64 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
a. Sepals bearing pedicellate ane ‘ 
d. Plant on or nearly so 
. Sepals 1.1-1.3 mm. lon ng; wings scarcely reticulate. ..82. P. cubensis. 
Sepals 293 mm. long; wings reticulate-venose. ..81. P. bahamensis. 
d. ant pubescent, f. 
f. Leaves e elliptic, a ROMO Wide eo ee 88. P. Planellasi. 
7 aves narrow 
g. Alae poneit ag cepiedine yey strongly veined... .84. P. grandiflora. 
g. Alae obovate to oval, not strongly veined, h. 
h. Alae obovate-spatulate; stems much branched . 
Seb ea. peers ee eae ea ees 86. P. nicaraguensis. 
h. Alae obovate or oval; — sparsely branched, 7. 
2. Leaves linear to lane PONE ose. awe 85. P bag gee tee 
i. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. ..........5.ccceeees oY fier ates 
80. P. Kruait Chod. Annual, simple or branched, glabrous, 3 
dm. high. Leaves obovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, obtuse, cune- 
ate at base, glabrous, 15 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, or smaller, 
short-petioled. Racemes terminal, 2 cm. long or more, loosely 
flowered. Flowers probably purplish, pendulous, 4 mm. long, on 
glabrous pedicels 0.5-1.5 mm. long. Sepals elliptic, obtuse, ciliate 
with eglandular hairs. Wings broadly orbicular, broader than long, 
not emarginate or angled, glabrous, short-clawed, the nerves anas- 
tomosing. Upper petals with broadly spatulate rounded limb. 
Capsule unknown. — Monog. ii. 63. t. 15. f. 37-38 (1893). — Not 
seen; based by Chodat on Eggers 4450, from N ew Providence, — 
Bahamas. 
81. P. bahamensis sp. nov. Annua erecta e radice tenui 2.3- 
2.9 dm. alta supra sparse vel valde ramosa. Caulis tenuis purpuras- 
cens hine inde sparsissime strigillosus ceterum glaber, ramis diver- 
gentibus vel erectis. Folia media et superiora linearia obtusiuscula 
vel acutiuscula mucronulata basi acuta paullum revoluta glaber- 
rima vel juventate sparsissime incurvo-puberula 1-nervia (nerva 
supra impressa subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus ca. 3-jugis in- 
conspicuis) 2-3.5 cm. longa 2-4 mm. lata, in petiolis 1 mm. longis; 
folia inferiora minora ceterum similia. Racemi terminales et 
quasi extra-axillares 1.5-3 em. longi 15-18-flori. Flores 3.5-4 mm. 
longi. Sepala oblongo-ovata obtusa anguste subscarioso-marginata 
sparse ciliolata et in margine glandulis ca. 5-jugis pedicellatis prae- 
dita 2-2.3 mm. longa. Alae late orbiculares apice emarginulatae 
basi abrupte breviterque unguiculatae valde nervosae (nervis ca. 
5-jugis anastomantibus) 4 mm. longae lataeque, viridescentes pur- 
pureo-suffusae. Carina 4 mm. longa. Petala superiora cuneato- 
obovata apice paullulum undulata venosa ad 3 mm. longa. Fructus 
