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(P. trichoptera Chod. (no. 62) has not been inserted in the key, through lack 

 of knowledge of its seed-characters.) 



40. P. sancta-luciae Chod. Stems woody, fragile, erect, 

 simple or sparsely branched, slightly and very shortly puberulous, 

 1.5-4 dm. long. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or 

 apiculate, strongly reticulate both sides and very shortly but 

 densely subgriseous-velutinous, coriaceous, 2-2.5 cm. long, 1-1.1 

 cm. wide. Flowers 6 mm. long. Wings elliptic, ciliate, subequal 

 to corolla, 6 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide. Upper petals emarginate. 

 Capsule elliptic, cordate-emarginate, with triangular vallecula, 10 

 mm. long, 7 mm. wide. Seed pyriform, brown. Aril membrana- 

 ceous, retrorsely spurred. Chod. Monog. ii. 36 (1893). Not 

 seen; based by Chodat on specimens from St. Lucia (Schwaeg- 

 richen, in hb. Monac.) and from St. Domingo. 



41. P. antillensis Chod. Suffruticose, the stems erect, 

 sparsely short-branched at apex, crisply puberulous above, 5 dm. 

 long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or subcuspidate, herba- 

 ceous, slightly puberulous, on margin shortly ciliate or glabres- 

 cent, 2-7 cm. long, 0.8-2.5 cm. wide, on petioles 2.5-3 mm. long. 

 Flowers 7 mm. long. Wings ovate-elliptic, inequilateral, equalling 

 corolla, rounded at apex, shortly unguiculate at base, reticulate, 

 sparsely pubescent above, ciliate. Upper petals 1/3 shorter than 

 keel, slightly dilated at apex, subacute. Filaments glabrous. Cap- 

 sule elliptic, strongly emarginate, sparsely subhirsute, slightly nar- 

 rowed toward base, 13 mm. long, 9 mm. wide. Seed pyriform, 

 sparsely hirsute. Aril papery, sub-3-lobed, the margin crenate- 

 dentate; anterior lobes acute, obliquely projecting; dorsal pro- 

 longed, horizontal. Chod. Monog. ii. 33. t. 14. f. 28-30 (1893). 

 Not seen; described by Chodat from Belanger 621, from near St. 

 Pierre, Martinque. 



42. P. amphothrix, sp. nov. Caules 1-4 erecti e basi fruticu- 

 losa sparse ramosi foliosi 1.1-1.5 dm. alti ut racemi dense pubes- 

 centes pilis aliis incurvis brevibus aliis crebris longioribuspatentibus 

 rectis. Folia ima valde reducta ovalia vel ovali-obovata obtusa 

 vix mucronulata basi cuneata vel rotundata praecipue ad marginem 

 pubescentia pilis aliis paucis incurvis aliis crebrioribus longioribus 

 patentibus rectis 3.5-11.5 mm. longa 2-4.5 mm. lata; media et 

 superiora multiplo majora oblongo-lanceolata vel ovalia apice ob- 

 tusa vel subacuta mucronulata basi cuneata reticulato-venosa 



