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4. Polygala portoricensis (Britton) Blake, Contr. Gray 

 Herb. 47: 14. 1916. 



Badiera portoricensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 42: 494. 1915. 



Virgate tree 5-6 m. high; branchlets incurved-hispidulous; leaves obovate or elliptie- 

 obovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 5-16 mm. wide, emarginulate at the obtuse or rounded apex, cuneate 

 at base, hispidulous-scabrous both sides; racemes sessile; pedicels sparsely hispidulous, 2-2.4 

 mm. long; flowers whitish; upper sepal ovate, subtruncate, 1.3 mm. long, the lower suborbicular- 

 ovate, 1 mm. long; wings triangular-ovate, rounded, 1.8 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; upper petals 

 obovate; keel sparsely puberulous on sides; capsule cuneate-quadrate, broader than long, 

 obscurely cordate at base, lobed for about one-sixth its length with broadly rounded lobes, 

 ciliolate, in youth sparsely short-pubescent on sides, at maturity glabrous except for the cilio- 

 late margin, 5.3-6 mm. long, 6.2-6.8 mm. wide, on a stipe 0.8-1 mm. long; seed black, short- 

 pubescent, 4.8 mm. long; aril 1.8 mm. deep, lobulate, with obscure dorsal lobe. 



Type locality: Serpentine slopes, Guanajibo, near Mayaguez, Porto Rieo. 

 Distribution: Western Porto Rico, from sea-level to 750 meters altitude. 



5. Polygala scabridula Blake; Britton, Bull. Torrey 

 Club 50; 39. 1923. 



Virgate shrub 2-3 m. high; branches erect, hispidulous; leaves obovate, 1.3-1.8 cm. long, 

 9-12 mm. wide, broadly rounded at apex, rounded or cuneate-rounded at base, coriaceous, 

 scabrid-hispidulous above with persistent ascending hairs, similarly pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 axillary, the axis 2-flowered, about 1 mm. long, the peduncle obsolescent; pedicels glabrous, 

 1.2 mm. long; flowers immature; sepals deltoid-ovate, ciliolate, obtuse, 1.1 mm. long; wings 

 similar, 1.4 mm. long and wide; keel ciliate, otherwise subglabrous, 2.5 mm. long; capsule 

 subquadrate, rather broadly margined, slightly wider at the apex, ciliolate, otherwise glabrous, 

 6 mm. long, 8.5 mm. wide, lobed for about one-third its length; seed ellipsoid, sparsely pubes- 

 cent, 4 mm. long; aril orange, 1.8 mm. deep, with repand lateral margin, the dorsal lobe 1 mm. 

 long. 



Type locality: Sabana de Motembo, Santa Clara, Cuba. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



6. Polygala guantanamana Blake, Contr. Gray 

 Herb. 47: 12. 1916. 



Badiera virgata Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 37: 361. 1910. Not Polygala virgata Thunb. 1794. 



Virgate shrub or tree, 4 m. high or less; branches densely leafy, hispidulous, glabrate; 

 leaves oval or obovate, 6-19 mm. long, 3-9 mm. wide, emarginate or rounded at apex, rounded 

 at base, often with fascicles of smaller ones in the axils, rather sparsely strigillose but smooth 

 to the touch on both sides; racemes 3-4-flowered, the axis 1-1.5 mm. long; pedicels glabrous 

 or strigillose, 1.6-2 mm. long; flowers yellowish-green; sepals ovate, obtuse, 1-1.1 mm. long; 

 wings triangular-ovate, obtuse, 1.8 mm. long, 1.3 mm. wide; upper petals obovate; keel pubes- 

 cent laterally, 3 mm. long; capsule oblate-quadrate, not narrowed below, strongly margined, 

 truncate-rounded at base, lobed for one-quarter to one-third its length with erectish rounded 

 lobes, ciliate and sparsely pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity, 5.5-6.8 mm. long, 

 6.5-8 mm. wide; seed 4.8 mm. long; aril casque-shaped, crenate-lobulate, 2-2.2 mm. long. 



Type locality: Coral rock bench. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

 Distribution: Oriente, Camaguey, and Santa Clara, Cuba. 



7. Polygala oblongata (Britton) Blake, Contr. Gray 

 Herb. 47: 13. 1916.- 



Polygala diversifolia Chod. Mem. Soc Phys. Geneve 31 (2) 2 : 10, in part. 1893. Not P. diversifolia 



I.. 1753. 

 Polygala diversifolia elli plica Chod. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31(2) 2 : 11. 1893. 

 Polygala diversifolia obovata Chod. Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31(2) 2 : 11. 1893. 

 Badiera oblongata Britton. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. S: 314. 1907. 

 Badiera belerophylla Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 42: 496. 1915. Not Polygala heterophylla Scheele, 



1843. 



