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sitis oblongis mucronatis integerrimis utrinque et ad 
marginem setulis paucis appressis instructis petiolo puber- 
ulo gracili brevi multo longioribus, pedunculis axillari- 
bus petiolum subzequantibus glabris flores 4—5 minutos 
umbellatim dispositos ghtebiipus, pedicellis pedunculo 
sequalibus, sepalis dorso setulosis margine diaphano 
glabro.— Buenos Ayres, Dr. Gillies. We have seen no 
corolla. . 
15. (1.) Polygala thesioides, Willd.—Valparaiso, Mathews . 
(N. 249.) ; Bridges; Cuming (N. 693.) 
16. (2.) Polygala gnidioides, Willd.—2. glabra, foliis acutis. 
— Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 632.)—s. pubescenti-pilosa, 
folis. obtusiusculis.—Mountains near Mendoza, Dr. 
Gillies. Capsule scarcely at all emarginate; seeds 
pilose. Mr. Cuming says the flowers are red, blue, or 
white. This species unn rather to the section Tima- 
tua, DC. 
1". (3.) Polygala Neei, DC.—Near San Bernardo and El 
Punto del Sauce, province of Cordova, Dr. Gillies.— 
Capsule scarcely notched: seeds pilose. Stems densely 
pubescent, sometimes almost villous. This seems only 
to differ from the last species by the much narrower 
leaves. 
78. (4.) Polygala polycephala, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. v. 2. 
p. 84.—Buenos Ayres, Dr. Gillies. Uraguay, Tweedie. 
79. (5.) Polygala linoides, Poir.—Pampas of Buenos Ayres; 
Dr. Gillies. Banda Oriental, Tweedie. 
80. (6.) Polygala distans, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. v. 2. p. 84- 
81. 
—Uraguay, Tweedie. 
(7.) Polygala obovata, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. v. 2. p. 37. 
—Uraguay, Tweedie. 
82. (8.) Polygala spinescens (Gill. mst.) ; fruticosa, dense 
ramosa, rigida, ramulis spinescentibus junioribus solum- 
modo foliiferis, foliis minutissimis subulatis alternis, 
racemis paucifloris laxis, corollee carina cristata, capsula 
oblonga glabra vix marginata.—On dry hills near = 
Agua de los Cielos, Mendoza, Dr. Gillies. bi 
