10 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
Phlebotaenia cuneata Griseb. var. obovata Griseb.! Cat. Pl. Cub. 14 
(1866). Polygala Phlebotaenia Chod. var. obovata (Griseb.) Chod.! 
le. ii. 5 (1893). — Cusa: Loma di Rangel, near San Cristobal, 17 
June (1860-64), Wright 1917 (TyPE cotL.: BGK). —T. 1. Fie. 1 
(aril removed). 
4 2. P. Cowellii (Britton), comb. nov. Tree up to 10 m. high, 1.5 dm. 
thick, the branches sparsely appressed-pubescent, at length gla- 
brate. Leaves oblong to elliptic, cuneate to rounded at each end, or 
abruptly pointed with obtuse apex, glabrous or with a few hairs 
along midvein both sides; petioles puberulous above, 5-7 mm. long. 
Racemes 2.5 cm. long, simple or with a basal branch, subsessile on 
leafless branches, 6—13-flowered, their axes like the pedicels (4-9 
mm. long) densely spreading-puberulous. Flowers 1.4-1.5 cm. 
long, purple. Sepals broadly elliptic, rounded, purplish-green, cili- 
ate, otherwise glabrous except at base, the upper 4 mm. long, the 
lower 2.5 mm. long. Wings elliptic-obovate, obtuse, short-clawed, 
14.5 mm. long, 9 mm. wide. Keel obliquely truncate at apex, with 
two rotund lateral lobes, 14 mm. long. Upper petals oblong, united 
to staminal tube only toward base, 13.5 mm. long. Ovary with 
one fruitful thick-walled cell and one sterile thin-walled winged 
cell. Fruit unknown. — Phlebotaenia Cowellii Britton, Torreya 
vii. 38 (1907). Phlebotaenia portoricensis Urb.! Sym. Antill. v- 
382 (1908).— Porto Rico: woods, Mt. Calabara, near Coamo, 
30 Dee. 1885, Sintenis 3288 (K); near Cajuco, 9 Mar. 1887, Sintents 
6417 (K); rocky bank near Coamo Springs, 16 Mar. 1913, Britton, 
Britton, & Marble 2228 (G); without definite locality, R. H. Heatslet 
(K). 
Vernacular name “ satinwood,”’ according to Heatslet. 
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Subgenus IT. BADIERA (DC.), comb. nov. 
Sepals free, persistent, subherbaceous, obliquely oval, round- 
tipped, subequal, ciliolate. Wings obliquely ovate, obtuse, cilio- 
late, similar in texture to the sepals and only about one-third longer, 
persistent. Upper petals obliquely oblong-obovate, obtuse, arched, 
about twice as long as wings and slightly shorter than keel, adnate 
to staminal tube, free from the keel. Keel blunt, short, without 
crest or beak, narrowed at base into a claw, united at extreme base 
to staminal tube. Stamens 8, the filaments glabrous, united nearly 
