L2 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



3. P. Penaea I-. Stem and branches densely hispidulous- 

 piloeulous with stiff ascending hairs. Leaves oarrowly obovate, 



broadly rounded or rarely obtuse at apex, apiculate, acutely cune- 

 ate at base, revolute, rough especially above with short persistenl 



tuberculate-based incurved hairs, 1.8-3.2 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide. 

 Raceme-axis 2.8 nun. long or less, the pedicels 1.5-2 mm. long in 

 fruit. Flowers 2.8 nun. long, greenish-yellow. Sepals deltoid- 

 ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, sparsely puberulous on back, 0.8-1 mm. 

 long and wide. Wings similar, 1.4 mm. long, 1.1 mm. wide. Keel 

 ciliate more than one-half its length, 2.8 mm. long. Upper petals 

 somewhat arched, 2.7 mm. long. Filaments united nearly to apex, 

 the tube ciliate on margin. Fruit 4 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, trans- 

 versely oblong, shortly hispidulous-pilosulous. L. Sp. ii. 703 

 (1753). P. domingensis Jacq. Stirp. Am. ed. min. 252 (1788); 

 Chod. 1. c. ii. 9. t. 13. f. 9-11 (1893). Badiera Penaea (L.) DC. 

 Prod. i. 335 (1824); Britton, Bull. Torr. Club xxxvii. 361 (1910); 

 1. c. xlii. 494 (1915). Badiera domingensis (Jacq.) DC. 1. c. (1824); 

 Deless. Ic. Select, hi. 13. t. 21 (1837). Santo Domingo: Poiteau 

 (B); Schomburgk 11 (K); mountain woods, 1827, Jacquemont (K) ; 

 woods, Sierra del Palo Quemado, 500 m., 10 May 1887, Eggers 

 1897 (BK); near Constanza, 1190 m., June 1910, Tuerckheim 3209 

 (BG). Also recorded by Britton from Haiti. T. 1. Fig. 2. 



4. P. guantanamana, nom. nov. Frutex vel arbusculus usque 

 ad 4 m. altus, ramis foliosissimis, ramulis puberulis. Folia obovata 

 vel obovato-oblanceolata puberula vel minute papilloso-puberula 

 vel glabrata apice rotundata vel emargimilata basi angustata 15 

 mm. longa 4-8 mm. lata vel minora, in petiolis 1-1.5 mm. longis. 

 Flores 2 mm. longi luteo-virescentes. Pedicelli frugiferi 1.5 mm. 

 longi. Fructus 5 mm. longus, lobis anguste marginatis (fructu per- 

 fecto haud viso). Badiera virgata Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 

 xxxvii. 361 (1910), not Polygala virgata Thunb. "Oriente, Cama- 

 guey, and Santa Clara, Cuba. (Type Britton 2086, from United 

 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, March 17-30, 1909)." 



Description condensed from Britton, 1. c. To this species I refer 

 with little doubt Wright 3497 from Cuba (hb. Gray), which well 

 agrees with the description except for its slightly larger leaves (19 

 by 11 mm.). This collection, which is in flower and young fruit, 

 has merely ciliate sepals, glabrous pedicels 1.3-1.5 mm. long, and 

 young fruit transversely oblong in outline, ciliate and sparsely 



