^02 POLYGALEjE. 



brevior, rectus, albidus, cylindraceus, utrinque obtusus. Radicula supera. Cottledones plano-convex», lon- 



gitudine radiculae. 



Q. POLYGALA PANICULATA. 



P. caule erecto, corymboso-raraoso; foliis sparsis, late linearibus , glabris , pellucido- punc- 

 tatis; spicis terminalibus et lateralibus, gracilibus, laxifloris; floribus cristatis; seminibus 

 cylindraceo-oblongis, retrorsum pubesccntibus. 



Polygala paniculata Linn. Swartz. Obs. 272. t.&.f.i.Sp.pl- ed. /F. 3. /7.877. 

 ' Crescit in pratis prope BonaVista Caracasanorum , et in umbrosis montis Cocollar. o 



Herba 8-io-pollicaris. Radix ramosissima. Caclis erectus, teres, corymboso-ramosus, laivis, glaber, 



deliquescens ; ramis sparsis, elongatis , filiformibus , teretibus , pilis punctiformibus glandulosis hirtclHs, 



erectis, subfastigiatis, ramosis. Folia sparsa, brcvissimc petiolata, late linearia, acuto-submucronata, basi 



acutiuscula,integerrima, plana, obsoletissime reticulato-venosa, nervomedio subtus prominulo, membrana- 



cea, punctis glandulosis subrotundis opacis aut subpcllucidis conspersa, glabra, satiate viridia, subtus vix 



pallidiora, 6- 10 lineas longa, 1- i± lineas lata. Sricx in apice ramulorum solitarice, rarius lateralcs, erectaj, 



laxiflora:, sesqui- aut 3-pollicares, graciles ; rhachi angulata, tenuissime hirtella. Flores pcdicellati, sparsi, 



solitarii, magnitudineflorisPoIygalccaustriaca: ; pediceliis|Hnea!longi3, capillaceis, glabris, basi articulatis et 



tribracteatis. BRAerniE glabraj, acuminato-subulatic, albidaj, caducx; exterior ovata, concava, pedicello lon- 



gior; interiores dimidio brcviores, oblong». Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, persistens; foliolis (tribus) exte- 



rioribus obtusis, concavis, viridibus, margine roseis; duobus superioribus oblongis, approximatis , 



subenerviis; uno inferiore parum longiorc, subrotundo-ovato, obsolete trinervio, lateralibus duplo breviore; 



foliolis(duobus) interioribus (lateralibus) oblongis, obtusis, basi cuneato-subuoguiculatis, trincrviis, 



planis, roseis, corollam a-quantibus, patentibus. Petala tria, hypogyna, glabra; superius ope tubi 



staminei infcrioribus usque ad medium adnatum, apice subrotundo-reniforme, galeato-concavum, roseum, 



genitalia includens, dorso cristatum; petala duo inferiora oblique oblonga, apice angustata et obtusa, obso- 



lcte trinervia, tenuissime mcmbranacea, albida, superius superantia. Crista irregulariter flabcllato-9-10- 



fida, rosea; laciniis crassiusculis, linearibus, cxtimis multo latioribus. Stamina octo, aequalia, iu petalo 



superiore latentia ipsoque breviora. Filamenta in tubum connata, apice libera, capillacea, alba; tubus sta- 



roincus dorso adnatus, antice apertus. Antiier* basi affixa?, erecta;, subclavatie, apicc late apcrta; et cornu- 



copia; referentes, albida?, glabra;, uniloculares. Ovaricm superum, sessile, subrotundum, apice emarginatum, 



dissepimento contrarie compressum, glabrum, viride, bilocularc. Ovulum 1 in quolibet loculo. Stylus tcr- 



minalis, subadsccndens, brevis, glaber, deciduus. Stigma magnum, in galea petali superioris reconditum, 



bilabiatum; labium supcrius galeato-concavum, membranaceucu, apice appendiculatum; appendice capi- 



telliformi, adscendente, plumosa; labium inferius brevius, reflcxum, rotundatum, papillosum. Capsulx 



pendulas, calyce persistente vestita; ipsoquc breviorcs, ellipticae, apice emarginata!, dissepimento contrarie 



compressae, hinc et inde sulco notatas, lasves, glabras, viridcs, membranaceai, biloculares, margine utrinque 



longitudinalitcr dehiscentes, \ Hnea; longaj; loculi monospermi ; dissepimentum angustum, tenuissimum, 



apice utrinque tuberculo crocco pro insertione seminum instructum. Semina oblonga, cylindracea, basi rotun- 



data, apice acutiuscula, infra apicem affixa et arillata, atro-fusca, retrorsum pubescentia, loculum omnino 



repkntia. Arillus membranaceus, albidus, bipartitus, pendulus ; laciniis linearibus, subfalcatis, approximatis, 



semini adpressis ipsoque parum brevioribus. Integumentum crustaccum, fragile. Lndospermium semini con- 



formc, earnosum, albidum, ad basimtuberculo minuto fusco (chalaza) instructum. Embryo axilis, rectus, tcres, 





