[\\% ' POLYGALEiE. 



sacciformi instructa, utrinquc, prsscrtim marginem inferiorem versus, pubesccntia ct violacea. Stamina 

 octo, hypogyna, subxqualia, in petalo superiorc recondita ipsoque parum breviora. 1-ilamenta in tubum 

 tounata, apice libera et capillacca; tubus stamineus hinc, ubi petalis inferioribus adnatus , longitudmahter 

 apertus, membranaccus. octoncrvius, albidus, glaber, apice ciliatus. Antiiers oblongx, basi affixs, erect*, 

 glabrx, unilocularcs, apice hiantcs. Ovarium supcrum, oblongum, glabrum, latcnbus comprcssiusculum, 

 glandula carnosa suffultum, uniloculare, monospermum. Glandula hypogyna carnosa, obliqua, hinc, res- 

 pectu petali superioris cxtcrne, crassior, glabra. Stylus terminalis, cum ovario haud articulatus, arcuatus, 

 glabcr, longitudine staminum, infra apicem dcnte auctus. Stigma subcapitatum, papiliosum. Fructus 

 immaturi, reflexi, nudi. 



3. MONNINA hevoluta. | Tab. DI. 



M. fruticosa; ramulis pubesccntibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis , acutis , basi obtusiusculis , 

 rnargine revolutis^ avcniis, coriaceis, leviter hirtellis; spicis solitariis. 



Crescit in Andibus Provincuc Pastoensis. fy Floret DecembrL 



Frltex ramis sparsis, teretibus, basibus petiolorum persistcntibus obsitis, fuscescentibus, puberulis; 



ramulis angulatis, glutinosis (?), pubescentibus, ferrugineis. Folia sparsa, breviter petiolata, oblongo-Ian- 



ccoiata, acuta, basi obtusiuscula, margine integerrima ct revoluta, uninervia, nervo subtus prominente, 



avenia, coriacca, utrinque pilis minutissimis adpressis conspersa, supra Iffite viridia, subtus pallida, i j- 17 



lineaslonga,4-5 lineaslata. Petioli semiterctes, basi articulati, glutinosi?, puberuli, lincamvixsuperantes. 



Spic^ in apicc ramulorum axillares et lateralcs, solitariai, pedunculatai, crectas, multifloras, apice floriferce, basi 



fructiferas adjecto pcdunculo subpollicarcs;pcdunculo rhachique angulatis, sicut ramuli, pubescentibns ct 



ferrugineis. Flores sparsi , dcnsi, solitarii, brcvitcr pcdicellati , magnitudine pnecedentis , resupinati ; 



pedicellis basi articulatis, fructifcris vix lineam longis, reflexis. Calyx (Jig. 1. ) pcntaphyllus, membra- 



naceus, glabcr, deciduus ; foliolis (tribus ) cxterioribus parvis, subrotundo-ovatis, obtusis, concavis, subci- 



liatis, cairulescentibus, duobus superioribus, uno inferiore parum majore; foliolis ( duobus ) interioribus 



(lateralibus)maximis, petaloidcis, suborbiculatis, concavis, quinqucncrviis, cxruleis, corollam xquantibus, 



patentibus. Corolla (fig. 2. ) pentapetala, hypogyna, irregularis, clausa, albida; pctalumsuperiusmaxi- 



mum, subrotuudum, galeato-concavum, glabrum; petala duo lateralia ( fig. 5. ) minuta, squamaiformia, 



glabra; petala duo inferiora superiore minora, difformia, concava, hinc, margine inferiore, rotundata, 



apice in ligulam oblougam obtusiusculam producta, inde, margine superiore, staminibus longitudiualiter 



adnata (fig.4. ), interne, versus medium, plica transversa sacciformi instructa, utrinquc, pr;esertim extcrne, 



pubesccntia. Stamina octo, hypogyua, subxqualia, arcuata, in pctalo superiore rccondita iusoquc breviora. 



Filamenta connata, apice libera ; tubus stamincus externe, ubi petalis inferioribus adiucret, longitudinaliter 



apertus, mcmbranaceus, octonervius, glabcr, apice piloso-ciliatus. Anther-e oblongas, basi affixa;, erectai, 



uniloculares, glabras, apicehiantcs(?). Ovarium (fig. 5.) superum, oblongum, comprcssiusculum, glabrum, 



glandula hypogyna suffultum, uniloculare; glandula carnosa, glabra, inferne crassior. Ovulum 1, infra 



apiccm ad parietcm, respectu petali superioris, extcriorem aflixum, peudulum ( fig. 6. 7.), oblongum, 



compressum, glabrum. Stylus terminalis, arcuatus, stamina suba;quans, glaber, infra apiccm dcntc instruc- 



tus. Stigma subcapitatum, papillosum. Fructus (/*£. 8. ) oblongi, obtusi, nudi, glaudula hypogyna suffulti, 



lignoso-coriacei, cxsucci, uniloculares, monospermi, non dchiscentes, glabri, magnitudine grani tritici. Semen 



(Jig. 10-12. ) infra apicem aflixum, pcndulum (jig. 9. ), oblongum, acuto-mucronatuin, lxve, glabrum. 



(hincsulcolongitudiualietbasimaculafuscanotatum. l.MEGUMENTUMsimplex, tenuitcr membranaceum,intcmc 



