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POI.YGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM IXDICAE. 



4_2J'" lata, omnia apice mucronnlo tenui imposito apiculata, iuvenilia pilis albidis dense conspcrsa et albidcH 

 ciliata, seuilia glabrata, margincque revoluto deiu minus ciliato. Hacemi axillaves breves pauciflori; rlachk ^o- 

 ribus fructibusque deciduis persistans, \-V longa, tennis aiigulata, insertionibus pecliccUorum protuberantibus; 

 ■ Iradeae minutac, liiieari-obloEgac acutae pilosulae deciduae; pedkelll pateutes teretcs, apicem versus paulo 

 incrassati, 1'" vix longitudine excedcntes, g]al)i-i. Cahjck persistentis /o^^"o/« externa subaequilonga, mucronato- 

 apiculata ovato-oblonga, posticum concavum, puulo latins et longius, anfica plana; interna alaeformia petaloidea 

 albida, nervoso-striata, obovato-oblonga, basi leviter attenuata, acuta, apice mucronulato-apiculata, fnictigera dcin 

 ad.cc.ulcuti-erecta et capsulam vix tegentia, 3l"' longa, %'" lata. Tetala calycis foHolis internis longiora, % m- 

 periora lineari-oblonga acuta, supra cariiiam conuiventia, caque paulo breviora; farma oblouga, a basi ad medium 

 augusta, apice dilatata, 3-loba, lobis lateralibus latis ovatis acutiusculis, margine interiore contiguo coimatis, 

 cuculluni genitalia foventera formantibus; intermedio tertio in cristam araplam, quam lobi laterales lougiorem, 

 multifido-dichotomam mutato. Caj)snla nutans, sat graudis ovato-subrotunda acutiuscula leviter emarginata sub- 

 obliqua, 2-locularis, supra septum parumper sulcata, supra loculos tumidula, glabra, raarginibus crassiusculis an- 

 gustis cincta, in margine minutissime ciliolata et dein loculicide dehiscens, 2-valvis, 2i"' longa, %'" lata. Semina 

 in loculis solitaria pendula, nigrescenti-fusca, pilis minutis albidis conspersa, 2'" fere longa, 1'" crassa, ovifor- 

 mia, apice acuta, caruncnla obtusa pilosula albido-flavescente hippocrepiformi, anticeque appendiculo lineari 

 \ seminis partem longo praedita, postice (externe) 2-cruri et appeudiculis 2 parallelis lineaii-obovatis teuuis- 

 simis membranaceis, antico paulo brevioribus omata; testa crassa Crustacea fragilis; albumen quam cot^ledojies 

 singulae applanatae paulo tenuius, cum iis fiavescens (an semper?}. 



IIab. Ceylonia: *hwaites, n. 7, herb, berol. (speciniina 3, excl. quarto!). 



Oh&erv. Specimen 4*"^ exclusum simile quidem adparet liabitu, folia autem iuxta ramum (caulem?) ultrape- 

 dalcm simplicem, apice dense tomentosum dispersa, elliptica utrinque acuta sunt, 12'" longa, 6'" lata, iuvenilia 

 pilosula, deiu glabrata et in margine revoluto minutissime ciliolata; racemi axillares longiores, 1 — li" longi suc- 

 cessive 10— 12-flori, simul pauciflori; florcs erccti, 6"' longi; carlnae crista magna, evidenter lobus intermedins ca- 

 rinae, multifido-incisa, laciniis dichotomis; fructus desunt. — An species diversa ? an ramus tantum uberior? liabitu 

 magnop(!rc ad scquentem acccdit. 



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,;Pol. ikmifora bl.?" hook, in herb, berol. 



JDia^n. Ilerljji, foliis membranaceis, subtus puberulis, ciliolatis, obovatis, cUipticis, elliptico- aut 

 oblongo-lar.ceolatis; raccmis paucifloris laxis; calycis foliolis internis inaequilateris oblongis acuminatis, 

 quam capsula niulto brevioribus; corollac, hisce longiuris, petalis supcrioribus obovatis maximis^ carina 

 lis breviore, cristata, crista magna membranacea iteratim dichotoma; capsula subrotunda marginata, ca- 

 lycis foliolis intcrioribus mnlto maiore; caruncula 2-appendiculata; albumine crassiusculo. 



Ohserv. Habitu aliquomoJo ad P. densijloram bl. inclinat, sed inflorescentia, floribus et capsulis satis diver- 

 sa; — an P. nmbrosae makt. do. Prodr. I. p. 333, 141; d, dietr. Spwps. IV. p. 895, 50 accedat, — ediagnosi 



vix diversa videtur. 



Dcscrlpf. Ilcrbae teuucs ramosae pubcnilae, erectnc aut adscendenti-erectae; ra?ffi? graciles simplices aut parce ramosi, 

 S — 10" alti, teretes, apice augulati. Folia tenuia membrauacea, elliptica aut obovata, imoque elliptico- aut 

 oblongo-lanceolata acuta, 9"' longa, 5i'" lata, aut 18'" louga, 9'" lata, aut 24'" longa, 10'" lata, breviter pe- 

 tiolata subtus pilis sparsis adpressis adspersa et in margiTic ciliata. Racemi dimidium folium suum vix longi, 

 graciles, pauciflori, petiolo coUaterales, extiaaxillares, flore solitario basali; r/iac/iis tenuis, 4'" longa, erecta, 

 dein 8"' longa patentissima ; bmcieae et bracteolae 2 collateralcs minores, parvao ovatae acutae ciliatae de- 

 ciduae; pedicelli graciles, la — I"' longi patentes, apicem versus crassiores- Calycis persistentis foliola externa 

 minora, subaequaha, oblouga acuminata, in margine albido ciliolata, 1'" longa; interna 2 alaeformia, oblonga 

 acuminata iuaequilatera, margine superiore rectiusculo, infexiore convexo, albescentia, nervo medio viridi, mar- 

 gin! superiori adproximato percursa, minutissime ciliolata, 2"' longa, paulo ultra 1'" lata, dein adscendentia, 

 dimidiam capsulam vix t^eutia, eaque breviora. Corolla calyce fere duplo longior, exserta (roseo-albida?), fere 

 3"' longa, la"' lata; pelala superiora quam carina longiora, basi attenuata, cum ea counata, obovata, supra 

 carinam conuiventia, carinam plane occultautia; carina horizontalis oblonga, subfalcata, margine inferiore con- 

 vexo, 3-loba, lobis lateralibus ovatis acutis, margine intcrioro inter sc cohaercntibus indcquo apicem cncullatum 

 acutum refcrentibus ; intermedio in cristam iteratim dicliotomam, ad basin fere 2-partitam transmutato sat graii- 

 dem,, lobis lateralibus fere longiorem; crista haec basi est membranacea, bifurcatione iterata sensim divisa, ra- 

 mis planis membranaceis, ultimis terctiusculis. Genitalia intra carinam rccepta; sfylus apicem versus dilatatus, 

 incurvatns, Capsula compressa grandi^, quam calycis foliola interna latior, vix his longior, subrotunda, diame- 



