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foliis brcvitcr petiolatis, inforioribus obovatis aut obovato-oblongis, plurimis ovalibus aut ovali-oblon- 

 gis obtusis, rnnns acutiusculis, summis oblongis; floribus parvis in racemos breves oppositifohos, 

 folii sui vix diiuicllaui longitudinom attbgentes confertc dispositis ; bracteolis dein deciduis, minutis; 

 calycis foliolis intemis foliaceis oblongis acuminatissiniis subfalcatis, capsula dcin multo loiigioribus; 

 carina rristata; capsula ovata, leviter emargiiiata, anguste sed crassiuscule marginata, minutissime 

 ciliata, glabra; seminibus pilis albidis conspersis ovato-oblo gis ; carancula breviter triappendiculata. 



Observ. Pol. telephioides wii.ld. pees. S^nops. II. p. 271, 13; DC. Prodr. I. p. 332, 137; spueng. Spt. 

 Yeget 111. p. 167, 53; w. et arn. Prodr. I. p. 36, 126; walp. Uepert. I. p. 232, 14 sat accedit sed differt 

 a nostra: caule herbaceo difiuso, foliis succulentis, raccmis 4— 5-floris, calycis foliolis intemis ovalibus, subito 

 breviterque acuminatis, quam capsula paulo longioribus, et « ramis clongatis, ^ foliis brevissimis . — P. arce'Mis 

 wiT.T.o. secundum w. et aen. Prcdr. I, p. 36, 127 diltert: caule procumbeutc, foliorum forma, calycis foliolis in- 

 temis oblongis capsula vix longioribiis, capsula ciliata, 



DescripL Fruticuli parvi erccti, liabitu Mxi sempervirentis , flavesccnti-vlrides, 3—6" alti, nunc simplices, nunc 

 basi ramosi; rami erecti 1—2" alti, foliis minoribus praediti, uti caulis minute puberuli, jiilis inflexo-curvatis, 

 foliati, tcretiusculi. Folia peiiolo brevi lato in nervum medium crassiusculum transeunte sufl'ulta, iufcrioia 

 obovata aut obovato-oblonga, 3-6"' longa, If" lata, supcriora ovalia aut ovali oblonga, 7— 9'" longa, 3—2'" 

 lata, summa 0—5'" longa, 2— If" lata, ramorum minora, nunc omnia magis obovata aut ovalia, 4.^-2^'" 

 longa, 2-1'" lata, nunc fere omnia oblonga, 3'" longa, 1— U"' lata, omnia apice obtusa, rarius acutiuscula, 

 larissime ramorum acuta, apico mucronnlc brevi acuto praedita, margine subrevoluta, subcoriacea, glaberrima, 

 plerumquc orecta, rarius patcntia. Macemi oppositifolii, inferiores caulis longiores erecti, cauli adpressi, 3'" longi; 

 superiores et ramorum multo breviores, vix 1"' longi et breviores ; pres in racemis densi, patentes, succes- 

 sive 00 ; hracteae ovatae, acutae, membranaceae, concavae, minutae, deciduac; bracteolae binae collaterales, mi- 

 nutissime lineares, dimidiam bracteam longae; rhacMs angulata, sulcata; pedioelli parvi, teretes, supra basin 

 curvati et patentes. Cali/ck pcrsisteutis /o^/o^a externa quam interna minora sed pro rationc floris magna; 

 postmm maximum, ovatum, acute subulato-mucronatum, concavum carinatum, anticis fere duplo maius, |"' 

 longum; antica ovata acutissima, membranacea, nervo medio crassiore pcrcursa; inkriora alaeformia, ovato- 

 oblonga, acuminatissima, pctalis capsulaqae multo longiora, membranacea, inaequilatcra snbfalcata, subtrinervia, 

 nervis prominulis, adscendeutia, carinae aut capsulae partem iufcriorcm denudantia, li'" longa, \" lata et 

 ultra. CoroUae petala 2 sitperiora uti basis carinae tenuiter membranacea, pallide flavescentia, obovato-oblonga 

 apice rotundata; carina basi liorizoiitalis membranacea cum petalis superioribus connata, mox dilatata, primo 

 descendens et angulo obtusissimo semicirculum formaute adsccndens, falciformis, 3-loba, lobis lateralibus ovatis 

 acutis conniventibus, margine interiore connatis in cucullum genitalia foventem; tertio iutermedio in cristam 

 multifidam, lateralibus paulo longiorem transformato. Capsula quam calycis foliola interna brevior, ovata, apice 

 Icviter cmarginata, membranacea, complanata, supra septum leviter sulcata, utrinque supra semina tumidula, 

 livido-viridiuscula glabra immarginata minutissime ciliolata, f" longa, j"' lata, 2-locularis, 2-sperma, 2-valvis, 

 vix margine dehiscens. Semina ovato-oblonga, nigrescentia, pilis albidis brevibus adprcssis conspersa, apice 

 caruncula Candida, anficc bicruri, triappendiculata coronata, ajipendiculis tenuissimis membranaceis, semini ad- 

 pressis, brevibus, tcrtiam seminis longitudinem baud attiugcniibus ornata. 

 Adnot. Specimen unum e Ceylonia et bina tuomsonii magis ramosa evadunt foliaque praebcut in illo angustiora 

 acutiora, in hoc minora magis obovata; caeterum autem ambo a specie vix discrepant et mea opinione nil 

 nisi formam quandam vix varietatcm indicare videntur. 



Hab. Amboina: z\^v^um%. — Neil^ her ries i:.i Kurt/ , iq^. trop.: Thomson. — Ceylonia: thwaites, n. 1080. 



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WIGHT et arn. Prodr. 1. p. 236, 127 (wai.p. 'B.epert. I. p. 233, 15) cum citatis. 

 Descript. * Ilerbae radice verticali sat longa tereti flexuosa, ad 5" longa, parum ramosa albida solo adfixae, a basi 

 ramosae, procmnbentes ; rami primo erecti aut adscendenti-erecti, mox bumifusi, 5 — 8" longi, tcretiusculi, apicem 

 versus angulati. Folia in profusis ramis lucem versus directa, omnia adscendeuti-erecta, secunda ; in ramis erec- 

 tis patentia, breviter petiolata, apice mucronulata ; inferiora (aut berbulae iuvenilis) obovata aut subrotundo- 

 obovatii, apice rotundata, aut liinc iiide emarginata, basi subito acuta, nee longiter attenuata, 3 — 6 — 9'" longa, 

 21 — 5 — 6" lata, sensim longiora et angustiora, obovato-oblonga obtusa, basin versus plus minusve attenuata, 

 T" longa, 4'" lata, summa ramorum aut dein fere omnia ramorum centralium obovato-oblonga, multo angus- 



* Specimiua herb, uookeai Jil. ct thohs. hoc loco dcscripsi, ad calcem formas discrcpantes indicavi. 



