MONNirsW. /j5 



renexis. Bracteje caduca*. Calyx pentaphyllus , deciduus; foliola (tria) exteriora parva, suborbiculata, 

 concava, membranacea, externe puberuh, ciliata , apicc ca*ulescentia ; duo superiora obsolete trinervia;' 

 mferius vix majus, obsoletc quinquenervium ; foliola (duo) interiora (lateralia) maxima, exteriora longi- 

 tudinc triplo superantia, petaliformia, subrotunda , brcvissime unguiculata, concava, flabcllato-5-ncrvia , 

 glabra, violacco-cairulea, corollam iequantia. Corolla pentapetaia, hypogyna, irregularis, decidua; pctalum 

 supenus maximum , subrotundum, galeato-concavum , apice tridentatum, multinervium, glabrum ; petala 

 duo lateralia a me haud visa, minuta(?) ; petala duo inferiora superiore breviora, difformia, concava, mar- 

 gine inferiore, ubi inter se contingentia, rotundata apiceque inligulam oblongam obtusamproducta, marginc 

 supenore inflexa staminibusquc adnata, ulrinque, prajscrtim interne, villoso-pubescentia ibiquc plica in- 

 structa; plica transvcrsa, sacciformis, c marginc superiore inflexo petali formata. Stamina octo , hypo- 

 gyna, suba>qualia, curvata, in pctalo superiore recondita ipsoque brcviora. Filamenta in tubum conriata, 

 apice libera et capillacea ; tubus stamineus membranaceus , octonervius, glaber, apicc villoso-ciliatus! 

 rcspectu petali superioris, externe longitudinaliter apcrtus. Anther* ovat*, obtusx, basi affixa:, crectic, 

 glabne, uniloculares, infra apicem rima transversa dehiscentes (?). Ovarium superum, oblongum, lateribus 

 comprcssum, glabrum, unilocularc; ovulum solitarium, oblongum , infra apicem affixum, pcndulum , 

 glabrum. Glandula hypogyna carnosa, glabra, extcrne (respectu petali superioris) crassior, persistcns.' 

 Stylcs terminalis, arcuatus, glaber, infra apicem dente instructus. Stigma subcapitatum , papillosum 

 Fructcs suppetentes immaturi , oblongi, reflexi, glabri. 

 A pr.-ecedente sat distincta species. 



7. MONNINA RUPESTRIS. f 



M. ramulis pilosiusculis; foliis oblongis, subacuminatis, mucronatis, basi angustaiis, irre- 

 gulariterundulato-denticulatis, reticulato- venosis, membranaceis, glabriusculis; spicissolitariis. 



Crescitin declivitate montis Saraguru, alt. i3oo hex. {Andibus Novo- Granatensium) 

 |) Floret Julio. 





Ramuli teretiusculi, lasves, glabri; juniores angulati, pilis miuutis conspersi. Folia sparsa, petiolata, 

 oblonga, subacumiuata, mucronata, basi cuneata et in pctiolum decurrentia, margine irrcgulariter undu- 

 Jato-denticulata, reticulato-venosa, nervo venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, membranacea, glabrius- 

 cula, pilis minutissimis raris conspcrsa, Jarfe viridia, subtus vix pallidiora, 24-28 lineas longa, 9- 1 1 lineas 

 lata. Petioli 2-0 lincas longi, semiteretcs, intcrnc canaliculati, pubcruli, basi articulati. Spice terminales, 

 tardius laterales, solitaria:, pedunculata:, crecta:, tripollicares; pcdunculo 6-7 lineas longo rhachique 

 angulatis, puberulis. Flores pedicellati, sparsi, solitarii, resupinati, magniludine floris Polygala: vulgaris ; 

 pedicellis lincam longis, pubcrulis, basi tribracteatis (?) et articulatis; bracteis caducis. Calyx pentaphyllus, 

 irregularis, glaber, deciduus; foliolis ( tribus) exterioribus parvis, ciliatis, ovatis, acutiusculis, concavis; 

 duobus supcrioribus approximalis, unincrviis ; inferiore duplo majore, trinervio ; foliolis ( duobus Jateralibus) 

 interioribus petaloidcis, subrotundis, brcvissimc unguiculatis, concavis, coloratis, flabcllato-quinquenerviis 

 corollam asquantibus, patentibus. Corolla pentapetala, sub glandula hypogyna inserta, irregularis» decidua ; 

 pctalum superius maximum, subrotundum, galeato-concavum, apice obsolete quadrilobum, multinervium, 

 glabrum, genitalia includens;petala duo lateralia a me haud visa, minutissima? ; petala duo infcriora diffor- 

 mia, concava, hinc libera, rotundata, apicc in ligulam brevem rotundatam producta et carinato-contigua, 

 indestaminibus longitudinahteradnata, interne, medium versus, plica transversa sacciformi instructa, ibique 

 pnesertim superne margineque pilosa. Stamina octo, ibidem iuserta, subasqualia, in petalo superiore latentia 

 ipsoque breviora. Filamenta apicc libera ct capillacea, reliquaparte connata; tubus membranaceus, Jateribus 



