, reddish, less than 1 mm. long, shorter than the petiolules, soon deciduous; leaflets 25-37, narrowly oblong to oblong, 10-17 mm. long, dull-green above, pale beneath, when young loosely pubescent, soon nearly or quite glabrous both above and beneath, punctate beneath with small dark dots, strongly reticulate or membranous racemes 4-9 cm. long; bracts 1-1.5 mm. long, lanceolate, brown, loosely pubescent to glabrate, deciduous before and during anthesis; calyx-tube 2-2.5 mm. long, glandular-dotted, becoming glabrate, ridged, split slightly more deeply on the posterior side; lobes 3-5 mm. long, acutish, somewhat pubescent, ciliate; petals 5 mm. long, membranous, more than twice as long as the calyx, the standard broad, notched; style 3-4 mm. long, slightly pubescent, slightly upcurved at the apex, the gland at the curve large, conspicuous; pods (possibly not of this species) 1013 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, thin, pale-brown, glabrous, not punctate or inconspicuouslypunctate distally with minute glands, slightly upcurved at the apex, at maturity reflexedspreading, on pedicels about 1 mm. long; seed filling two thirds the length of the pod, 6 mm. long, oblanceolate, flat, smooth, olive-brown, with a narrow basal lobe.
Type collected in flower, on slopes of the barranca of Guadalajara, altitude 1500 meters, July 30, 1902, C. G. Pringlc 9752 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Dry slopes, Sonora to Zacatecas and Jalisco.

Eysenhardtia punctata Pennell, sp. nov
A much branched shrub or small tree, 3-5 m. high; stems grayish, the young growth finely puberulent with grayish hairs; leaves 8-10 cm. long, spreading; stipules 2-3 mm. long, grayish, subulate; stipels subulate, grayish, less than 1 mm. long, shorter than the petiolules, more or less persistent; leaflets 35-45, oblong-ovate, S— 12 mm. long, dull-green above, scarcely paler beneath, glabrate (minutely puberulent) above and beneath, punctate beneath with large brownish dots, finely reticulate above, firm; racemes 4-9 cm. long; bracts 1-2 mm. long, lanceolate, brown, puberulent, deciduous before anthesis; calyx-tube 2-2.5 mm. long, glandulardotted, minutely puberulent, obscurely ridged below, split much more deeply (ultimately nearly to the base) on the posterior side; lobes minute, the two posterior less than 1 mm. long, rounded, the three anterior acute, reaching 0.7 mm. long, all pubescent, ciliate; petals not seen; style not seen; pods 14-16 mm. long, 4.5-5 mm. wide, thin, greenish-brown, glabrous, straight, at maturity spreading, on pedicels about 1 mm. long; seed at least 4 mm. long, broadly oblanceolate, thin, smooth, olive-brown, with broad basal lobe, filling one third to one half the length of the pod.
Type collected in fruit, on road between Bolaflos and Guadalajara, Jalisco, September 19, 1897, J. N. Rose 3734 (U. S. Nat. Herb.).
Distribution: Hillsides, Aguascalientes and Jalisco.