14 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
7. P. portoricensis (Britton), comb. nov. Arbor usque ad 6 m. 
altus 1.5 dm. (‘‘ 1.5 m.’’) dimetente, ramulis appresse pubescenti- 
bus. Folia obovata apice rotundata vel obtusa basi angustata vel 
cuneata supra lucentia subtus obscura utrinque sparse breviterque 
pubescentia aetate glabrata 3 cm. longa 7-15 mm. lata vel minora, 
in petiolis 1-2.5 mm. longis. Racemi 4-6 mm. longi; pedicelli 
appresse pubescentes 1.5-2.5 mm. longi. Sepala late ovata obtusa 
ciliata 1 mm. longa vel minora. Carina 2 mm. longa appresse 
pubescens. Petala superiora alba. Fructus minute pubescens an- 
guste marginatus apice emarginatus basi subtruncatus ad 5 mm. 
longus 6 mm. latus, in stipe 0.6 mm. longo. — Badiera portoricensis 
Britton, Bull. Torr. Club xlii. 494 (1915). — ‘‘ Rocky slopes and 
hillsides, western Porto Rico, especially on serpentine, from sea- 
level to 700 m. altitude. Type collected at Guanajibo, near Maya- 
guez (Britton, Cowell, & Brown 4349).’? — Not seen; description 
compiled. The only Porto Rican species of this subgenus yet 
known. 
8. P. samaiceNnsis Chod. Shrub or small tree, 2.6-6 m. high, 
the stem and branches densely appressed-puberulous, at length 
glabrate. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oval-ovate, mostly 
narrowed (often abruptly) to the obtuse often retuse apex, cuneate 
at base, sparsely minutely strigillose both sides, 3.5-8 em. long, 
1.3-3.7 em. wide, on appressed-puberulous petioles 3-5 mm. long. 
Peduncle 1-1.5 mm. long; pedicels in fruit 2-3.5 mm. long. 
Flowers 2.5 mm. long. Fruit subquadrate, sparsely ciliolate,.6.5-10 
mm. long, 7-11 mm. wide, the stipe 2.5 mm. long. Seed 6 mm. 
long. — Chod.! 1. ¢. ii. 11. t. 13. f. 14 (1893). Badiera diversifolia 
(L.) DC. Prod. i. 334 (1824), but not Polygala diversifolia L., the 
name-bringing synonym, which is Securidaca volubilis L.!; Britton, 
Bull. Torr. Club xxxvii. 362 (1910), and xlii. 495 (1915), not Poly- 
gala diversifolia L. — Jamaica: Patrick Browne (B); Wm. Wright 
(B); Olaf Swartz (B); March 68 (K), 627 (K), 726 (GK), 1656 
(GK), 1822 (K); White River, 1 Jan. 1850, R. C. Alexander (K); 
arid rocks on coast (?), Manchester, Nov. 1843, Purdie (K); Mal- 
vern, 670 m., 3 Sept. 1907, Harris 9651 (BJK); Bridge Hill, 455 m., 
19 Jan. 1898, Harris 7092 (BJ); near Old England, 1065 m., 9 Aug. 
1895, Harris 5838 (BJ); Rock Fort, J. Hart 641 (rypE couu.: J); 
Old England, 915 m., 16 Sept. 1896, Harris 6597 (J); near Ewar- 
ton, 290 m., 24 Nov. 1896 (J). — T. 1. Fie. 3. 
