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7. P. portoricensis (Brit ton), comb. dov. Arbor usque ad 6 m. 

 alms 1.5 dm. (" L.5 m.") dimetente, ramulis appresse pubescenti- 

 bus. Folia obovata apice rotundata vel obtusa basi angustata vel 

 cuneata supra lucentia Bubtus obscura utrinque sparse breviterque 

 pubescentia aetate glabrata 3 cm. longa 7-15 nun. lata vel minora, 



in pctiolis 12.") nun. Ion gig. Kacemi 1 (' nun. longi; pedicelli 



appresse pubescentes 1.5-2.5 mm. Longi. Sepala late ovata obtusa 

 ciliata 1 mm. longa vel minora. Carina 2 mm. Longa appresse 

 pubescens. Petala superiora alba. Fructus minute pubescens an- 

 guste marginatus apice emarginatus basi subtruncatus ad 5 mm. 



longua 6 mm. latus, in stipe 0.6 mm. longo. Badiera portoricensis 

 Britton, Bull. Torr. Club xlii. 494 (1915). " Rocky slopes and 

 hillsides, western Porto Rico, especially on serpentine, from sea- 

 It vel to 700 m. altitude. Type collected at Guanajibo, near Maya- 

 guez (Britton, Coivell, & Brown 4349)." Not seen; description 

 compiled. The only Porto Rican species of this subgenus yet 

 known. 



8. P. jamaicensis Chod. Shrub or small tree, 2.6-6 m. high, 

 the stem and branches densely appressed-puberulous, at length 

 glabrate. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oval-ovate, mostly 

 narrowed (often abruptly) to the obtuse often retuse apex, cuneate 

 at base, sparsely minutely strigillose both sides, 3.5-8 cm. long, 

 1.3-3.7 cm. wide, on appressed-puberulous petioles 3-5 mm. long. 

 Peduncle 1-1.5 mm. long; pedicels in fruit 2-3.5 mm. long. 

 Flowers 2.5 mm. long. Fruit subquadrate, sparsely ciliolate, 6.5-1 

 mm. long, 7-11 mm. wide, the stipe 2.5 mm. long. Seed 6 mm. 

 long. Chod.! 1. c. ii. 11. t. 13. f. 14 (1893). Badiera diversifolia 

 (L.) DC. Prod. i. 334 (1824), but not Polygala diversifolia L., the 

 name-bringing synonym, which is Securidaca volubilis L. ! ; Britton, 

 Bull. Torr. Club xxxvii. 362 (1910), and xlii. 495 (1915), not Poly- 

 gala diversifolia L. Jamaica: Patrick Browne (B); Wm. Wright 

 (B); Olaf Swartz (B); March 68 (K), 627 (K), 726 (GK), 1656 

 (GK), 1822 (K); White River, 1 Jan. 1850, R. C. Alexander (K); 

 arid rocks on coast (?), Manchester, Nov. 1843, Purdie (K); Mal- 

 vern, 670 m., 3 Sept. 1907, Harris 9651 (BJK) ; Bridge Hill, 455 m., 

 19 Jan. 1898, Harris 7092 (BJ) ; near Old England, 1065 m., 9 Aug. 

 1895, Harris 5838 (BJ); Rock Fort, J. Hart 641 (type coll.: J); 

 Old England, 915 m., 16 Sept. 1896, Harris 6597 (J); near Ewar- 

 ton, 290 m., 24 Nov. 1896 (J). T. 1. Fig. 3. 



