NOVITATES MTILLANAE. V (1) Alain H, Liogier The New York Botanical Garden MISCELLANEOUS NEW SPECIES FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Three years of field work in the Dominican Republic have accumulated a large number of collections, which are been worked upon as time permits; the new species here described form a continuation of the previously published paper by the author: Novitates Antillanae. IV, Mem. N.Y. Hot, Garden 21 (2) : iUy-ibY. lyyi. 7[s~exploration continues in Hispa-niola, one gets to realize that the flora of the island is one of the richest in the Caribbean, chiefly if we consider the species density in the various islands. Oddly enough, Hispaniola was the first place in the Vfest Indies to be visited by botanists, and nevertheless there are still many places awaiting exploration; it is still easy to collect rare plants within a relatively short radius from the main cities in the Dominican Republic. LONCHOCARPUS ELLIPTICUS Alain, sp. nov. Frutex gracilis 1-2 m altus, pauciramosus, novelli tere-ti dense ferrugineo-furfuracei, vetustiores grisei lenti-cellosi; stipulae oblongae, 1 mm longae; folia siraplicia elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, 2.^-5 cm longa, 1.5-3 cm lata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi rotundata vel obtusa nervo medio supra prominulo subtus prominente, lateralibus utroQue latere 5-8, supra in sulco prominulis, subtus promi-nent! bus, ad marginem antrorse curvatis, margine integra, supra in statu juvenili dense brunneo-pilosa, mox tenuiter pilosula, bullata, subtus dense pallide brunneo-pilosa, ner-vis fuscatis coriacea. Inflorescentiae cum pedunculo us-que 5 cm longae, dense rufo-pilosulae, br^cteae lanceolatae 2 mm longae, pedicelli primarii 1.5-2 mm longi, prophylla ovata vel deltoidea, 2 mm longa; flores subsessiles, calyx campanulatus U mm longus, dentibus depressis 0.2 mm altis; corolla violacea, vexillum 1 cm longum explanatum 8 mm latum, apice rotundatum vel leviter emarginatum, basi abrupte in unguiculum 0.5 trim longum contractum, ad centrum (1) Research supported hy fun^s from the National Scien-ce Foundation under Grant GB-1751S. 163
BioStor
