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racemosi, (pedunculi 2 mm. longi.), parvi; capsula io-i2mm. 
longa, puberula. Junction of the Rivers Beni and Madre de 
Dios. (1916). Near A. dejlexa, Benth. 
Leonia glycycarpa , Ruiz & Pav., FI. Peruv., ii., 69, t. 222 (L. 
racemosa , Mart., fide Eichl., 1 . c., 391) Junction of the Beni 
and Madre de Dios. (2647). 
Sauvagesia erecta , L., Sp. PL, Ed. II., 294. Mapiri, 5,000 ft. 
(1076). 
Bixine^e. 
Bixa orellana , L. Sp. PL 730. Near Yungas, cultivated. (1310). 
Oncoba maynensis (Poepp. & EndL), Eichl., 1 . c., 441. ( Mayna 
paludosa y Benth.) Junction of Beni and Madre de Dios 
(1332) ; Falls of Madeira (1423). 
POLYGALEiE. 
Determined by Prof. A. W. Bennett. 
Poly gala paniculata , L., Amoen. Acad., v., 402. Near La Paz, 
10,000 ft. (1914.) 
Polygala violacea , Vahl, Symb. Bot., ii., 79. Near La Paz, 10,- 
oooft. (1934): Yungas, 6,000 ft. (1915.) 
POLYGALA ANDINA, A. W. Bennett, spec. nova. Frutex parvus? 
Caule ascendente, pubescente ; foliis tenuibus, subglabris, lan- 
ceolatis, apiculatis, breviter petiolatis ; racemis terminalibus; 
floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis hirsutis ; sepalis exteriorbus in- 
aequalibus, ovatis, pubescentibus, ciliatis, superiore majore, 
concavo; alis magnis, ovatis, glabris, eciliatis, 8mm. longis, 
6 mm. latis ; corolla alas aequante, vagina basi valde gibbosa ; 
petalis per ^ coalitis ; petalis superioribus rotundatis. Semi¬ 
na fructusque ignoti. Near La Paz, 10,000 ft. (2869). Near 
P. Laureola. 
POLYGALA FORMOSA, A. W. Bennett, spec. nova. Frutex caule 
glabro vel puberulo ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, tenuibus, acu- 
minatis (supernis) ; 8-10 cm. longis, 4 cm. latis, breviter 
petiolatis ; racemis terminalibus, vel axillaribus, laxis, flori¬ 
bus insignibus pedicellatis, pedicellis puberulis ; sepalis exte- 
rioribus inaequalibus, glabris, eciliatis, superiore concavo ; alis 
grandibus, glabris, eciliatis, inaequaliter ovalibus, 12 mm. lon¬ 
gis, 8 mm. latis ; corolla ecristata ; petalis alas multo superan¬ 
tibus, per Y coalitis, glabris; fructo elliptico; seminibus 
triangularibus, hirsutis, caruncula carnosa praeditis, ad dorsum 
seminis dimidio libera descendente. Mapiri, 5,000 ft. (1908). 
Related to P. spectabilis, of Southern Brazil. 
