154 rOLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM TNDICAE. 



teo/ae lineares subulatae collaterales ; pedkelli puberuli, breve?, vix 1 — U'" longi, e basi erecta patentes, in- 

 daincjlores magni patentes, subcernui, ^" diamctro nunc excedeutes, prima iuvcutuie ad basin foiiolorum ca- 

 lycis pubcruli, deiii toti glabri. Calych follola omnia dein cum corolla decidua; antka (inferiora) aequalia, 

 minora, subrotundo-ovata, basi lata, diametro longitudinali 2'", transversa]! \\"\ deorsum spectantia, conniven- 

 tia, quasi labium infcrius calycis 2-labiati formantia; posticum (superius) cucuUatum, basin carinac subsaccalam 

 sOperne proniiuulam obtegeiis, a latere utroque compressiusculum, semiorbiculare, 4'" lougum, 2'" latum, colo- 

 ratum, intus pallidius, ad insertionem glanduloso-inciassatum ; Una intenia petaloidca, alaeformia, primo hoj-i- 

 zontalia, petala occultantia, dein basi excrescente curvata erccto-adscendeutia, obovato-obl^uija, margine superiorc 

 valde curvata, petalis longiora, =" longa, 2i"' lata: pedicello autem torto tlores invertuntur iudeque alae de- 

 scendentes adparent; (cf. kassk. IHmt, lav. rat. p> 294; ubi inversioucm floris baud recoguovi). TetaU sv- 

 periora margine inleriore ultra medium carinae adnata, horizoutalia, basi truucata, margiue suponorc medio Ic- 

 viter curvato, indequc apex liber oblongus adscendens obtusus, carina paulo breviora, 6'" longa, -Z'" lata, 

 apice 1'" lata; carina horizontalis, apicc Hbero cucullalo, genitalia obtegentc, (cucullus a latere utroque com- 

 pressus ovato-subrotundus, diametro 2'") 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus margine interiore inter sc coiiuatis cucullum 

 formautibus, tertio iutermedio in glandulam cuneato-a-lobam transformato, lobis conferruminatis, cucullo ipso 

 brcvioribus. Genitalium descriptionem vid. sub CL pulchra kassk.; stigma autem truncatum profuiidius 

 emarginatum, bilobum, lobo altero, supcriore, productiore, subhamato. Frucius {cxsiccati} coiiacei, transverse 

 oblongi, compressiusculi emargiuati, margine tenuiter alati, el evato-concen trice costati, margine dein dehiscentes, 

 2-loculares, loculo quoque monospermo. Semina (in capsula unica pracseute) nondum exserta, e rima valvar! 

 prominula, depresso-globosa, basi paulo attenuata, nigresceutia, iu vertice macula nitidula notata et in centro 

 maculae leviter apiculata; arilhts exsiccatus induratus (ut videtur) cum spermodermide (nondum exsiccata car- 

 nosa) confluens, cf. iiassk* Cat. p. 227, not, 2. 



IIab. Nepalia: wallich. n. 4191 A {herb. Lu(/d. Bat. ct beroL)\ Sikkim, 4 — 8000 pcd. alt., in 

 rcgiorx temperata: hooker//, ct thomsok. — Ceylonia: thwaites n. 434. 



I?, bracltijhotrijs iiassk. Raccmis brcvioribus, vix 1 — 2" excedcntibus, fructibus (c Kbasia) im- 

 maturis 5'" latis, 4" altis, margine apicem versus ultra \"' lato. 



Hab. Penmsida Indica ant.: wjgiit herb, n. 138, Ncil^lierries, Slkkiiu 4 — 8000 pcd. alt. Qi Khasia: 



hooker//, et THOMSON, Conca/l : STOCKS. 



y. Tobmta hassk. Ramis et foliorum nervis subtus nmgis puberulis, totaque plaiita magis robusta. 

 Hab. Kha-sia, reg. temp. 4 — 5000 ped, alt.: rooker//. ct Thomson. 



Olserv. Hue forsan pertinct specimen hookeri //. e Sikhim., foliis maguis, a basi ad apicem rami seusira aiigus- 

 tioribus elliptico-oblongis, 6" longis. If" ultra latis, oblongis et oblongo-lanccolatis, basi obtusiuseulis, apice 

 longiter acuminatis, 5 — 5i" longis, 1" vix latis; forsan forma ramorum uberiorum. 



3. CHAMAEBUXUS PANIGULATA iiassk. 



Dia^H. Frutex foliis oblongis, ovato-, aut elliptico-oblongis, broviter acuraiiuitis, panicula terini- 

 nali, fructibus subrotundo-ovatis, leviter emarginatis, late marginatis, erectis. 



Bescript. Frutex; rami teretes glabri, summi minute puberuli ; /o//« pergamacea rigida, subcoriacea glabra, petiolo 

 brevi ngido 2—3"' longo sufi'ulta, oblonga aut ovate-, aut elliptico-oblonga, brevitcr acuminata, 2= — 6" louga, 

 f— H" lata, nervis subtus valde prominulis, supra exsculptis, supra asporula; injlorescentia terminalis, pani- 

 culata, 4" alta, ramis patcutissimis, apice subrecurvis glabrescentibus, 5-2i" longis, paucis. Frn-ctus magni 

 ovato-subrotundi, leviter emarginati, longitudinaliter costulati, ala raargluis 1'" lata'ct latiore cincti, 6—7'" longi, 

 6'" lati, erecti. — Flores desiderantur. 



Hab. Peninsula Indica aut.: wallich herb. n. 4191 B, ex parte; Khamt, 4-5000 ped. alt. reg. 

 temp,: hooker//, et Thomson, ex parte. 



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4. ClaAMAEBUXUS VENENOSA ii 



ASSK. 



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mserv. Foliorum forma et ipse margo capsularum tantopere variabiles sunt, ut varietates anto^ a mo propo- 



sitas {Flant. lav. tar. p. 294, nee non in Planl. lungh. I. p. 126, vix constantes exist imurcm ; quam antca 



ad var^^ apteram duxi, nunc Ck pnkhram hassk. specifice separandam censeo. An Fot^r/^la Simasmn miq. Ft. 



. Bat. SuppL I. p. 31)2, 407 iure a Ch. vemnosa separata sit, defeciente specimine autlicntico, baud ascortarc 



audeo, tota difierent.a in capsulae latae subimmarginatac marglnibus ipsis subsulcutis posita videtur, nam raccmos 



