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short-pubescent with straight hairs; aril with two lateral descend- 
ing lobes. — Polygala sect. Orthopolygala subsect. I. A. Galioideae 
Chod. Monog. ii. 127 (1893). 
a. Leaves whorled at least to middle of stem, 6. 
Pedicels 1.2-1.5 mm. WE os fo oe ns ee es 100. P. conferta. 
c. 
c. Aril nearly or quite as long as seed, d. 
d. Leaves fleshy, spatulate-obovate.........--.+++- 102. P. turgida. 
d. Leaves not fleshy nor spatulate-obovate, e¢. 
e. Sepals glandular-ciliate..........-.-+-+++5 103. P. aparinoides. “ 
e. Sepals not glandular-ciliate......---..--+-+++> 105. P. subalata. 
c. Aril much shorter than seed, f. 
f. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm. long .97. P. saginoides. 
f. Leaves spatulate-obovate or rhomboidal, 4-9 mm. 
ong, 9. 
g. Wings obovate-oblong........---+++++++-+-> 98. P. spathulata. 
g. Wings elliptic. .....-------+eeeeeeeeees 99. P. crucianelloides, 
f. Leaves larger, h. 
h. Flowers 2.5-3 mm. long (Mexico) ..106 8. P. alba var, suspecta. 
h. Flowers 2 mm. long, 1. 
;. Leaves 1.5-2.6 mm, wide; capsule 2 mm. long. 
108. P. Wightiana. 
i. Leaves 2.7-7 mm. wide; capsule 1,3-1.6 mm. . 
ol Pee eC aca as «3 104. P. asperuloides. 
j. Leaves squamiform......-..--+-ssseeeeerrceees 109. P. squamifolia. 
j. Leaves normal, linear or linear-oblong, or the lowest 
k. Flowers 2.5-3.5 mm. long, 1. 
1. Capsule ovate-oblong (West Indies).......... 107. P. hecatantha. 
l. Capsule elliptic-oblong (Mexico) ... 106 a. P. alba var. tenuifolia. 
k. Flowers 1-1.3 mm. long........--+++++--+> 101. P. sphaerocephala. 
97. P. sagrnomwes Griseb. Stems several to many, loosely 
spreading from a woody but slender root, angled, glabrous, slender, 
branched or subsimple, 2-10.5 em. long. Leaves linear to linear- 
lanceolate, or the lower oval, the lower or sometimes nearly all in 
whorls of 5, acute to acuminate at each end, cuspidate, very shortly 
petioled, glabrous, punctate, 2-4 mm. long, 0.4-0.8 mm. wide. 
Racemes dense, up to 30-flowered, 2-(at length)16 mm. long, ter- 
minating stems and branches; bractlets ovate, acuminate, thickish, 
persistent, 0.5 mm. long. Flowers 1.5-2.5 mm. long. Upper sepal 
oval, obtuse, white-glandular-lineate, 1.3 mm. long; the lower 
ovate, 1.1 mm. long. Wings obovate, cuneate at base, strongly 
retuse at apex, whitish with green or reddish midrib and white 
longitudinal glandular lines, 2.5 mm. long, 1.3 mm. wide. Keel 2 
mm. long; crest of 3 pairs of deeply divided lobes. Upper petals 
oval, rounded at apex, 1.6 mm. long. Capsule elliptic-ovate, trun- 
cate at apex, green with white and rosy glandular lines, 2 mm. long, 
