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sionally opposite or alternate, the blades oblanceolate to spathulate, acute, or 

 those of the upper leaves linear or nearly so, 1-1.5 cm. long, longer than those 

 of the lower leaves, acute; racemes slender, spike-like, elongate in age, acute 

 at the apex, the bracts caducous, and the pedicels deciduous at maturity; 

 pedicels about 0.5 mm. long; flowers spreading or ascending; sepals pale-green 

 and scarious-margined, the upper one broadly ovate, the lower ones narrowly 

 ovate, all 1 mm. long or less; wings about 1.5 mm. long, the blade oval, short- 

 clawed, the center greenish, the margins whitish; eoroUa about 1.5 mm. long, 

 the petals very broad, united at the base, obtuse; capsules suborbicular, 1.5-2 

 mm. long, as long as the wings or slightly longer; seeds oblong-ovoid, about 1.5 

 mm. long, covered _with short spreading hairs, the caruncle less than J the 

 length of the body.' 



Swampy grounds, marly shores, and limestone rocks, Kew Providence, Andres, 

 Acklin's Island, Crooked Island and Mariguana. Endemic. Wight's Polygala. 



5. Polygala Wilsoni Small, sp. nov. 



Plant annual, fleshy, stout, glabrous, bright-green. Stems usually several 

 or many together arising from the top of the stout root, simple or occasionally 

 branched, usually near the base or near the inflorescence; leaves numerous, 

 whorled on the lower part of the stem, alternate above, the. blades of the lower 

 leaves cuneate or obovate, obtuse, mucronate or apiculate, those of the upper 

 leaves spatulate, oblong or linear, mostly 1-2 cm. long, longer than those of 

 the lower leaves, minutely spine-tipped; racemes stout, greatly elongate in age, 

 acute at the apex, the bracts fugacious and the mature pedicels deciduous 

 from the rachis; pedicels about 1 mm. long; flowers not drooping; sepals bright 

 green, the upper one ovate, the lower ones lanceolate, all less than 2 mm. long; 

 wings about 3 mm. long, the blade oval or obovate, short-clawed, the center 

 greenish-yellow, the margins white; corolla about 2.5 mm. long, the petals very 

 broad, united to near the apex, rounded; capsu-les oblong-ovoid, 4-5 mm. long, 

 much surpassing the wings; seeds broadly clavate, about 3 mm. long, covered 

 with spreading hairs, the caruncle less than one half the length of the body. 



Type collected on the Anguilla Isles, Salt Key Bank, Bahamas, May, 1909, 

 Wilson SOSO. Related to Polygala praetervisa Chodat ; differing in the very fleshy 

 foliage, the relatively larger parts throughout, the narrower upper sepal, and the 

 capsule, which is long-exserted beyond the wings. Wilson's Polygala. 



2. BABIEEA DC. Prodr. 1: 334. 1824. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, with alternate entire subcoriaceous leaves, and 

 small or minute greenish or white flowers in short axillary racemes. Sepals dis- 

 tinct, nealy equal, the two inner (wings) somewhat larger than the others, but 

 not petal-like. Petals 3, the upper ones about twice as long as the wings, 

 adnate to the stamen-tube at the base. Stamens 8, the filaments united into a 

 tube. Ovary 2-celled, often pubescent. Capsule 2-celled, but one of the cells 

 often abortive, coriaceous, margined, compressed. Seeds pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. [Dedicated to Badier, an early French botanical collector.] About 

 10 species, of the West Indies. Type species: Pojygala diversifolia L. 



1. Badiera oblongata Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 5: 314. 1907. 



Polygala oblongata Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. II. 47: 13. 1916. 



A shrub, 1.5 m. high, or less, with long slender appressed-puberulent 

 branches. Leaves coriaceous, dull, 1.7-3 cm. long, 0.8-1.8 cm. wide, oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, somewhat revolute-margined in drying, the midvein rather 

 prominent, the lateral veins few and inconspicuous, sparingly pubescent with 



