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t7/ledomhus apphcatis acquicrassum. ^ 



Hab. Ceylonia: hooker, in herb, berol. n. 1609 et n. 1382. 



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18. POLYGALA HYPOGLAUCA 



HASSK, 



i>^«y«._Frut,culosa, dichotome ramosa, adscendcnti-crecta. ramis pubenilis, foliis inforioribus ob- 

 ovatisobtusis, supenoribus obovato-oblongis s. oblongis acutiusculis s. acutis, subtus .^kucis, glabris- 

 raccmis oppositifohis, folio sue dimidio longioribus, pauciflons; bracteis persistcntibus ; calycis foliolis 

 mternis oblongis acutissimis, quam capsula ' longioribus, carina cristata. 



_ OUcTV T. VaUiana dc. Prodr, I. p, 326, 61, difiert foliis viUosis, caljcis folloli. iulerui. capsula viv lou- 

 gionbus; (of. pietk. S„s. 1Y. p. 895, 35); ex wight et aex. P..^.. I. ^. 36, 128 distincta est: foliis utrinnue 

 vlllosis, caule procumbente, raccmis brovi..imIs„ caljcis foliolis interuis villosis, capsula villosa immar^inata vix 

 longionbns. - speexcei. S^sL 7eg, 111. p. 167, 50, banc cum P. arvemi u coniunxit. 



Descnpt Fruikulu, ramosus, basi procumbens, mox adsceiidenti-ercctus, 9-12" altu., iteratim dichotome ramo- 

 sus; rami teretes, tenues, puberuli, apicem versus densius tomciitelU. Folia inferiora ramorum obovata basi 

 acuta, apice lata, rotundata, 3-6'" longa, 2-3^'" lata; mperma obovato-oblonga acutiuscula, basi attenuafa 

 7—9'" longa, 1^—25"' lata; sutnma oblouga acuta, basi acuta aut rotundata, 9'" longa, 2'" lata; omnia bre- 

 vity petiolata, glabra, subtus glaucesceiitia. Racemi oppositifoHi aut latcrales, quam folium suum j lougio- 

 res, graciles, erecti aut erecto-patcntes, pauci-, sensim usque 6-8-flori, 6—14'" lougi; r/mchk tenuissima, 

 pnmo angulata, puberula, deiu tcretiuscula glabrata, bracteis persistentibus omata; hracieae et hracteolae 2 

 collaterales paulo miuores et angustiores, minutae, patentes, pcrsistcntes, ovatac acutae ; ^je^/c^/// puberuli, quam 

 rJiachis paulo crassiores, erecto- patentes, apicem versus incra.^sati, 2'" longi. Cal^ck persistcutis foUola externa 

 3 minora subaequalia, oblonga acuminata, in margine albido-ciliolata, caeterum glabri uscula, posticum paulo 

 longius, concavum; interiora % alaeformia, viridi-flavescentia, intus albescentia, oblonga, acutissima, mucronulata, 

 5-iiervia, subinaequilatera, in margine minutissime ciliolata, fructifera dein quam capsula \ longiora, 3'" longa, 

 recta. Petala 2 siiperiora basi carinae adnata, mox libera eique parallele adpressa, margine superiore carinae fis- 

 suram obtegentia, obovato-oblonga, apice subfalcato-adscendeutia, quam calycis foliola interna vix breviora; ca- 

 rina a basi attenuata sensim apicem versus dilatata, obovato-cuneata, apice triloba, lobis 2 lateralibus ovatis 

 acutiuscuhs conniventibus et margine interiore inter se connatis, cuCuIlum genitalia foventem formantibus; ter- - 

 * tio intermedio lateralibus aequilongo, in cristam amplam stipitatam multifidam mutato. Stamina basi in tubum 

 cum carina comis^A ; Jilamenta teuuia adscendentia filiformia, longe libera; antherae terminales oblongae flaves- 

 centes 2-loculares apice biporosae. Germen foliolis calycis externis aequilongum, maiginatuin, dense albido-cilia- 

 tum, 2-loculare, stifhts filiformis, apicem versus dilatatus incurvus. Capsula quam calycis foliola interna paulo 

 brevior, subrotuuda leviter emarginata glabra lucidula, anguste marginata et in margine ciliolata, supra septum 

 sulcata, supra loculos tumidula (immatura). 



Hab. Ceylonia: tiiwaites, n. 1081 sp. mains, in herb, berol. 



19. POLYGALA THWAITESIl hassk. 



Biagn. Caule ranioso pubcriilo adsccndenti-crccto; foliis brevitor pctiolatis pubcrulis ciliatis, iiifi- 

 mis obovatis, altioribus oblongis, plurimis oblongo-Ianceolatis aut lineari-lanocolntis acnminatis, basi 

 obtusis aut acutiuscuhs; racemis axillaribus, foho sue brcvioribus, pauci- ct grandifloris; calycis fo- 

 liolis internis inaeqnilateris oblongis acutis, margine superiore rcctiusculo; carina pctalis supcrioribus 

 breviore; crista maxima plumosa; capsula? 



Olserv. V. RolUana wight et arn. Prodr. I. p. 37, J 29 (walp, BepcH. I p. 233, 14'"'*) diffcrt foliis gla- 

 bris, nunc linearibus obtusis, 3 — 5-nerviis, racemis capitatis, foho suo 4 — 5-plo brevioribus; — P. iranqueharica 

 MART., DC. Prodr. I. p. 332, 138 foliis linearibus, racemis lateralibus, e diagnosi wight et arm, Prodr. I. p. 37, 

 130 autem (d. dietr. Spiops. IV. p, 894, 24) vix diversa babenda, nisi fohis hand acuminatis, raccmis oppo- 

 sitifoliis, calycis foholis iuternis ovatis; ^hiqViQ P^hrachpiacli^a qc. {nee Bit.l) syuonyma statuitur, quae pai-iter foUis 

 linearibus difl'ert, of. dc. Prodr, I. p. 326, 62; — P. ciliata l. quacum thwaites forsan banc confudit (cf. spreng. 



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