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utrmque obtusus. albidus, inversus, endospermio parum brevior. Radictjla supera. Cotyledones plano- 

 convexa;, radicula vix latiores. 





10. POLYGALA asperuloides. t 



P. caulibus fascicuIato-cicspitosis,diiTusis; foliis oppositis, ternis-senis, oblongis aut Ian- 

 ceolato-oblongis, glabris, pellucido-punctatis ; spicis terminalibus, Iateralibus alaribusque, 

 gracihbus, laxifloris; floribus cristalis, glandulosis; seminibus oblongis, retrorsum sericco- 

 pubescentibus. 



Gaui 



Crescit rfl* 



.ules fasciculato-ca;spitosi, diffusi, ramosi, quinquangulati, angulis membranaceis, glabriusculi aut 

 pihs minutissimis scabriusculi , virides, 9- 12-pollicares; ramis alternis aut oppositis, patentibus, simpli- 

 cibus aut iterum ramosis, quinquangularibus, glabris. Folia opposita aut sa;pius verticillata ( terna-sena), 

 brevissime petiolata , oblonga aut lanceolato-oblonga, acuto-mucronata, basi cuneata, integerrima aut 

 obsolete dcnticulata, plana, obsolcte venosa, membranacea, glanduloso-punctulata, punctis magis minusve 

 pellucid.s, glabra, tete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 6-ia lineas longa, 2-4 lineas lata. Spic* terminales et 

 laterales aut alares, solitarice, pedunculat*, erectaa, graciles, laxiflora;, subpollicares. Flores sparsi, breviter 

 pcd.ccllat., approximati, magnitudine pra;cedentis , rosei ; pedicellis basi articulatis et tribracteatis ; 

 rhach. glabra, tuberculis floriferis denticulata. Bracte* lineari-subulat*, glabriuscuke, decidua;; exterior 

 ped.cellum superans ; laterales multo minores. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, persistens; foliola (tria) extc- 

 rioria v.rescentia, subciliata; duo superiora approximata, lanccolato-oblonga, acutiuscula, dorso lineis 

 duabus glandulosis parallelis notata ; infcrius paulo longius, ovatum, obtusum, concavum, basi glandulis 

 duabus oblongis instructum ; foliola (duo) interiora maxima, alarformia, petaioidea, unguiculata, ovato- 

 elhptica, apice rotundata, plana, supra unguem Hneis duabus glandulosis paraJlelis notata, 'inferius duplo 

 superantia, corollam ajquantia. Petala tria, hypogyna, glabra, ope tubi staminei usque ad medium 

 connata; superius apice galeato-concavum, dorso maculis duabus glandulosis oblongis superne divergen- 

 tibus notatum, infra apicem cristatum ; duo inferiora oblonga, obtusa, falcata, conniventia ; crista irregula- 

 riter multif.da, carnosa, petala inferiora subasquans. Stamina octo, in petalo superiore recondita ipsoque 

 breviora. Filamenta in tubum connata, apice libera, capillacea, glabra; tubus membrauaceus, dorso petalis 

 adnatus, antice f.ssus. Anther* oblonga;, basi affixa:, unilocularcs, glabra;, flavida;, apice hiantes, ct cornu- 

 copia; referentes. Ovaridm sessile, ellipticum, dissepimento contrarie comprcssum, apicc cmarginatum, 

 glabrum. Stylus terminalis, brevis, adscendens, glaber. Stigma bilabiatum ; labium superius magnum, con- 

 cavum, membranaceum, apice in appendicem capitellatam viliosam inflexamdesinens; inferius rotundatum, 

 reflexum, carnosum. Capsula elliptico-suborbicularis, dissepimento contrarie compressa, apicc emarginata, 

 membranacea, glabra, virescens, bilocularis, margine utrinque longitudinaliter dehiscens, calyce persistente 

 obtecta, 4 linea; longa ; dissepimentum angustum, ad apicem utrinque tuberculo pro insertione seminis 

 instructum. Semina infraapicem affixa, peudula, loculum replentia, oblonga, teretia, fusco-nigra, retrorsum 

 sericeo-pubescentia, apice arillata. Arillus ( prorsus utin Polygala bygrophila ) profunde bipartitus, in apice 

 seminis equitans, persistens; laciniis pendulis, vcntri seminis adpressis, tenuissime membranaccis, albidis, 

 oblongis , obtusis , parum approximatis , medium seminis paulo superantibus. Integcmentcm simplex , 

 crustaceum. Endospermium oblongum, albidum, carnosum. Embryo albidus, inclusus, rectus, endospermio 

 par brumevior. Cotyledones oblong», convexo-piana:. Kadicula supera, subconica, acutiuscula. 



