

/22 POLYGALEiE. 



nrimariis subtus prominentibus, supra laite viridia, nitida et puberula, subtus pallidiora et molliter 

 pubescentia, pilis simplicibus, a-f poliices longa, 21-22 lineas lata. Petioli lineam longi, pubesccntes , 

 basi articulati. Glaudula: dua;, minutas, pezizieformes , glabrcc, ad utramque basim pctioli ramo 

 insidentes, persistentcs. SncM tcrminales, solitaria;, subsessiles, circiter quinque in apice ramorum pani- 

 culatim dispositK, 2-6-pollicarcs, subcernua; , laxiflora;; rhachi pubescentc. Flohes sparsi , solitarii aut 

 gemini, pedunculati, magnitudine pra;ccdentis , violacei ; pedicellis 2-2^- Hneas longis , pubescenti- 

 bus, basi tribractcatis. Bractca: pubcsccntes, dcciducc; extcrior oblonga , acuminata , pedicello qua- 

 druplo quintuplovc brcvior ; lateralcs oblonga:, acuta:, exteriorc duplo triplove minores. Calyx pcntaphyllus, 

 coloratus, deciduus; foliola (tria) exteriora parva, obtusa, concava , ciliata, dorso pubescentia; duo 

 superiora approximata, obliquc ovato-subrotunda ; inferius longius, ellipticum ; foliola(duo) interipra 

 (lateralia) petaloidca, maxima, subrotundo-clliptica, apicc rotundata, basi cuncato-unguiculata, flabcl- 

 lato- ncrvosa, plana, glabra, corollam vix supcrantia. Prjsfloratio imbricativa. Petala quinque, hypo- 

 gyna, glabra, infernc opc tubi staminci connata; supcrius magnum, subrotuudum, galeatum, latcribus 

 compressum, apicc crispato-plicatum ibiquc reflexum, genitalia includcns, dorso nudum; duo lateralia 

 minutissima, squamatformia, ovata, obtusa, tubo stamineo adhairentia ; duo inferiora superiorc parum 

 breviora, spathulata. Stamina octo, hypogyna, adscendcntia. Filamenta connata, apice libera et lineari- 

 capillacea ; tubus stamineus crassiusculus, inferne ampliatus, adscendenti-curvatus, S referens , lateribus 

 compressus, antice longitudinaliter apertus ,,cxtcrne glaber, intcrne ad partem ampliatam pubescens. ANTiiERiE 

 basi aflixa;, erecta:, oblongo-clavala;, cum filamento haud articulata:, uniloculares, glabra:, apicc hiantes. 

 Ovarilm superum, breviter stipitatum , oblongum , lateribus compressum, hinc (ad angulum pctaium 

 superius spectantem) superne gibbum, glabrum, uniloculare;'gibba crassiuscula, compressa, obtusa, sericea, 

 ovarium superans, tardius in alam cxcrcsccns. Ovulum solitarium, cllipticum , comprcssum , glabrum , 

 iufra apicem suspensum, angulo a gibba averso affixum , pendulum. Stylus terminalis, elongatus, falcatus. 

 compresso-complanatus , glabcr, staminibus inclusus, dcciduus. Stigma emarginatum (?). Discus hypogynus 

 carnosus, in flore obsoletus (?), in fructu persistens et visibilis. Fructus subellipticus, brevissime stipitatus, 

 magnitudinc fructus Celtidis occidcntalis, latcribuscomprcssiusculus, reticulato-rugulosus, membranaccus, 

 virescens, pubescens, unilocularis, non dchiscens, superne, hinc (ad angulum a petalo superiore avcrsum) 

 cristatus, inde (ad angulum pctalum superius spectantem) in alam desinens; crista mcmbranacea, dcntato- 

 angulata; ala maxima, crecta, fructu septuplo longior, cultriformis, inferne angustata, margine iuteriorc (a 

 pctalo superiore avcrso) incrassata, rcliquapartemcmbranacca, vcnis obliquis, curvatis, approximatis, e mar- 

 ginc incrassato emissis, intcr se auastomosantibus instructa, viresceus,pubcscens, hincper marginemincras- 

 satum limitata ct apice rotuudata, indc (ubi petalum supcrius spectat) irrcgulariter undulato-crcnataet apice 

 angulata, 16-17 hncas longa, 5 lincaslata. Semen summascavitati adlatus a petalo superiore avcrsum aflixum 

 apice suspcusum , pcndulum , oblique oblongum, ventre subrcctilincum, lateribus comprcssuisculum, 

 utrinquc acutiusculum, basi submucronatum, la:ve, glabrum; suppetens immaturum. Integumentum mem- 

 branaceum. Embryo semini conformis, caruosus. 



Sccuridaca: volubili simillima, nonnisi distincta foliis latioribus , subtus magis pubescentibus et 

 mollibus. 



