110 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
oblong, not dilated, 2 mm. long. Capsule oval-oblong, narrowly 
winged on upper side, 2.8 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide. Seed puberu- 
lous, 2 mm. long. Aril 1.2 mm. long, its lobes linear-oblong. — 
Wats.! Proc. Am. Acad. xvii. 325 (1882).— Coanuita: Caracol 
Mts., 32 km. S. E. of Monclova, Aug. 1880, Palmer 2013 (TYPE 
coLL.: GK). — Omitted from Chodat’s revision. The type is 
wrongly cited by Watson as Palmer 2113. 
Species DuBIAE VEL EXCLUDENDAE 
Badiera Berteriana Spreng. Sys. iii. 172 (1826). ‘‘ Hispaniola,” 
Bertero. Not identifiable. 
Polygala acuminata Willd. Sp. iii. 887 (1803). Badiera acuminata 
(Willd.) DC. Prod. i. 335 (1824). South American; see Chod. 
Monog. ti. 46 (1893). 
P. adenophora DC. Prod. i. 327 (1824). Recorded by Bennett, 
Journ. Bot. xvii. 171 (1879). South American; the Trinidad 
species is P. exserta Blake. 
P. adenophylla St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. ii. 20 (1829). Recorded 
by Bennett, : c. 202 (1879). The specimen (Galeotti 876) is P. 
subalata Wat 
P. americana a Mill. 6. a (HBK.) Ktze. f. viridula Ktze. 
Rev. i. 48 (1891). 
P. axillaris Poir. a v. 489 (1804), described as from the An- 
tilles, is an Indian species of Floscopa (F. axillaris (Poir.) Clarke in 
DC. Monog. Phan. iii. 268 (1891)). 
P. baccifera Sess. & Moc. Pl. Nov. Hisp. 114 (1887), as Poligala 
baccifera = Monnina sp., ex char. 
P. Berteriana DC. Prod. i. 328 (1824). Santo Domingo, Bertero. 
According to St. Hilaire (Fl. Bras. Merid. ii. 22 (1829)), who has. 
examined the type, it is P. hygrophila HBK. 
P. Boykinii Nutt. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. vii. 86 (1834). 
Recorded by Bennett, 1. c. 202 (1879), and Hemsley, Biol. Centr.- 
Am. Bot. i. 58 (1879). Hemsley’s specimens are in part P. subalata 
Wats. (Ghiesbreght, Galeotti 876, F. Mueller 999) and in part P. 
aparinoides H. & A. (Bernoulli 662). Other specimens cited have 
not been examined by the writer. See Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 
xxi. 416 (1886). . 
P. calvipes Schlecht. Linn. xiv. 160 (1840). “ In Mexico ? (hb. 
Lehmann).” Apparently a member of the subsect. Hebantha of 
