20G 
POLYGALEAE Juss. 
(Auctore E. T. Steudel.) 
COMESPERMA LabilL EndL gen. n. 5649. 
Meisn. gen. pag. 23. (20.) 
§. 1, Erectae. 
cf. Foliis angustissimis suhconvoluiis vel linearibus* 
* Bracleis (in omnibus demum dcciduis) ante anihesin 
flores superantibus* 
1. CoineiSiperiiia long^ifolia Steud. caule (basi) fm- 
tescente rainoso vel subsimplici glabro sursuui cliviso ra- 
cemifero; foliis sparsis non approximatis linearibus ai^- 
gustissimis margine revolutis eloiigatis (poUice longioribus) 
acutiusculis glabris ; racemis elongatis multifloris la^'^ 
bracteis setaccis flores (nonclum evolutos) sxiperaiitibus, 
labio medio acuto integro lateralibus breviore- "!> 
In areuosls sylvae prope Limekiln districtus Perth, 29. Nov. 1839, "^'' ' 
Preiss. No. 2359. 
RadioG valida, crassa, perpendiculariter descemlens, parce fibrosa; cflW''^ 
basi suffnitcscens, divisiis vel simples, inferne cicatricibus folionim notatnj. 
teres, utt tota ])lanta glaberrinuis, iiiox foliatus, sursum in rainulos raccmi- 
feros divisus ; /V;/i« sparsa, an«;iistissiina, poIUciiria et uUra, patonti^,^" ' 
:einiferi; racemi maeqiiales, iructiien demum elonsjoTi k'^ 
ices; flores \n pedicellis 1 V2 lineaslongis; h^actefre tejiu^^^^ 
'Ifs basi in stipitem attenuati, apice ad latera obtiiM, u^f' 
pollicares) slmpl 
setaceae; fruetts 
hreviter mucromdati, «emfnfl' unilateraliter membranula pellucida teiuii ni 
srinata. 
2. ComeiB^perma cornicnlata Steud. caule erecto ft"*!' 
culoso glaberrimo vix striato tereti inferno cicatricibus loi*^- 
rum deciduorum notato caeterum nudo, superne ramoso; ra* 
mis angulatis foliatis; foliis sparsis in ramulis confertion^,^ 
linearibus margine revolutis abbreviatis (4-6 lineas lon^y 
obtusiusculis; racemis terminalibus, bracteis setaceis; a 
corollam superantibus lobo coroUae medio postice ^^ 
niculato. % ^ 
In giariosis sylvaticis circa Wuljenup ditionis Plantagenet, 14. Oct. 1840. 
Preiss. 2360. ^ 
HaiUx subsimplex fibris t-emiibns; rrt?///.v fniticidosus, teres, ^."^^.V'^jjrj;,, 
ramidis anj;iilatns; ramuH sparsi vel subumbellato-congesti; foJUi "".^idpi 
mar£;ine snbrevoluto, bisnicata, 4-6 lineas longa, unam lata, basi m pf' 
