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rotundata vel obtusa 2-2.5 cm. longa 1.2-1.4 cm. lata; omnia apice 

 emarginata basi angustata vel obtusa utrinque sparse breviter pu- 

 bescentia et obscura, in petiolis appresse pubescentibus 2 mm. 

 longis. Racemi ca. 5 mm. longi; pedicelli frugiferi pubescentes ad 

 2 mm. longi. Flores flavi. Fructus ca. 5 mm. altus 7-8 mm. latus, 

 valde lobatus juventate sparse pubescens maturitate glabratus in 

 stipem 1.5 mm. longum desinens. Badiera heterophylla Britton, 

 Bull. Torr. Club xlii. 496 (1915), not Polygala heterophylla Scheele, 

 Linn. xvii. 336 (1843). " Deciduous woods, Sierra Nipe, near 

 Woodfred, Oriente, at 450-550 m. altitude (Shafer 3070)." Not 

 seen; description compiled. 



13. P. Fuertesii (Urb.), comb. nov. Much-branched tree, the 

 branches puberulent with appressed hairs, more or less angulate 

 by decurrent lines from the petiole bases. Leaves oval to suborbic- 

 ular, obtuse at apex, rounded to rounded-cuneate at base, firmly 

 coriaceous, above dark green, shiny, reticulate, glabrous or sparsely 

 strigillose, beneath paler, dotted, sparsely strigillose or nearly gla- 

 brous, 3-4 cm. long, 1.8-2.9 cm. wide; petioles finely puberulous, 

 4-5 mm. long. Racemes 1.2-1.5 cm. long (including the 3.1-6 mm. 

 long peduncle), loosely flowered, strigillose; flowers 5-16, greenish, 

 the petals whitish; pedicels stoutish, sparsely strigillose, 1.5-2 mm. 

 long. Sepals elliptic, rounded, more or less appressed-puberulous 

 and ciliate, 1.3 mm. long. Wings 1.7 mm. long, rhombic-suborbic- 

 ular. Keel 2.8 mm. long, densely pubescent laterally. Fruit un- 

 known. Badiera Fuertesii Urb.! Sym. Antill. vii. 244 (1912). 

 Santo Domingo: summit of Mt. Noche Buena, 1800 m., Prov. 

 Barahona, Sept. 1911, Fuertes 1065 (type coll.: BG). 



Subgenus III. HEBECARPA (Chocl), comb. nov. 



Sepals free, deciduous (rarely persistent), herbaceous, or in Sect. 

 Biloba the two lower petaloid. Wings petaloid, oval to oblong, de- 

 ciduous (except in Sect. Huateca), about equalling keel or longer. 

 Keel blunt, somewhat 3-lobed, crestless, beakless, adnate to the 

 staminal tube for one-half its length or more. Upper petals 

 obliquely oblong, adnate below to the staminal tube. Stamens 8, 

 the glabrous or pubescent filaments distinct for about one-third 

 their length. Ovary more or less pubescent or ciliate; style much 

 longer than ovary, bent; stigmatic lobes approximate, sometimes 



