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48. Polygala velata Blake, Contr. Gray 

 Herb. 47: 41. 1916. 



Stem erect, simply branched above, 3.4 dm. high and more, rather densely incurved- 

 puberulous; leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate or -lanceolate, 3.7-5.2 cm. long, 1.1-2.2 cm. wide, 

 acuminate but the apex usually obtuse, cuspidate, sparsely incurved-puberulous; racemes 

 about 15-flowered, 6.5-10.5 cm. long; flowers probably purplish; sepals ovate, acute, 2-2.4 

 mm. long; wings oval, 5.5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, rounded at apex, sparsely puberulous at 

 base; keel 5.5-6 mm. long; capsule broadly oval or suborbicular, rounded at base, ciliate, 

 10.5-11.5 mm. long; seed 5 mm. long; aril 3 mm. high, cloak-like, the broad scarious margin 

 sparsely pilose, appressed, slightly lobulate, the umbo medium-sized. 



Type locality: Temperate region, Chiapas. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 

 Illustration: Contr. Gray Herb. 47: pi. l,f. 27. 



49. Polygala polyedra Brand. Univ. Calif. Publ. 

 Bot. 6: 364. 1917. 



Stems stoutish, strongly angled, 3.5 dm. long and more, grayish-green, densely strigillose; 

 leaves ovate, 2.3-3.6 cm. long, 9-17 mm. wide, obtusely acuminate, mucronulate, minutely 

 strigillose both sides, paler green beneath; bracts toward base of peduncles elliptic, rather 

 densely strigillose, 4 mm. long or less; racemes up to 7 cm. long, rather loose; flowers appar- 

 ently ochroleucous ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-4.2 mm. long; wings oval or suborbicular, 

 4.5-5 mm. long, 3.2-4.5 mm. wide, broadly rounded, at base short-cuneate, glabrous or very 

 sparsely puberulous at base, sometimes ciliolate; keel glabrous, 5.3-5.5 mm. long; capsule 

 oval, at base cordate and short-stipitate, ciliolate, 7-7.5 mm. long; seed 4.2 mm. long; aril 

 1.8-2 mm. high, 1.6-1.8 mm. long dorsally, the umbo pilose, 0.4 mm. deep, the irregularly 

 repand-lobulate scarious margin sparsely pilose, not distinctly lobed, the dorsal margin hori- 

 zontal or slightly upturned at end. 



Type locality: Mazatlan, Sinaloa. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



50. Polygala Galeottii Chod. Mem. Soc. Phys. 

 Geneve 31(2)*: 28. 1893. 



Stems simple or sparsely branched, slightly hirsute; leaves lanceolate, 2.8-4 cm. long, 1-1.4 

 cm. wide, attenuate at each end, acute, not cuspidate, ciliate and slightly hirsute-puberulent ; 

 racemes puberulent, elongate, loose; pedicels 4 mm. long, puberulent; flowers 6 mm. long; 

 sepals linear, acute; wings elliptic-obovate, slightly pubescent and ciliate, shorter than corolla; 

 ovary pilose; capsule orbicular, hirsute-ciliate; seed 4 mm. long, rufous-hairy ; aril 2 mm. high, 

 2.8 mm. long on the dorsal margin, papery, crenate or undulate, scarcely lobed. 



Type locality: Rancho de Haupa. between Jalapa and C6rdoba, Veracruz. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 

 Illustration: M£m. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31(2) 2 : pi. 14, f. 17-20. 



51. Polygala rivinaefolia H.B.K. Nov. 

 Gen. &Sp. 5: 409. 1823. 



Polygala antericana normalis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 48, as to synonym. 1891. 

 Polygala Albowiana Chod. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 123. 1895. 

 Polygala jaliscana Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 44. 1916. 



Suffruticulose, several-stemmed, about 4 dm. high, rather densely pubescent with short 

 incurved hairs mixed with plentiful longer spreading hairs; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5- 

 5.5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, acute to acuminate, at base rounded to cuneate-rounded, thin, 

 bright-green above, rather densely pubescent both sides; racemes loose, 1.5-15 cm. long; flow- 

 ers purplish; sepals ovate to lance-ovate, acutish to acuminate, pubescent, 2-2.5 mm. long; 

 wings oval, 5-6 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, rounded at apex, cuneate at base, very sparsely 

 puberulous along costa or at base; keel glabrous, 5-6.2 mm. long; capsule broadly oval or 

 suborbicular, ciliate, pale, reticulate, S.5-12 mm. long; seed 4.2-4.7 mm. long; aril 1.5-2 mm. 



