78 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
glabrous, 1.2 mm. deep, the umbo 0.6 mm. deep, with slightly up- 
turned dorsal end, the lateral lobes oblong, appressed. — Brandeg. 
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. II. ser. ii. 1830 (1889); Chod. Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. i. 355 (1893). — Lowger CatirorniA: San Fernando, 18 
May 1889, Brandegee (G). — T. 2. Fia. 53. 
Subgenus VI. ORTHOPOLYGALA (Chod.), comb. nov. 
Sepals herbaceous, free, persistent. Wings petaloid, persistent. 
Keel bearing an infra-apical 2—-many-lobed fimbriate crest. Upper 
petals united to staminal tube and keel below. Stigmata various. 
Capsule usually oval or elliptic, not or scarcely winged. Seed 
pubescent or rarely glabrous. Aril with usually corneous apex and 
two lateral appressed lobes, sometimes very minute. — Polygala 
L. sect. X. Orthopolygala Chod. Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Genéve xxv. 
698 (1891); Monog. ii. 120 (1893). Polygala sect. V. Timutua 
DC. Prod. i. 327 (1824). 
a. a very narrowly or not margined, both cells dehis- 
Sep O MER Sy OER R sleet les oe eu CUR uy Es ews Sect. 1. TrmuTvua. 
me eS of seed glochidiate. ....... 065... Ser. y. GLocHpiIATAg, p. 90. 
b. Hairs vd a not gloc hidia 
c.. Pet ined into a eee tube more than twice o 
long as wings; aril rather large, cellular, equitan 
WOE: oe ee Ser. ¢. On p. 101. 
e. Petals ide aril otherwise, d. 
Hairs long, Beco a ky coma at base < the co 
OOS ei ss Vinny i cl ce wore OP iacenina: p. 92. 
d. Seed lat rg or rarely glabro 
e. Flowers tiny, slende on poctieating leseenks in P, gra- 
cillé ima, whic ong dense very slender ra- 
i ra = long Seale 5 racemes; leaves nearly 
pa wlucer sick se areas hs + 6 Ser. «. TENUES, p. 96. 
e. Raceme very ome t thick, the wings much larger 
than the keel; leaves alternate or whorled. 
Ser. TiMoUTOIDEAE, p. 89. 
e. Raceme dense to loose, the wings never muc 
— than the keel; leaves in most species 
plindlete 40d e soe Ser. a. GALIOIDEAE. 
fe) ve 
a. ce rite arrowy or rather broadly winged dehiscent 
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Sect. 2. Monninopsis, p. 102. 
Sect. 1. Trmurvua DC. (ampl.). Both cells of the marginless or 
narrowly margined capsule dehiscent, equal. — Polygala L. sect. 
Timutua DC. Prod. i. 327 (1824); Polggate sect. Orthopolygala 
subsect. I. Chod. Monog. ii. 123 (1893). 
Ser. a. GatiormEar Chod. Leaves in most species whorled at 
least below, sometimes all alternate; racemes dense to loose; seed 
