(6 
as long as the anther, not equalling the petals; ovary coarsely hir- 
sute; style slenderly conical, Dole cuo. slightly exceeding the 
anther-appendages ; fruit not s 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, April-June, 1892 (1337). 
The same as Spruce’s 1855b, from Tarapota, Peru. Probably 
the same as Rusby’s 2493 in advanced fruit, but that specimen is 
too poor for determination. 
Sauvagesia erecta L. Sp. Pl. 203. Espirito Santo, 1891 (1216) 
= Rusby's 1076. 
BIXINEAE. 
Bixa Orellana L. Sp. Pl. 512. Espirito Santo, 1891 (1174). The 
white-flowered form — Rusby's 1310. 
POLYGALEAE. 
(Communicated by Dr. A. Chodat.) 
Polygala Boliviensis A. W. Bennett, Journ. Bot. 8: (1879) 171. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1010). 
Polygala acuminata (Willd.) Chodat, Mon. Polyg. 2: 45. Vic. 
Guanai, July, 1892 (1588). 
Monnina aestuans (L.) DC. Prod. 1: 338. Vic. Sorata, May, 1892 
(1305). 
Monnina herbacea DC. Prod. 1: 340. 
Habita, forma sepalorum, appendicibus auriculariformibus, 
styli cum M. macrostachya R. et P. convenit, differt stipulis spini- 
formibus ‘Sipe deg staminibus 6 (loco 8), duobus utraque parte 
coaliti et formam ficiens). 
Vic. Sorata, May, 1892 (1 E 
Mownnina Russyi Chodat sp. n. 
Subherbacea ad 30 cm. longa, radice subsimplice; caule supra 
basin vel superne ramoso, ramis tenuibus ut tota planta glanduloso- 
pon inde leviter rufescens. Folia linearia breviter petiolata. 
acemi suproaxillares demum elongati, laxiflori. Rachis post 
Va rie glandulis spiniformibus remotis asperata. Flores ad 3-4 
epala 3 libera lanceolata. Alae longe et reum 
micat limbo late suborbiculari. Antherae in tubo stami- 
noli sessiles vel subsessiles. Ovarium anguste ellipticum ; domi 
inferius pe sate inde emarginatum. Fructus samaroi- 
deus, ala parv 
Ab oibus hujus generis indumento, alis unguiculatis et forma 
stigmatis recedit. 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1002). 
