Polygala oophylla Blake

Polygala oophylla Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 33. 1916. Stems few, suffruticulose below, about 2 dm. high, densely pubescent with incurved-spreading hairs; lowest leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 4 mm. long, the middle and upper ovate, 11-22 mm. long, 3.5-10 mm. wide, acute or subacute, mucronate, rounded at base, incurvedpubescent; racemes 9-30-flowered, 4-7 cm. long; sepals oblong-ovate, acute; flowers purplish; wings orbicular-oval, 6-6.5 mm. long, 4—4.8 mm. wide, rounded, pubescent all over or only at apex; keel equaling wings; capsule sparsely incurvedpubescent when young, ciliate at maturity, oval, 6.5-7 mm. long; seed 4.5 mm. long; aril 1.6 mm. high, 2 mm. long on the dorsal margin, the umbo pilosulous, 0.5 mm. high, the scarious margin 1.1 mm. high, irregularly lobulate, not distinctly lobed.
Type locality: Tlacuilotepec, Puebla. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.