Blake — Revision of Polygala 11 
to apex. Ovary more or less pubescent; style about two to three 
times as long as ovary; stigmatic lobes approximate, not tufted. 
Capsule coriaceous-fleshy, equally 2-celled (one cell often aborted), 
wingless, barely margined, distinctly stiped, the cells at length 
dehiscent. Seeds sparsely pubescent. Aril large, somewhat helmet- 
shaped, equitant, appressed, coriaceous-fleshy, glabrous, somewhat 
lobed. — Evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate oblong to oval or 
ovate slightly veined coriaceous leaves exceeding the dense very 
short umbelliform or spiciform axillary racemes of small flowers. — 
Badiera DC. Prod. i. 334-335 (1824); Deless. Ic. Select. iii. 13. 
t. 21 (1837); Britton, Bull. Torr. Club xxxvii. 360-363 (1910); 
Britton, 1. c. xlii. 494-497 (1915). Polygala L. sect. Hebecarpa 
Chod. group I. Chod. 1. ¢. 1. 9 (1893) 
a. Leaves more or less harshly papillose-scabrous above, 6. 
b. — pon es obovate, very scabrous above; fruit 
b. caves etait obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, slightly 
above; fruit at maturity pubescent chiefly 
on the ma re Aiwa kt a a a emo ee . guantanamana. 
a. Leaves smooth above (merely strigillose or glabrate), c. 
— Ros ‘3. 1-6 mm.) than the pedicels (1.5-2 
Mc). Sais ieee ska sl hohe a nen emer ee eames 13. P. Fuertesit. 
c. Peifanile shorter than the pedicels, d 
d. Fruit trigonous or — adrate in outline, about as 
broad as long 
e. Leaves 3 (rarely 5) em. long or less, usually 
— — — at the rounded apex (Cuba, I Porto 
ico. 
f. Fruit 7s mn Lon 7-8 mm. wide; stipe 1-1.5 
g. Leaves Bl elliptic-oblong, or obovate- 
re asyphitaban si 7 Gir nee An ees nr ss ee 5. P. oblongata 
g. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic............ 6. Fi punctifera. 
f. Fruit 5 mm. long, 6 mm. wide; stipe 0.6 mm. 
WOM eee eel cers ves 7. P. portoricensis. 
e. Leaves 3. so em. long, usually short-pointed 
CJamMIOR) oie ok oe ee ow ns eh on P. jamaicensis. 
d. oe transversely oblong, distinctly wider than 
h. Fruit hed about one-fifth its length, the lobes 
divergent-spreading, 7. 
4; Leaves ovate td obovate, abruptly short-pointed ; 
ruitin -2.8 mm. long; stipe 
2, mth. WE. ica ios a che ees hens 9. P. stipitata, 
a. we oval, ‘rounded or emarginulate at apex; 
ruiti ng apes 1.5-2 mm. long; stipe ais 
OEY ie Gee ee wee en st tks . P. montana. 
h. Fruit lobed about — its length, the ei: 
erect-ascendin 
j. Fruit 7-7.5 mm. 5 9.5-10 mm. wide . 1. P. propinqua 
j. Fruit 5 mm. long, 7-8 mm. wide. ..... 12, PB. dimorphophylla. 
