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datis, inargine minute ciliatis quani sepalis paullo longioribiis, ochro- 

 leucis; carina ca. 4 uiin. longa alas panluliiiu siipcranti, margine late 

 atro-purpurea ; petalis su})erioribns oblongis purpureis : eapsulis ca. 

 9 mm. lougis oblongo-orbicularibus reticiilatovenosis margine breviter 

 ciliatis, pedicellis ca. 3 mm. longis : seminibus pilosis ca. 3 mm. longis, 

 arillis horizontalibiis margine erosis umbonibus pilosis. 



Tbe reticnlately veined capsules of this species are characteristic. 

 Excepting the short-ciliate margins of the sepals, capsules and alae, 

 it is entirely glabrous. Collected at Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo. No. 1427. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 137871. 



Polygala (Hehecarpa) parrasana sp. nov. 



^Multicaulis e radice lignosa valida, viridis : caulibus frutescentibus 

 ca. 7 cm. longis, adscendentibus pubescentibus pilis patentibus, ra- 

 mosis : foliis oblongo-ovatis utrinque pubescentibus, basi cuneatis, apice 

 rotundatis mucronulatis, margine ciliatis, subtus valde nervosis, ca. 

 7 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, fere sessilibus, superioribus quam inferio- 

 ribus multo majoribus : racemis ramos terminantibus vel lateralibus, 

 ca. 1.5 cm. longis, 1-5-floris, floribus plerumque terminalibus : sepalis 

 ovato-lanceolatis pubescentibus ca. 3 mm. longis ; alis ovatis ca. 4 mm. 

 longis, 3 nun. latis, extus pubescentibus, margine ciliatis ; petalis supe- 

 rioribus parte libera ca. 3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, apice rotundata ; 

 carina ca. 5 mm. longa alas superanti, circa apicem laete viridi ; cap- 

 sula immatura elliptica ca. 5 mm. longa, 3 nun. lata, emarginata pube- 

 rula ciliata; semine ca. 4 mm. longo, piloso, arillo trilobo ca. 1.2 mm. 

 longo, umbone corneo piloso. 



Two specimens represent this species, one with many stems from 

 a woody root, the other having lateral stems near the base, making it 

 resemble a small bush. Collected on Sierra de Parras, Coahuila. No. 

 4627. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 144787. 



Polygala (Jlchrcarpa) vag-ans sjx nov. 



Caulil)us teretibus tenuibus plus (piam 7 dm. longis, puberulis, 

 intricato-ramosis: foliis linearibus, apice acutis mucronatis, basi in 

 petiolum ca. 1 mm. longum attenuatis, utrin(|ue i)ilis paueis incurvis 

 puberulis, ca. 2.8 cm. longis, 1 mm. latis: racemis caules ramosque 

 terminantibus, ca. 3 cm. longis, laxe 3-7-floris: petalis anguste ovato- 

 lanceolatis, ca. 2.5 mm. longis, ])uberulis ciliatis ; alis ovatis, ca. 6 mm. 

 longis, 4 mm. latis, sparsim hirsutis pilis brevibus incurvis; petalis 

 superioribus oblongis obtusis (|uam carina paullo brevioribus; carina 

 oehroleuca ca. 5 mm. longa ; capsula ca. 9 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, infra 

 medium cuneata, enuii'ginata sparsim puberula miiuite ciliata, pedi- 

 cello ca. 6 mm. longo ; semine ca. 5 mm. longo, piloso, arillo palliformi 

 ca. 3 mm. longo, margine eroso, umbone corneo breviter piloso. 



