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—Io cm. long, dark-green, sparingly pubescent and somewhat 
glandular-granuliferous above, paler and somewhat fuscous and 
densely ged be Som almost subvelutinous, Scteeth! racemes 
3-6 cm. g, 5-10-flowered; peduncles and pedicels densely 
pubescent aed ee slightly prickly; sepals lanceolate, 
acuminate, 5-6 mm. long, glandular and pubescent oe 
grayish-tomentose eatin: sited about I cm. long and 7-9 m 
thick; drupelets many, glabrou 
Type collected on the top ae Pico Turquino, Oriente, Cuba, 
July 23, 1922, Léon 10755 (New York Botanical Garden); also 
at an altitude of 1600 m. on the same mountain, 10756. 
R. turquinensis is a member of the Adenotrichi, differing from 
R. costaricanus and R. adenotrichos in the narrower lanceolate 
long-acuminate, instead of broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate 
leaflets; from R. Vera-Crucis in the more dense pubescence and 
the texture of the leaves. It is more closely related to R. 
trasuensis and R. miser. In habit, leaf-form, and pubescence it 
resembles the former, but the inflorescence is mostly simple, the 
sepals narrower, and the drupelets perfectly glabrous; neither 
have any 5-foliolate leaves been seen. From R. miser it differs 
in the shorter sepals and the thicker leaflets, with shorter petioles, 
more numerous and more prominent lateral veins, and much 
closer serrations. 
Polygala scabridula Blake, sp. nov. 
Virgate leafy shrub 2-3 m. high, the branches erect, his- 
So lous. Petioles hispidulous, 2 mm. long; leaf blades obo- 
, 1.3-1.8 cm. long, 9-12 m — broadly rounded at apex, 
seemed or oe Pied 4 t base, coriaceous, scabrid-his- 
pidulous above with persistent ascending hairs, similarly pu- 
scent beneath; racemes axillary, the d, about 
I mm. long, the peduncle obsolesc ent; pedicels glabrous, 1.2 
mm. long; flowers immature ;. sepals deltoid-ovate, ciliolate, 
obtuse, 1.1 mm. long; wings simi ar, I.4 mm. long ‘and wide; 
keel ciliate, otherwise subglabrous, 2.5 mm. long; capsule sub- 
quadrate, rather broadly margined, slightly wider at the apex, 
ciliolate, otherwise glabrous, 6 mm. long, 8.5 mm 
for about 1/3 its length; seed ellipsoid, sparsely pubescent, 4 
mm. long; aril —— 1.8 mm. deep, with repand lateral margin, 
the dorsal lo long. 
Sabana de Afoteinbe: Santa Clara, August 9-10, 1920 (Léon 
and Loustalot 9333). 
This species is related to Polygala portoricensis (Britton) 
Blake, of Porto Rico, which has larger emarginulate leaves, 
and a smaller, less deeply lobed capsule. 
