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strongly geniculate, thickened above, somewhat two-lobed at the apex ; 

 the upper (anterior) lobe acute, the other bearing a globular stigma. 

 Capsule 2 lines long, oval, not emarginate, glabrous. Seed oblong, 

 villous. Lobes of the caruncle linear-filiform, as long as the seed. 



This is a well-marked, and apparently undescribed species ; unless 

 it should prove to be the P. capillifolia, of unknown origin, imper- 

 fectly characterized by DeCandolle, from Desfontaines' herbarium. 

 But that species is said to have a two-cleft capsule and an annual 

 root. The flowers of the present species are twice as large as those 

 of P. linoides, and the stems are rush-like. 



2. Polygala Cyparissias, St. Hil. 



Polygala Cyparissias, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 2, p. 15; Walp. Repert. 1, p. 239. 



Hab. Near Rio Janeiro, Brazil ; on the beach. 



3. Polygala paniculata, Linn. 

 Hab. Near Rio Janeiro, and in the Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



4. Polygala lancifolia, St. Hil.? I. c. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, near Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



A single fragment is in the collection, which I can only doubtfully 

 refer to the above-named species of St. Hilaire. 



5. Polygala cesteifolia, St. Hil.? I. c. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, near Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



These specimens likewise are too imperfect for certain . determi- 

 nation, but they best accord with the character of P. cestrifolia of St. 

 Hilaire. 



