LONCHOCARPUS oliganthus, sp. nov.-Frutex vel arbor gracilis ca. 10 m. alta; folia 5-7-foliolata; foliola oblonga vel elliptica multipunctata petiolulis subquadrangularibus; paniculae axillares 3-4 subspiciformes laxifloraeque foliis multo breviores; pedunculi secundarii minimi uniflori (raro biflori); pedicelli 0.5-0.7 mm. longi; flores 8-9 mm. longi, purpurei; calyx cupuliformis, margine integra vel aliquantum undulata; vexillum late oblongum vel oblongo-ovatum, externe dense argenteo-sericeum, margine valde inflexa; alae oblongae; carinae petala plus minusve falcata marginibus inferioribus solum per intervallum brevissimum apici propinquum connatis;'stamen vexillare in fenestra et prope apicem columnae filamentarum liberum; ovarium 5-6-ovulatum; legumen ignotum. Shrub or slender tree about 10 m. high, 17 cm. in diameter at base, with "dark brown, almost glabrous, shallowly striate bark" (Smith), and terete, glabrous, shallowly and irregularly sulcate lbranchlets dotted with small but conspicuous lenticels; stipules scale-like, oblong, 1 x 0.7 mm., dark brown, closely appressed; leaves 5-7-foliolate, 18-30 cm. long, the petiole subterete, canaliculate and often sulcate, glabrous or very sparingly strigose, 3.5-6.5 (averaging 4) cm. long, the rachis deeply canaliculate, sparsely'strigose to glabrate; petiolules 4.5-6 mm. long, subquadrangular, minutely strigose to glabrous, dark brown to black, more or less canaliculate above; leaflets thin-chartaceous, oblong to elliptic, the blade 6-15 cm. long, 2.5-7 cm. wide, dark green (sometimes paler beneath), faintly but heavily mottled above with purplish brown, copiously strigose when'young, at maturity glabrous or minutely and sparingly strigose beneath, multipunctate (each cell with several to many semitranslucent puncta), caudate at the apex, rounded or tapering at the base, the margin minutely crenulate, the lateral veins 9-10 pairs; panicles 3-4, borne singly in the upper leaf-axils, short (6-10 cm. long), much surpassed by the leaves, slender, subspiciform, loosely flowered; primary peduncles subterete to subquadrangular, glabrous or glabrate, slender (1 mm. or less wide at the base), floriferous to within 1.5-4 cm. of the base; secondary peduncles rudimentary, about 0.5 mm. long by 0.7-1 mm. wide, 1-, rarely 2-, flowered (the second flower commonly aborted); bracts and bractlets similar, squamiform, ovate, 0.7-1 mm.