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POLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTDI INDICAE. 



continui. Tolia liuearia, utiinquo acuta, apice acutissima, integernma, patentia aut patenti-erecta, 3 — 5'" longa, 

 vix I'" latiora. Bacenti 2 — 4." longi, apice deusissime floribus obtecti, sensim evoluti, elongati, tcretiusculi ; 

 Iradcae ad basin pedicellorum noTidum rite evolutorum lineari-subulatae, alabastra obtegentes eaque exceden- 

 tes, caducae; pedicelli tenuissimi tertiam floris sui partem longi, patenti-erecti, apice c&cmxx; fores minuti, rosei, 

 vix 1'" longi, copiosi. Cal^m persistentis /o/Zo/tz externa 3 subaequalia, gluinacoa, oblongo-lanceolata acuta; 

 inlerna 2 petaloidea, alaeformia, obovata, coroUae adpressa eaque pauio longiora, rosea, tenuia, trinervia. fruc- 

 tuin dein corolla decidua obtegentia. CoroUae carina apice crista 4-loba munita, lobis minutis teretibus, cras- 

 sinsculis, apice truucatulis. Capmla minuta, longiter ab alis obtecta, liisce dein patentibus denudata, compressa, 

 ovata acutiuscula, utrinque profunde supra septum sulcata, ^"' longa, §'" vix lata, cinereo-fusca, iuxta sulcos 

 utrinque tumidula, 2-sperma, glabra, nee marginata, in mai'gine utroque longitudinaliter deliiscens. Semina mi- 

 nuta albido-fiavescentia, tereti-oblouga, canmcula minuta apice coronata, pilis albidis adpressiusculis obtecta. 



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Hab. Senegaliax leprieur. 



2. POLYGALA TETRASEPALA hochst. mss. 



Biafjn. llerba annua (?), caule erecto gracili, basi simplici, superne fitstigiato-rainoso, glabro an- 

 gulato; foliis altcriiis brevissinie pctiolatis, lineari-lanceolatis, acumiuatis, acatissime mucronatis, gla- 

 bris; racemis niultifloris terminalibus ; calycis foliolis 4 (anticis in uiium 2-nerviuni connatis) ; internis 

 alaeformibus obovato-oblongis obtusis, basi attcnuatis, 3-nerviisj carina iis longiore, ccristata^ capsula 

 cordato-oblonga , basin versus attenuata, immarginata. 



Olserv. Subgencri Timv.tuae affinis videtur. — P. PetUiana a. kich. [conf. wat,p. Ann. I. p. 81, 9) differt: 

 foliis duplo latioribus, racemis latcralibus, calycis foliolis 5, internis obovalibus 3 — 5-iierviis, basi sensim attcnua- 

 tis, corolla calycis foliolis internis duplo longiore, capsula oblonga, apice emarginato- 2-dentata. An revera distincta ? 

 Desmj)l. Herba erecta, glabra, humilis, vix |' altitudine cxcedens, simplex, apice dichotome fastigiato-ramosa : can- 

 lis obsolete tetragonus, superne angulatus, foliosus. Folia alterna erecta, cauli ramisque adpressa, liueari-lan- 

 ceolata acuminata, acutissime mucronata, basin versus vix attenuata, obtusa, breviter petiolata, 7 — 15'" longa, 

 V — It " lata, viridia, glabra, margine subasperula. Eacemz in apice caulis aut ramorum terminales, erecti, apice 

 dcnsiflori, infernc pcdctcutim rariHori, 2 — 2i" longi; rhaclm angulata, minutissime pubcrula dein glabrata, iu- 

 sertionibus pedicellorum paullo protuberantibus decurrentibus, sulcata; hracteae ad basin pedicellorum, e basi 

 latiuscula acuminatissimae, nervo medio rigidiorc, margine membranaccao, albidae et minutissime ciliolatae, 

 V" longae, una cum bracleoUs binis coUateralibus, dimidio brevioribus et angustioribus ciliolatis deciduae; 

 pedicelli primo erecti, sub anthesi patentes, dein reflexi, a basi apicem versus sensim incrassati, recti, li'" longi, 

 glabri. Calycis persistentis foliola externa minora, margine albido-ciliolata ; posiicum nervo medio intensius co- 



vix lougitudiue excedens; aiUicum e binis in uuum 2-ner- 

 vinm conflatis, ovato-subquadratum, apice bilobum et biapiculatum, postico oppositum, nervis intensius colo- 

 ratis; interna 2-alaefonnia, multo maiora, quam corolla breviora, obovato-oblonga, basi attenuata, apice obtusa, 

 livido-viridiuscula, nervis 3 intensius coloratis apice anastomosantibus percursa, I5'" longitudine vix exccdentia, 

 I'" lata, capsulam longitudine aequantia, margine albida. Corolla rubella; petala superiora quam carina bre- 

 viora, obovato-oblonga, basi carinae adnata, pallidiora, supra basin adscendentia; carina intensins colorata, a 

 basi angusta horizoiitali subito latior et descendcns, versus apicem sub angulo valdc obtuso adscendeus, mar- 

 gine interiore semicirculum fere formante, apice valde dilatato obovata, 3-loba, lobis 2 latcralibus ovatis, apice 

 truncatis, ciliolatis, conniventibus, margine interiore contigais, connatis in cuculluin, genitalia foventem; tertio 

 jntermedio nullo, abortivo. Filamenta basi cum carinae tubo connata, apice longiter libera filiformia adsceuden- 

 tia; antkerae terminales, oblongae, apice poro dehiscentes. Germen obovato-oblongum, obtusum, vix emargina- 

 tum, breve; stylus basi crassiusculus, ad marginem inferiorcm carinae collocatus, cum ea primo desceudens, 

 dein adscendens, ad angulum tenuis, apicem versus valde dilatatus,^ ipso apice incurvus. Capsula complanata, 

 basi attenuata, cordato-oblonga, 2-loba, lobis acutiusculis, membranacea, immarginata, margine superiore vix mi- 

 nutissime ciliolata, (formam fere fructus Capsellae Bursae pastoris referens), 2-locularis, 2-valvis, 2-sperma. 

 Semina (immatura!) canmcula magna glabra (?) coronata, pendula, in loculo quoque solitaria, serice^. 



Hab. Abyssinia, prope Gefta, 13 Sept. 1838: schimper n. 1188. 



lorato, ovatum obtusiusculum, antico J mains, :'" 



3. POLYGALA LINARIEOLIA willd. * 



Berb. wight hrh. n. 140 sab nomine P. rosmarinifoUae w. et arn., a qua autem nostra diflert : foliis li- 



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* DE CANDOLLFDS SOIqs 1. C. „livenr,fo(ia' BCnbit. 



