10 Contributions Prom the Gray Berbarium 



I'hh hot<i< nio en in iitu ( rriseb. var. obovcUa ( Iriseb. ! Cat. PI. Cub. 14 

 366 Polygala Phlebotaenia ("hod. var. obovatix (Griseb.) ('hod.! 

 I.e. ii. 5 1893).- -Ci ba: Loma di Elangel, near Sao Cristobal, 17 

 June (1860 64), Wright L917 (type coll.: BGK). T. 1. Fig. 1 

 (aril removed 



2. P. Cowellii ( Britton), comb. dov. Tree up to L0 m. bigh, 1.5dm. 

 thick, the branches sparsely appressed-pubescent, at length gla- 

 bra te. Lieaves oblong to elliptic, cuneate to rounded at each end, oi 

 abruptly pointed with obtuse apex, glabrous or with a few hairs 

 along midvein both sides; petioles puberulous above, 5-7 mm. long. 

 Racemes 2.5 cm. long, simple or with a basal branch, subsessile on 

 Leafless branches, 6-13-flowered, their axes like the pedicels (4-9 

 mm. long) densely spreading-puberulous. Flowers 1.4-1.5 cm. 

 long, purple. Sepals broadly elliptic, rounded, purplish-green, cili- 

 ate, otherwise glabrous except at base, the upper 4 mm. long, the 

 lower 2.5 mm. long. Wings elliptic-obovate, obtuse, short-clawed, 

 14.o mm. long, 9 mm. wide. Keel obliquely truncate at apex, with 

 two rotund lateral lobes, 14 mm. long. Upper petals oblong, united 

 to staminal tube only toward base, 13.5 mm. long. Ovary with 

 one fruitful thick-walled cell and one sterile thin-walled winged 

 cell. Fruit unknown. Phlebotaenia Cowellii Britton, Torreya 

 vii. 38 (1907). Phlebotaenia portoricensis Urb.! Sym. Antill. v. 

 382 (1908). Porto Rico: woods, Mt. Calabara, near Coamo, 

 30 Dec. 1885, Sintenis 3288 (K) ; near Cajuco, 9 Mar. 1887, Sintenis 

 6417 (K); rocky bank near Coamo Springs, 16 Mar. 1913, Britton, 

 Britton, & Marble 2228 (G) ; without definite locality, R. H. Heatslet 

 (K). 

 Vernacular name " sathrwood," according to Heatslet. 



Subgenus II. BADIERA (DC), comb. nov. 



Sepals free, persistent, subherbaceous, obliquely oval, round- 

 tipped, subequal, ciliolate. Wings obliquely ovate, obtuse, cilio- 

 late, similar in texture to the sepals and only about one-third longer, 

 persistent. Upper petals obliquely oblong-obovate, obtuse, arched, 

 about twice as long as wings and slightly shorter than keel, adnate 

 to staminal tube, free from the keel. Keel blunt, short, without 

 crest or beak, narrowed at base into a claw, united at extreme base 

 to staminal tube. Stamens 8, the filaments glabrous, united nearly 



