19 (43) 



racemosi, (pedunculi 2 mm. longi.), parvi; capsula io-i2mm. 



longa, puberula. Junction of the Rivers Beni and Madre de 



Dios. (1916). Near y^. deflexa, Benth. 

 Leonia glycycarpa, Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv., ii., 69. t. 222 (L. 



racemosa, Mart., fide Eichl., 1. c, 391) Junction of the Beni 



and Madre de Dios. (2647). 



Sanvagesia erecta, L., Sp. PL, Ed. II., 294. Mapiri, 5,000 ft. 



(1076). 



BlXINEiE. 



Bixa orellana, L. Sp. PI. 730. Near Yungas, cultivated. (13 10). 

 Oncoba maynensis (Poepp. & Endl.), Eichl., 1. c, 441. [Mayna 



paliidosa, Benth.) Junction of Beni and Madre de Dios 



(1332) ; Falls of Madeira (1423). 



POLYGALEiE. 

 Determined by Prof. A. W. Bennett. 



Poly gala paniculata, L., Amoen. Acad., v., 402. Near La Paz, 



10,000 ft. (1914.) 

 Poly gala violacea, Vahl, Symb. Bot, ii., 79. Near La Paz, 10,- 



000 ft. (1934): Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1915.) 



POLYGALA ANDINA, A. W. Bennett, spec. nova. Frutex parvus? 

 Caule ascendente, pubescente ; foliis tenuibus, subglabris, lan- 

 ceolatis, apiculatis, breviter petiolatis ; racemis terminalibus ; 

 floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis hirsutis ; sepalis exteriorbus in- 

 eequalibus, ovatis, pubescentibus, ciliatis, superiore majore, 

 concavo ; alis magnis, ovatis, glabris, eciliatis, 8mm. longis, 

 6 mm. latis ; corolla alas aequante, vagina basi valde gibbosa ; 

 petalis per ^ coalitis ; petalis superioribus rotundatis. Semi- 

 na fructusque ignoti. Near La Paz, 10,000 ft. (2869). Near 

 P. Laureola. 



POLYGALA FORMOSA, A. W. Bennett, spec. nova. Frutex caule 

 glabro vel puberulo ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, tenuibus, acu- 

 minatis (supernis) ; 8-10 cm. longis, 4 cm. latis, breviter 

 petiolatis ; racemis terminalibus, vel axillaribus, laxis, flori- 

 bus insignibus pedicellatis, pedicellis puberulis ; sepalis exte- 

 rioribus inaequalibus, glabris, eciliatis, superiore concavo ; alis 

 grandibus, glabris, eciliatis, inaequaliter ovalibus, 12 mm. lon- 

 gis, 8 mm. latis ; corolla ecristata ; petalis alas multo superan- 

 tibus, per ^ coalitis, glabris ; fructo elliptico ; seminibus 

 triangularibus, hirsutis, caruncula carnosa praeditis, ad dorsum 

 seminisdimidio libera descendente. Mapiri, 5,000 ft. (1908). 

 Related to P. spectabilis, of Southern Brazil. 



