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paneifloi'o ; floribns sat grandibus ; sepalis exterioribus ovatis, 

 hirsutis, ciliatis, discretis ; alis 3-4-plo longioribus, 2-2| lin. 

 longis, obovatis, gbibris, niaculatis ; corolla ecristata ; androphoro 

 longissimo ; bracteis parvis, hirsutis, persistentibus ; capsula 

 obcordata, hirsuta ; seminibus (immaturis) parvis, glabris, stro- 

 phiolo carnoso indntis. 



Kurtz, No. 298. Bushy places, Cohan, 4400 ft. Resembles P. 

 pediceUaris in appearance, but differs in the strophiolate seeds and 

 other characters. 



Section A. 



Polygala Chodatiana, sp. n. Snffiutex lignosus, spinosus ; 

 ramis spinescentibus, denique aphyllis, junioribus pubescentibus ; 

 foliis parvis, lineari-ellipticis, 1-li lin. longis, hirsutis, deciduis ; 

 pedicellis brevibus, hirsutis; bracteis parvis, ovatis, ciliatis; sepalis 

 exterioribus ovatis, hirsutis, ciliatis ; alis 3-plo longioribus, albis, 

 tenuibus, glabris, ad dorsum leviter hirsutis ; ovario obovato ; 

 stylo curvato, superne incrassato ; stigmate bilobato ; corolla lutea, 

 ecristata, galeata, 3-lobata. Fructus ignotus. 



Kurtz, No. 5424, Rocky places, province of Mendoza ; Las 

 Pefias, Sierra del Tunuyan. Closely resembles P. spineseens in 

 appearance and general habit, but belongs to a totally different 

 section of the genus, as is shown by the ecristate corolla. Named 

 after Professor Chodat, of Geneva, author of the Monoijrapliia 

 Polygalacearum. 



Section D. 



Polygala cordobensis, sp. n. Suffrutex procumbens; caulibus 

 numerosis, molliter pubescentibus ; foliis linearibus, coufertis, 

 3-4 lin. longis, tomentosis ; racemis terminalibus, brevibus, 

 capitatis ; bracteis ovatis, subglabris, persistentibus ; pedicellis 

 brevibus, glabris ; sepalis exterioribus parvis, glabris ; alis duplo 

 longioribus, ovatis, glabris, mucronatis ; ovario subgloboso, sessili ; 

 carina pulchre fimbriata ; seminibus nigris, glabris, verrucosis, 

 estrophiolatis, appendicibus duabus indutis, semen equantibus. 



Kurtz, No. 6737. Roadsides between Cerro Pertigo and Cerro 

 Molleyaco, Cordoba; flor. Jan. A distinct species, allied to P. 

 Neai, but much more tomentose. 



Section D. 



Polygala grisea, sp. n. Herba procumbens ; caulibus virgatis, 

 pubescentibus ; foliis sparsis, distantibus, linearibus, li-2 lin. 

 longis, supernis quandoque oppositis, pilis longis albis indutis ; 

 rachide hirsutissima ; racemis brevibus, terminalibus ; bracteis 

 parvis, ovatis, membranaceis, persistentibus ; pedicellis brevibus, 

 glabris ; sepalis exterioribus parvis, membranaceis, glabris ; alis 

 2-2^-plo longioribus, ellipticis, glabris ; corollae crista fimbriata ; 

 ovario subgloboso, sessili, etnarginato ; seminibus hirsutis, estro- 

 phiolatis, appendicibus duabus angustis indutis, semine dimidio 

 brevioribus. 



Kurtz, No. 3645; "10 leguas al Sur de Mendoza en la catena 

 de la Cordillera" ; flor. Nov. Allied to the last, but differing in 

 several well-marked characters. 



