— 149 — 
1 entm. latum, ab inflorescentia remotum; panicula ab hoc folio 7-10 
entm. alta; rhachis cum ramificationibus et bractearum facie externa 
pilis albis minutis hirtula; bracteae sub quoque ramo рапісшае paten- 
tes, ovato-oblongae, acutae, membranaceae, nervosae, 10-13 mllm. longae, 
5-6 mllm. latae; rami inflorescentiae solitarii aut subverticillati, bractea 
nunc dicta suffulti, patentissimi, nunc subdivaricati, '3-9 flori, 20-25 
entm. longi; flores singuli pedicellati, successive in ramulis evoluti; brac- 
teolae sub quoque ped:cello ovatae, acutae, concavae, membranaceae , uti 
bractea post anthesin deciduae, ante anthesin gemmam floris includen- 
tes; pedicelli 1-3 mllm. longi; calycis foliola exteriora robustiora. et 
post anthesin diu persistentia, in fructu evanida, concava, ovato- 
elliptica; interiora tenuiora, basi angustata, apice latiora plana, exte- 
rioribus paulo minora valde caduca, post anthesin plerumque jam eva- 
nida; stamina omnia jam imberbia consimilia (nec tria minora glandula 
terminata); fruetus diametro 4 mllm., (in sicco) pericarpio fragili, pressu 
irregulariter ruptus, caeterum indehiscens, nitidus, plumbeo-coerules- > 
cens, trilocularis; semina in loculis 7-8 biserialia, saepe per 2-3 inter 
se conglutinata. — Caetera prorsus cum descriptione E. Meyeri quadrant, 
9. POLLIA ELEGANS Hassk. 
A descriptione P. japonicae Тихв. Schlt. VII. 1149. discrepat his- 
ce: Caulis (aut apices caulis tantum?) simplex, 31-34 entm. altus; 
internodia 35 mllm., summa 4-5 entm. longa; folia vix remota, basi 
. in petiolum 1-2 entm. longum attenuata, elliptico-l lata, acumina- 
tissima, eum petiolo 20-27 entm. longa, 4-6 entm. lata, subtus pariter 
ae internodia summa dense pilis minutis fuscescentibus puberulo-aspera, 
pallide viridia; vaginae nervosae, laxae, pilis paullo longioribus hirtae, 
oblique truncatae, 3 entm. longae, 6 mllm. latae; folia sub inflores- 
centia summa 3-2, sensim valde minora, vaginis et petiolo destituta, 
basi amplexieaulia, infimum elliptieo-lanceolatum 13 entm. longum 
3 entm. latum, reliqua oblongo-lanceolata; panicula erecta patens, a 
folio florali summo 11-15 entm. alta, in anthesi 3-4 enmt., in fructu 
6 entm. lata; bracteae ad ramificationes patentes, dein patentissimae, 
oblongo-lanceolatae acuminatae, summae acutae, sensim magnitudine 
decrescentes, infimae foliaceae, superiores sensim herbaceae aut mem- 
branaceae; rami inflorescentiae in anthesi erecti, in fructu patentes, in 
axillis bractearum. nune solitarii, nune valde approximati subverticillati , 
in anthesi ad 2 entm., in fructifera panicula ad 4 entm. longi, sen- 
sim flores proferentes, pariter ae rhachis dense piloso-hirtuli; bracteolae 
ad pedicellorum ortam uti in specie antecedente; pedicelli 2 mllm. 
longi. in fructu omnes erecti seeundi, coelum versus spectantes; caly- 
cis foliola externa obovata, concava, glabra, membranacea, 4 пша, longa, 
2 mllm. lata, persistentia; interiora (ut videtur e sicco alabastro: minora, 
obovata) marcescendo corrugata, basi attenuata subunguiculata; stamina 
6, quorum 3 effaeta, multo minora filamentis tenuibus filiformibus 
apice glandula (anthera inevoluta) terminatis, З fertilia; filamenta 3-plo. 
longiora, foliolis calycinis externis aequilonga, omnia imberbia; anthe- 
