POLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM IXDIC\E. 



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mcinbranacei, 2-locuIares, obuvuti, calyce deciduo nudi, uervo margiuali ciiicti, nervis parallelis basin versus 

 curvatis et inter se reticulatim iunctis noUti, apice ul\ angusta tenuiore pallidiore (extra iiervum margiiialcm) 

 basiu versus angustiore ornati, 1"' vix lonijiores et lafiores, margine deUsceiitc.-^, loculicidi; scjJum trdUsVcrsuiu 

 angustum. St'/?ihia in loculo quoque solitaria, pendula, iiigresceutia, apice carancula albjdo-tlavesceiite nitidula 

 dcpresso-subglobosa praedita, obverse oviforinia, oblouga, basin versus atteuuata et subito truncata, pilis flaves- 

 centibus raris adpressis obsita, f " longa, \''' crassa. 



Hab. lava oricTifalis: Zollinger. 



2. SEMEIOCARDIUM IIYALIXUM ii.vssk. 



Poll/gala hyalina wall, (lierb. reg. berol) Cat. n. 4.181, b, specimina parva iucoinpleta. 



Biafjn. Herbae hvaliiiac, foliis miiioribus, capsula subrotuuda, profuiidius einargiiiaU. 



Descript. Plantae totae vix 5" altae; racemi §—2" longi; rhachk ex protuberantiis ad insertiones ttornm ser 

 rulato-aspera; capsuJa orbicularis, apice profundius emargiiiata, margine anguste alata, nervoso-reticulaf;i, diamc' 

 tro vix 1'" excedente, pallida viridescens, li^-aliua. 



Hab. Nova Guinea: zirrELius („ genus Polygaleis accedens"). — Penimula Indica anterior ? : WALi.icn 



3. SEMEIOCARDIUM GLAUCESCENS massk. 



Volygala glaucescens wall. Cat. n, 4-182. e Napaulia, a. 1821 collecta. 



Biagn. Herbula crccta, apico fiircato-ramosa, foliis mcmbranaccis ovatis s. ovato-l;m(i.olalis, 

 basi saepe cuncato-altciiuatis, teuoris, ad iiiargiiicin minute ciliolatis, versus apicciu caulis aggrcga- 

 tis, subtus uti capsulae albido-glaucesccntibus, glabris; raceinis spiciformibus cc-floris; alis subro- 

 tundo-obovatis; carina imberbi; capsula orbiculata, anguste alata. 



Olserv. Diagnosis apud walp. Uepert. I. p. 234, 24, diflert alis quam capsula duplo lougioribus, quae iu uos- 

 tris speciminibus authenticis deciduae sunt; errore typographico forsau? — cf. dietr. Synops. IV. p. 906, 237 

 (absq. diagn.). 



Descripi. Herbulae erectae, 2 — 3" altae, glabrae, summo apice tautum furciito-ramosae ; ra^ni patentes nudi, uli caulis 

 apice tautum foliis aggregatis ornati. Folia nunc opposita, ovata aut ovato-lauceolata acuta, basi saepe in pe- 

 tiolum, folium dimidium longitudine acquantem, cuneato-attenuata, 8 — 10'" longa, 4 — 5'" lata, nervis lateralibus 

 erecto-patentibus, plerumque utrinque 3, ad niargiucm minute ciliolatum percun-entibus. Racemi terminales, ramo 

 utroque in axillis excrescente iu furca (dichotomia) iutermedii, 8'" alti, recti, multillori; rhachh ad florum iu- 

 sertiones protuberautiis praedita et lineis elevatis ab his decurrentibus augulata; hracteae minutae patentes, 

 lineari-acuminatae, \'" longae, caducae; pediceUi brcvissimi, tenuissimi, tcretes, ^^hn\ fores albidi, parvi, vix 

 1'" excedejiles. Calj/cis foliola externa 3 subaequalia persistentia, viridiusculii, postlcum obloiiguin concavuin, 

 antica 2 ei opposita parallela, lineari- oblonga, acuta, vix {'" longa; interna alaeformia, petaloidea, decidua, al- 

 bida, subrotundo-obovata, basi atteuuata, coroUam subaequantia. Corolla basi horizontalis, a medio adscendenti- 

 crccta; petala 2 superiora oblonga obtusa, basi carlnae adnata, supra earn conuivciitia oaque paiilo breviora 

 albida; carina ad medium attenuata rocta, supra medium clavato-dilatata, a lateribus complanata, 2 ioba, lobis 

 rotundato-oblongis, lobo intermedio abortive vix in apiculis 2 erectis conspiciendo, quam laterales lobi multo 

 brevioribus. Capsulae parvae, caljcis laciiiiis extcrnis basi . suffultae, nee alis (deciduis) inclusae, orbiculatae, le- 

 viter sulcatae membranaceae turgidae, ala augusta flavescente marginatae, caeterum albido-glaucescentes, diametro 

 vix 1'", supra septum profunda sulcatae, 2-loculares, 2-spermae. Semina in ioculo quoque solitaria globoso-ovi- 



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fonnia minuta, fusco-iiigra, pilis albidis hirtula, hisce deciduis punctulato-asperula ; carimcuh parva semilunaris, 

 glabra, latere externo bicruris ibiquc appcudiculis % minutis obovatis praedita. 



Hab. Nepaliu: wallich {herd. beroL). 



4. SEMEIOCARDIUM IIAMILTOMI hassk. 



Dia^n, Herbula simplex aut a basi ramosa erecja, foliis ovatis acutis, basi in petiolum sat 

 longum atteuuatis indeque obovato-cunoatis, marginc minute ciliolatis ; racemis tcrminalibus, oo-floris, 

 spiciformibus; alis obovato-oblongis; petalis superioribus falcatis; carinae lobis lateralibus ovaiis con- 

 natis, acutis, intermedio abortivo; capsnla subrotunda, acutiuscula, glabra, reticulato-nervosa. 



Observ. Vo^gala iriphylla hamilt. (ncc Bunii. DC. Vrodr. I.j5. 333 admt). d. don Vrodr. Flor. Nep. p, 200, 5; 



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