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striato-venosis ; filamentis superne filiformibus, basi in cupulam brevem 

 ampliatis ; stylo brevi stigmatibiis 3 ; utriculo globoso perianthio exserto 

 circumscisso, ca. 20-spermo. 



Collected at Finca Irlanda, Chiapas. No. 7541. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 187780. 



Polygala (Hehecarpa) polyedra sp. nov. 



Suffruticulosa : caulibiis validis erectis raniosis acute striato-angii- 

 laribns indistincte puberulis, plus quam 3 dm. altis : f oliis plerumque 

 delapsis alternis, superioribus paucis persistentibus lineari-lanceolatis, 

 ca. 5 mm. longis: raeemis axillaribus vel ramos terminautibus densi- 

 floris, 2-3 cm. longis : petalis ovato-acuminatis glabris ca. 3 mm. longis ; 

 alis late ovatis glabris ochroleucis, ca. 5 mm. longis ; carina petala 

 oblonga superiora alasque paululum superanti ; capsula ca. 7 mm. 

 longa, 6 mm. lata, emarginata glabra, prope apicem paulo alata, pedi- 

 cello ca. 1 mm. longo : semine piloso ca. 4 mm. longo, arillo ca. 2 mm. 

 longo, 1.5 mm. lato, margine lacerato, umbone parvo piloso apiculato. 



The specimens consist of a few Russelia-Uke stems sparingly 

 branched with a few uppermost leaves persistent and several fruiting 

 and flowering racemes. Collected at Mazatlan, Sinaloa. No. 7627. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 142753. 



Polygala (Hehecarpa) scopulorum sp. nov. 



E radice lignosa multicaulis: caulibus debilibus usque ad 3 dm. 

 longis, glabris lignosis, ramis herbaceis vel frutescentibus dense puber- 

 ulis pilis incurvis: f oliis lineari-lanceolatis puberulis 1-1.5 cm. longis, 

 ca. 1 mm. latis, basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, inferioribus brevi- 

 oribus : raeemis ramos terminautibus ca. 4-floris, 2-6 cm. longis : sepalis 

 ovato-lanceolatis breviter pubescentibus ciliatis, ca. 3 mm. longis ; alis 

 ca. 4.5 mm. longis, 3.5 mm. latis, ovatis acutis ciliatis, extus breviter 

 pubescentibus ; petalis superioribus oblongis, ca. 4 mm. longis ; carina 

 ca. 5 mm. longa ; capsula glabra ciliata emarginata basi cuneata, ca. 

 7 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata ; semine piloso ca. 4 mm. longo, arillo trilobo, 

 lobo dorsali latiori, umbone raagno piloso. 



The acute wings and the long, woody, apparently trailing stems 

 characterize this species. Collected on rocks near Peila, Coahuila. 

 No. 1039. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 137737. 



Polygala (Hehecarpa) neurocarpa sp. nov. 



Caulibus frutescentibus ramosis erectis glabris, ca 3 dm. altis: 

 foliis anguste oblongis acutis vel obtusis glabris, ca. U8 cm. longis, 

 2-4 mm. latis : raeemis terminalibus laxifloris, ca. 7 cm. longis : sepalis 

 lineari-lanceolatis minute ciliatis ; alis ovatis basi cuneatis apice rotun- 



