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rotundata vel obtusa 2-2.5 em. longa 1.2—1.4 em. lata; omnia apice 
emarginata basi angustata vel obtusa utrinque sparse breviter pu- 
bescentia et obscura, in petiolis appresse pubescentibus 2 mm. 
longis. Racemi ca. 5 mm. longi; pedicelli frugiferi pubescentes ad 
2mm. longi. Flores flavi. Fructus ca. 5 mm. altus 7-8 mm. latus, 
valde lobatus juventate sparse pubescens maturitate glabratus in 
stipem 1.5 mm. longum desinens. — Badiera heterophylla Britton, 
Bull. Torr. Club xlii. 496 (1915), not Polygala heterophylla Scheele, 
Linn. xvii. 336 (1843). — ‘‘ Deciduous woods, Sierra Nipe, near 
Woodfred, Oriente, at 450-550 m. altitude (Shafer 3070).’’ — Not 
seen; description compiled. 
13. P. Fuertesii (Urb.), comb. nov. Much-branched tree, the 
branches puberulent with appressed hairs, more or less angulate 
by decurrent lines from the petiole bases. Leaves oval to suborbic- 
ular, obtuse at apex, rounded to rounded-cuneate at base, firmly 
coriaceous, above dark green, shiny, reticulate, glabrous or sparsely 
strigillose, beneath paler, dotted, sparsely strigillose or nearly gla- 
brous, 3-4 cm. long, 1.8-2.9 em. wide; petioles finely puberulous, 
4-5 mm. long. Racemes 1.2—1.5 em. long (including the 3.1-6 mm. 
long peduncle), loosely flowered, strigillose; flowers 5-16, greenish, 
the petals whitish; pedicels stoutish, sparsely strigillose, 1.5-2 mm. 
long. Sepals elliptic, rounded, more or less appressed-puberulous 
and ciliate, 1.3 mm. long. Wings 1.7 mm. long, rhombic-suborbic- 
ular. Keel 2.8 mm. long, densely pubescent laterally. Fruit un- 
known. — Badiera Fuertesii Urb.! Sym. Antill. vii. 244 (1912). — 
Santo Dominco: summit of Mt. Noche Buena, 1800 m., Prov. 
Barahona, Sept. 1911, Fuertes 1065 (TYPE COLL.: BG). 
Subgenus III. HEBECARPA (Chod.), comb. nov. 
Sepals free, deciduous (rarely persistent), herbaceous, or in Sect. 
Biloba the two lower petaloid. Wings petaloid, oval to oblong, de- 
ciduous (except in Sect. Huateca), about equalling keel or longer. 
Keel blunt, somewhat 3-lobed, crestless, beakless, adnate to the 
staminal tube for one-half its length or more. Upper petals 
obliquely oblong, adnate below to the staminal tube. Stamens 8, 
the glabrous or pubescent filaments distinct for about one-third 
their length. Ovary more or less pubescent or ciliate; style much 
longer than ovary, bent; stigmatic lobes approximate, sometimes 
