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1.5-1.8 mm. high, the large umbo densely pilose, the subequal scarious margin with obscure 

 lateral lobes and distinct descending or upeurved dorsal lobe. 



Type locality: Zacuapan, Veracruz. 

 Distribution: Veracruz and Oaxaca. 

 Illustration: Contr. Gray Herb. 47: pi. 1, f. 25. 



56. Polygala cuspidulata Blake, Contr. Gray 



Herb. 47: 45. 1916. 



Stems few, erect, densely incurved- or incurved-spreading-pubescent, 1.5-4 dm. high; 

 leaves ovate, the middle and upper 2-3 cm. long, 1.1-1.6 cm. wide, acutish or obtusish, cuspid- 

 ulate, rather densely incurved-pubescent; racemes 5-11 cm. long; flowers purplish; sepals 

 ovate or lance-ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long; wings oval, 7-8.3 mm. long, 5-5.5 mm. wide, rounded at 

 apex, ciliolate and at base sparsely puberulous; capsule orbicular, sparsely spreading-pilosulous 

 and ciliolate, 8-10 mm. long; seed 5 mm. long; aril 2.2-2.5 mm. high, with tiny pilose umbo, 

 the undulate scarious margin sparsely pilose, the dorsal margin horizontal or slightly curved- 

 ascending or descending at an angle of about 45°. 



Type locality: Cerro de Santa Lucia, near San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla. 

 Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca. 

 Illustration: Contr. Gray Herb. 47: pi. 2, f. 32. 



57. Polygala appressipilis Blake, Contr. Gray 



Herb. 47: 41. 1916. 



Polygala sinaloensis Riley, Kew Bull. 1923 : 108. 1923. 



Stems several, erect, about 3.5 dm. high, griseous-puberulous with appressed hairs; leaves 

 lanceolate, ovate or oval, 1.5-5 cm. long, 8-17 mm. wide, acute or obtuse, cuspidulate, not reticu- 

 late, above dull-green, beneath paler, puberulous with appressed hairs; flowers apparently ochro- 

 leucous; sepals oblong-ovate, acutish, 3.8-5 mm. long; wings oval or broadly elliptic, 6.5-9 mm. 

 long, 4.5-5.8 mm. wide, rounded at apex, cuneate at base, ciliolate, incurved-puberulous at 

 base and apex and along costa; keel 6.8-8 mm. long; capsule oval, ciliolate, sparsely incurved- 

 puberulous laterally, 8 mm. long; mature seed unknown. 



Type locality: Lava fields above Cuernavaca, Morelos. 

 Distribution: Sinaloa to Tepic, Puebla, and Oaxaca. 

 Illustration: Contr. Gray Herb. 47: pi. 2,f. 38. 



58. Polygala antillensis Chod. M£m. Soc. Phys. 

 Geneve 31(2) 2 : 33. 1893. 



Stems few, incurved-puberulous, 3.5-5 dm. high; leaves ovate or the upper lance-ovate, 

 4.7-6.5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, acuminate, pubescent with shorter and longer incurved 

 hairs, membranaceous, reticulate; racemes loose, 4.5-7 cm. long; flowers pale-violet; sepals 

 ovate or lance-ovate, acuminate, 3.3-3.8 mm. long; wings ovate-oval, 8.2 mm. long, 5.3 mm. 

 wide, broadly rounded at apex, ciliate, sparsely pubescent; keel 7 mm. long; capsule oval, 

 short-pubescent with ascending or incurved hairs, 10-12.5 mm. long; seed 4.7 mm. long; aril 

 1.4 mm. high, 2.6 mm. long on the dorsal margin, with medium-sized pilose umbo and scarious 

 margin, the lateral lobes subquadratc, slightly lobulate, appressed, the dorsal lobe spreading, 

 3-toothed at apex. 



Type locality: Near St. Pierre, Martinique. 



Distribution: Martinique. 



Illustration: Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 31 (2) 2 : pi. 14, f. 28-30. 



59. Polygala brachysepala Blake, Contr. Gray 

 Herb. 47: 44. 1916. 



Stems several, fruticulose below, rather densely incurved-puberulous with a few long 

 widely spreading hairs intermixed, 2-3.5 dm. high; lowest leaves oblong-oval or obovate, 5-10 

 mm. long, the middle and upper ovate, 2.8-4.5 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. wide, acuminate, mucronu- 

 late, sparsely incurved-puberulous with a few long loose hairs intermixed, with about 5 pairs 



