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611. Polygala pratensis Ph. P. suffruticosa, puperuli”* 
ramis numerosis, ereclis vel decumbentibus; foliis oblong 
Iimearihus, obtnsiusenlis; Aoribus laxiusceulis 6—12, eadhruler 
minutis; eapsula orbieulari, marginata, w 
In pratis nemorosis prov, Valdiviae oecurrit. — P. gui- 
dioides et P. thesivides eaule fruticoso et floribus duplo ma- 
joribus, P. strieta loribus reseis; P, Salasiana canlihus de-, 
bilibus prostratis, foliis apice dilatatis, versus flores majori- 
bus, fere involuerantibus ete. faeile distinguuntur, species 
quae antecedit vero corollis pallide caeruleis, sepalis basi 
viridibas, capsıla ovata fimbriata neque orbieulari. — Caules 
vix pedales, debiles; folia 22/, lin. longa, vix ®/, lin. lata; 
flores 13/, lin. longi; eapsula apice modo incisa nec bicornis 
aut late emarginata , diametri 1%, lin. 
612. Munlania Ph. novum genus Polygaleurum. Annal. 
Univ, Chil. 1862. 2, p. 390. 
Calyx persistens, pentaphylius; foliola duo Iateralia su-_ 
periora paullo majora. Corolla tripetala; petala mediante tnbo 
stamineo inferne eoalita, antienm majus, coneavo -galeatum, 
integrum, genitalia ineludens; lateralia oblonga, multo mi- 
nora, Siamina 8, adscendentia, subaequalia; filamenta in 
tubum fissım coalita, monadelpha; Antherae superiores sessi- 
les, inferiores breviter pedicellatae, biloculares, apice valvula 
eommuni dehisceutes, Discus nullus, Ovarium vix compres- 
sum biloeulare; stylus elongatas, filiformis, eurvatas, deci- 
dous; stigma terminale, subbiloburm; ovula in loculis solitaria 
e dissepimenti apice pendula, Capsulu coriacea, compressa, 
euneato -spathulata, biloeularis, margine loculieide dehiscens. 
Semina oblonga, pilis longiseimis,; semen totum inyolventi- 
bus, comosa. 
Ovario, eapsula et seiminihus longe pilosis cum Come- 
sperma Labill, convenit, sed enlyce persistente, foliolis ejas 
