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rOLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM INDTCAE. 



viridf^scons, aliguste marginata, ubique Ocnse ciliata. Semina (nondura matura) pilis albidis brevibus conspersa 

 vix pcricca, oblongo-ovata, caruncula albida glabra marmnaeformi, extenie bicruri brevissime appendiculata 



coionatx 



Hab. Makore ct Carnatic, in rcgiouc tropica: hooker//, et Thomson (ex parte, sp. huinile). 



8. POLYGALA IIEYXEANA wall. 



Observ. wight et arn. Prodr. I. f. 38, 136 (walp. Bepert. I. p. 233, 20). Specimen nostrum a diagnosi 

 ]. c. difFert: foliis inferioribus obloiigis, racemis brevibus folium dimidiam (nee laxis folium duplum) longis, flori- 

 bus rarioribus. Habitu accedit ad Pol. elegantem wall., a qua nostra calycis foliolis iutcrnis subfalcatis caet. di- 

 versa; — cf. Pol. khasiana hassk. 



DescripL Banuts erectns, dichotomus, 5" longus, teretius cuius, puberulus, apicem versus augulatus canescens. Folia 

 breviter petiolata, pateutia aut summo apice erecta, flavesccntia lucidula, nervo medio subtus lateralibus 

 arcuatiin transverse auastomosantibus supraque prorainulis connexOj trinervia, nervis lateralibus a basi folii 

 iuxta margincm fere decurrentibus, margine ipso ad nervos laterales fere revolutoj minute pubcrula praeprimis 

 ad marginem et subtus ad nervum medium, dein glabrata, infima minora obovato-oblonga basi acuta 3'" longa, 

 1^'" lata; plurima oblonga obtusa 6 — 8'" longa, 2'" lata; *«7Kra« Hneari-oblonga, acuta, 5 — 7'" longa, 1'" lata. 

 Flares in racemos oppositifolios aut lateraies breves fnec foliis duplo longiores !J folia sua vix dimidia longos 

 cougesti; rliachis teres albldo-puborula, 2'" longa; hradeae ovatae acutae, extus puberulae, patentes deciduae; 

 pedicelli patentes, apicem versus incrassati, 1'" et ultra longi, puberuli. Calycis persistentis foliola exteriora 

 parva ovato-oblonga acuta, margine tenuiora, albida, clliolata; postlcum maius concavum; antica aequalia oppo- 

 situ; interiora 2 alacfonnia luaiora foliacca ovata subfalcata, basi leviter attcnuata, apice acuta, 3-nervia, 2'" 

 longa, 1^'" lata, quam capsula vix longiora. Corolla deest. Capsula complanata didyma, 2-locularis, subrotunda 

 emarginata, diametro 2"', glabra, ad margines alata, ala \"' fere lata, vix pubemla. Semina iu loculo quoque 

 soliiaria pciiduli crassiuscula, subcomplanata, oviformi-subglobosa, atrofusca, pilis singulis minutis albidis con- 

 spersa, IJ'" longa, 1'" fere lata; caruncula flavescens, glabra, lucidula, mammaeformis, obtuse bicruris et in 

 cruri quoque appendice tenui membranacca obovato-oblonga, paulo ultra mediam seminis longitudincm depen- 

 dentc, adpi-cssa; ad latus oppositum (internum) appcndiculo parvo, pariter tenui raembranacco oblongo, tertiam 

 seminis longitudincm attingente pracdita; albumen albidum, quam cotyledones viridi-albescentes singulae tenuius. 



Hab. Peninsula Indica anterior: wight kerb. n. 128, in herb, berol. 



9. POLYGALA HUMILIS spanogiie. 



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wALp. Bepert. L p. 234, 33; d. dietr. Si/nops. IV. p, 895, 44; miq. Flor, Ind. bat. I. 2. p, 125, 4. 

 'script, Ilerbac parvae. Radix perpendicularis pro ratione plantae valde elongata, leviter flexuosa, simplex aut 

 pauci-ramosa, fibrillis paucis obsessa, 1^ — 3" longa. Caulis nunc simplex erectus 3 — 4" altus, strictus, nunc 

 a basi ramosus; rami pauci, horizontal es, prostrati, apice tautum erecto, 2 — 3" longi, intermedio aut caule 

 primario recto, simplici minus evoluto aut (si rami basales baud omnes et unus tantum evoluti reperiuntur), 

 caulis primarius undique ramis brevibus patentibus praeditus; caulis et rami inferne teretes puberuli, ad api- 

 cem angulati, hirsutiJi. Folia breviter petiolata, inferiora minora, obovata s. obovato-elliptica, 3—5'" longa, 

 li— 2i"' lata, mucrouulo imposito acutiuscula; altiora elliptica utrinque acuta 5 — 6'" longa, 2^ — 3" lata; 

 summa elliptico-lanceolata, 7—8'" longa, -2'" lata, utrinque acutissima, glabra, prima iuventute margiue ciliolata 

 puberala, dein glabrata et angustissime revoluta. Bacemi axillares aut laterales pauciflori, folio sue plerumque 

 dimidio breviores, flore solitario saepe ad basin racemi; hracteae minutissimae, oblongae acuminatae et bracteo- 

 lae 2 collaterales breviores et angustiores ciliolatae, persistentes emarcidae flavidae; pedicelli teretes, apicem 

 versus paulo incrassati, 1'" vix longi, primo recti pateutes, dein praeprimis florum solitariorum recurvi; Jlores 

 parvi, IJ'" longi, 1'" lati. Calycis ^Qxsisi&aih foliola exteriora 3 minora margine albida et ciliolata; posticum 

 ovato-oblongum acutum, 1'" longum, 3-nervium; antica 2 linearia acuta, dimidio postico breviora ; interna 

 2 alaeformia, viridia, ovali-oblonga, acuta, margine superiore basin versus attenuata et subfalcata, quam carina 

 breviora, ad marglues tenuiora, albida, fructigera dein adscendenti- erecta, capsulam dimidiam tantum tegcntia 

 ovali-oblonga acuta (nee acuminata), paulo longiora, If" longa. Petala superiora 2-albida, ab alls tota obtecta, 

 obovato-oblonga, basin versus attcnuata; carina petaHs superioribus multo et calycis foliolis internis paulo 

 longior, flavescens, semilunaris, e basi recta attenuata, margine inferiore convexo, 3-loba, lobis lateralibus ova- 

 tis acutis conniventibus, margine intemo connatis; intermedio in cristam lobis lateralibus aequHongam stipi- 

 tatam fastigiatam multifidam mutato. Capsula ovalis, apice leviter emarginata, a latere utroque compressa, mar- 

 gine mmute c.holata, 1 J'" longa, 1'" lata, leviter obUqua, glabra nitidula. Semina in loculis solitaria oviformi.1, 

 apice leviter attenuata ct caruncula brevi semilunari albido-flavesccntc obtecta, arillo 2-lobo membranaceo oblongo 



