Blake — Revision of Polygala 39 
(P. trichoptera Chod. (no. be ~ not been inserted in the key, through lack 
of knowledge of its seed-charact 
40. P. sancra-LuctaE Chod. Stems woody, fragile, erect, 
simple or sparsely branched, slightly and very shortly puberulous, 
1.5-4 dm. long. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or 
apiculate, strongly reticulate both sides and very shortly but 
densely subgriseous-velutinous, coriaceous, 2—2.5 em. long, 1-1.1 
em. wide. Flowers 6 mm. long. Wings elliptic, ciliate, subequal 
to corolla, 6 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide. Upper petals emarginate. 
Capsule elliptic, cordate-emarginate, with triangular vallecula, 10 
mm. long, 7 mm. wide. Seed pyriform, brown. Aril membrana- 
ceous, retrorsely spurred. — Chod. Monog. ii. 36 (1893). — Not 
seen; based by Chodat on specimens from St. Lucia (Schwaeg- 
chien; 1 in hb. Monac.) and from St. Domingo. 
41. P. antituensts Chod. Suffruticose, the stems erect, 
sparsely short-branched at apex, crisply puberulous above, 5 dm. 
long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or subcuspidate, herba- 
ceous, slightly puberulous, on margin shortly ciliate or glabres- 
cent, 2-7 cm. long, 0.8—2.5 em. wide, on petioles 2.5-3 mm. long. 
Flowers 7 mm. long. Wings ovate-elliptic, inequilateral, equalling 
corolla, rounded at apex, shortly unguiculate at base, reticulate, 
sparsely pubescent above, ciliate. Upper petals 1/3 shorter than 
keel, slightly dilated at apex, subacute. Filaments glabrous. Cap- 
sule elliptic, strongly emarginate, sparsely subhirsute, Pins? nar- 
rowed toward base, 13 mm. long, 9 mm. wide. Seed pyriform, 
sparsely hirsute. Aril papery, pabtdoted, the margin crenate- 
dentate; anterior lobes acute, obliquely projecting; dorsal pro- 
longed, horizontal. — Chod. Monog. ii. 33. t. 14. f. 28-30 (1893). — 
Not seen; described by Chodat from Belanger 621, from near St. 
Pierre, Wnrinbans 
P40. P.: amphothrix, sp. nov. Caules 1-4 erecti e basi fruticu- 
losa sparse ramosi foliosi 1.1—-1.5 dm. alti ut racemi dense pubes- 
centes pilis aliis incurvis brevibus aliis crebris longioribus patentibus 
rectis. Folia ima valde reducta ovalia vel ovali-obovata obtusa 
vix mucronulata basi cuneata vel rotundata praecipue ad marginem 
pubescentia pilis aliis paucis incurvis aliis crebrioribus longioribus 
patentibus rectis 3.5-11.5 mm. longa 24.5 mm. lata; media et 
superiora multiplo majora oblongo-lanceolata vel ovalia apice ob- 
tusa vel subacuta mucronulata basi cuneata reticulato-venosa 
