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along the veins incurved- puberulous and sparsely spreading- 
pubescent, the veins 7-8 pairs, prominulous beneath, the 
mm. long or less; racemes loose or rather dense, 1.2—5 ong, 
shea to ae slightly comose, I-1.4 cm. thick, the axis be- 
com 10 . long or less, pubescent like the stem; bracts 
Ing 
lance- pabislaen: ‘1.8mm. lo ong, attenuate, hispid-pilose, deciduous; 
pedicels glabrous, curved, I-2 mm. long: flowers greenish; upper 
sepal oblong-ovate, 3 mm. long, obtuse, densely ciliate with 
eglandular hairs; lower sepals similar, 2.2 mm. long, united for 
four-fifths their length, obtuse; wings obliquely oval-obovate, 
5-6 mm. long, 3.8-4.5 m m. wide, strongly emarginate, inequi- 
lateral, cuneate at base on one side, contracted 1.2 mm. above 
bas ther, ciliolate except on narrowed basal poraan. £ 
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ae petals 3.5 mm. long, pilose within except on aes Levin nded 
portion of limb, this oblong-ovate, rounded, any- 
aie keel 4.2 mm. long, pilose-ciliate on the Sarai upper 
margin of the saccate portion; capsule quadrate-oval, 4-4 
ong, 4-4.7 m ae distinctly shorter than the e wings, mar- 
gined, ee t apex, subcordate at base, not stipitate, 
rounded-quadrate, compressed, with much excavated sides, 
yellowish-white, not corneous, with three subequal rather short 
rounded lobes. 
CoLomsBiA: In dry forest near Agura Dulce, vicinity of 
Santa Marta, 8 June 1898-1899, Herbert H. Smith 1309 (TYPE 
in herbarium of the N. Y. Botanical Garden; duplicate of this 
number in U. S. National Herbarium, no. 533,456, labeled 
October 1898-1901). Lower hills on the trail from Rio Frio 
to San Andrés de la Sierra, State of Magdalena, 400 m., July 
1906, Pittier 1774. 
This species is a member of the section A popetala of the sub- 
genus Hebeclada, and is nearest P. Vauthieri Chod., which is 
described as having lanceolate or lance-oblong leaves and larger 
wings (up to 8 mm. long), these as wide as long. The type col- 
lection was distributed as P. violacea Vahl, but the original 
P. violacea Aubl., a still doubtful species, is described as having 
a crested keel. 
Polygala Fendleri heterothrix var. nov. 
Leaves sometimes nearly all in ew whorls; hairs of seed 
ceniekt: otherwise as in P. Fendleri 
