

396 POLYGALEyE. 



instructis, basi angustatis, concavis, venosis, patcntibus, corolla iongioribus. Petala {fig, 5. ) tria, hypogyna, 

 glabra, pcrsistentia , albida?, ope tubi staminei usque ad raedium connata (fig. 6.), persistentia ; in- 

 termedium apice reniforme, galeato-concavum, dorso cristatum, genitalia includens; duo inferiora parum 

 longiora, oblonga, apice rotundata, plana, tenuiter membranacea, obsoletc venosa; crista bipartita ; laciniis 

 planiusculis, crassiusculis, irregulariter trilobis. Stamina octo, suba?qualia. Filamenta in tubum connata, 

 apice capillacea ct libera, glabra ; tubus per dorsum petalis adnatus, antice apertus. Anthers (fig. 8. 9.) basi 

 affixfe, crecta:, uniloculares, apice late hiantes et cornucopia*. referentes, albidx, glabra;. Ovarium (fig- i4- ) 

 superum, sessile, subrotundum, compressum, apice emarginatum, glabrum. Stylus brevis, adscendens, 

 glabcr, deciduus. Stigma magnum, obliquum, mcmbranaceum, urceolato-concavum, apiceappendiculatum, 

 basiparum productum, crassiusculum, rotundatum et papillosum; appendice terminali, stipitata, capitelli- 

 formi, papilloso-plumosa, geniculato-inflexa, tardius erecta (?). Capsula (fig. i5. 16. ) ovato-subrotunda, 

 dissepimeuto contrarie compressa, apice emarginata, hinc et inde sulco longitudinali notata, lrcvis, glabra, 

 punctis glandulosis conspersa, membranacea, virescens, calyce et corolla pcrsistentibus vcstita (fig. 1. 2.), 

 illo dimidio brevior, vix lineam longa, bilocularis, margine utrinque longitudinaliter debiscens ; loculi mono- 

 spermi; dissepimentum angustum, tenuissimum. Semina (fig. 17. 18. ) infra apicem suspensa, axi centrali 

 affixa, pendula, oblouga, teretia, basi rotundata, apice umbonata et arillo instructa,fusco-nigra, retrorsum 

 pubescentia. Arillus insummo semine aiquitans, profundebipartitus,membranaceus, albidus; laciniislincari- 

 oblongis, subfalcatis, pendulis, parum remotis, semini adpressis ipsoque brevioribus. Integumentum crusta- 

 ceum, fragile. Endospermium (fig. i9.)ellipticum, albidum, carnosum, tenue, apice areolaminutafuscescentc 

 instructum et raucronulatum. Embryo (jig. 21. ) in axi endospcrmii (fig. 20.) ipsoque parum brevior, 

 obverse clavatus, teres, ulrinque obtusus, albidus. Radicula supcra, longitudine cotyledonum. Cotvledones 

 subrotunda;, plano-convexaj, radicula vix latiores. 



4- POLYGALA longicallis. "j" 



P. glabra; cauic elongato, erecto, simplici vel superne ramo instructo, 1-2-stachyo; foliis 

 sparsis, valdc remotis, lincaribus, glanduloso-punctatis; spicis subrotundis, densifloris; floribus 



cristatis, glandulosisj seminibus conicis , retrorsum sericeo-pilosis. 



Crescit zn Regno Novce Andalusice, prope ccenohium Caripense , locis aridis , alt. 400 

 hex.; item in ripa fluminis Magdalence , juxta urhem Hondn- Novo-Granatensium, 

 alt. i3o hex. o Floret Majo y Septemhri. 



Radix perpendicularis, fibris obsita, albida. Caulis erectus, simplex aut superne ramulo instructus, angu- 

 latus, glaber, 16-20-poHicaris, inferne foliis paucis obsitus, supcrne subaphyllus. Folia sparsa, rara, brcvis- 

 sime petiolata, linearia, acuta, submucronata, integerrima, unincrvia, plana, crassiuscula, puactis glandulosis 

 conspersa, glabra, viridia, subconcoloria, 6-9 lincas longa, dimidiamlineam lata. Spica in apice caulissoli- 

 taria, abbreviata, densiflora, subrotunda, vix semipollicaris. Flores pedicellati, sparsi, solitarii, densi, vix 

 magnitudine florisP. vulgaris; pedicellis sesquilineam longis, glabris, basi tribracteatisct articulatis. Bracte* 

 :ill.'i'l.r. glabra;, pcrsistentcs ! ; exterior ovata, acuminato-subulata, concava, ad carinam glandulis 5 aut G 

 croccis notata, pedicello quadruplo quintuplove brevior; duai interiores extcriori coutraria-, breviores, ovata;, 

 acuminata 1 , planiuscula;, eglandulosa:. Calyx pcntaphyllus, glaber, tcnuissime mcmbranaceus, pcrsistcns ; 

 foliola ( tria ) exteiiora ovata, acuto-mucronata, coucava, albida; duo superiora approximata, dorso glan- 

 dulis 4-5» gcminatis croceis punctiformibus notata; inferius duplo majus, basi glandulis duabus croceis 

 notatum; foliola ( duo ) interiora ( lateralia ) iufcriorc triplo-longiora, petaloidea, oblonga, acuto-mucronata, 



