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fusca, retrorsum sericco-pilosa, infra apicem aflixa, pendula, longitudine loculi. Arillus suboblongus, 

 mcmbranaccus, pendulus, semini adprcssus, medium seminis parum supcrans, basi bilobus, lobis acutis, 

 albidus, apice obtusus et aurantiacus , infra apicem hilo instructus , glaber, persistens. Intbgcmestum 

 simplex, crustaceum. Endospermium scmioi conforme. tenue, carnosum , hyalinum. Embryo inclusus, 

 axilis, rectus, invcrsus, longitudine fere endospermii , hyalinus. Radicula supera, cylindraceo- conica, 

 obtusa, cotyledonibus brcvior. Cotyledones obiongx, radicula vix latiores, obtusa; , plano-convexaj, 



carnosx*. 





7. POLYGALA. GLOCHIDATA. "j" 





P. glabra j caule erecto, paniculato-ramoso; foliis anguste lincaribus, quaternis, ternis vel 

 oppositis, rameis sparsis; spicis gracilibus, laxiiloris; floribus cristatis; seminibus oblongis , 

 glochidato- pilosis. 



Crescit prope Esmeralda Orinocensium ; item in ripa Jluminis Magdalena, juxta 

 Honda^ locis humidis. o Floret Majo y Septembri. 



Herba g- 10-polIicaris. Caulis ercctus, filiformis, teres, glaber, supcrne paniculato-ramosus , caule 

 obliquescente, virescens ; ramis sparsis, patulis. 1'olia subverticillata, quaterna , terna vel opposita, 

 ramea sajpius sparsa, brevissime pctiolata, anguste linearia , acutc-submucronata, basi angustata, 

 plana, integcrrima, obsoletc unincrvia, crassiuscula (?), glabra, concoloria, 5-5 lincas longa, patula. 

 Spics in apice ramorum solitariie, erecta;, 2-3-poIlicares, laxiflora;, graciles; rhachi terctiuscula, glabra, 

 post florum delapsum tuberculis dentiformibus cxasperata. Flores pediccllati, sparsi, solitarii, magni- 

 tudine floris Polygala: austriaca; ; pedicellis capillaceis, y lincas longis , glabris, basi articulatis et tribrac- 

 tcatis. Bracte^ caduca: , glabrx, albida;; exterior oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, carinata , pedicello 

 longior ; dua; interiores minuta:, lincares. Calyx pentaphyllus, glabcr, persistens ; foliolis (tribus) cxterio- 

 ribus parvis, obtusis, concavis, albidis; duobus supcrioribus lanceolato-oblongis ; uno infcriore longiore , 

 ovato, obsolete trinervio ; foliolis (duobus) interioribus (lateralibus) inferiore duplo longioribus, petaloideis, 

 clliptico-oblongis, apicc rotundatis , basi angustato-unguiculatis, planis, trincrviis, pallide carneis, 

 patentibus, corolla parum longioribus. Petala tria , hypogyna , irregularia , pallide carnea, glabra; 

 superius opc tubi staminei petalis inferioribus usque ad medium adnatum , apice suborbiculatum , 

 galeato-concavum, dorso cristatum ; petala duo inferiora superiore longiora, oblique oblonga, obtusa, 

 teuuissime membranacea ; crista irregulariter flabellato-7-o,-fida; lobis inzequalibus, lincaribus, obtusis, 

 crassiusculis, petala inferiora subaiquantibus. Stamina octo, icqualia. Filamenta in tubum connata, apicc 

 libera ; tubus stamineus tenuissime membranaceus , antice apertus, dorso adnatus. Antiierx (generis) 

 subclavata;, basi affixa:, albida;, unilocularcs, apice late hiantes. Ovarium superum, sessile, ellipticum , 

 compressum, viride, apice emarginatum, glabrum. Stylus terminalis, brevis, adscendens , glaber. 

 Stigma magnum, obliquum, membranaceum, concavum, ad apicem appendice capitelliformi, brevissime 

 stipitata, piumoso-villosa instructum, ad basim rotundatum et papillosum. Capsula pendula, obovato- 

 elliptica, apice emarginata, dissepimento contrarie compressa, tenuiter membranacca, diaphana, albida, 

 Ixvis, glabra, calyce persistente sufTulta ipsoquc brevior, | linea: longa, bilocularis, margine utrinque lon- 

 gitudinaliter dchisccns; loculis monospermis; disscpimentum ad apicem utrinque tubcrculo pro insertione 

 seminis instructum. Semina scrobiculata, obionga, tcretiuscula, apice acutiuscula, basi rotundata, fusco- 

 oigra, ubique pilis rigidis apice glochidatis patenti-rcflexis obsita. Arillum haud vidi. Integumentum crusta- 

 ceum, fragile. Endospermium semini conforme, carnosum, albidum. Embrvo axiiis, teres, albidus. (Descript. 

 juxta specimina Orinocensia.) 





