POLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM IXDICAE. 171 



Observ. In wat.p. Anml. ]I. ;,. 80, i diagnosis pauds mutanda est: »iacemo nunc (hand raro) op™- 

 sit>foho, capsula ovata subrotunda, margine yix ciliata, pilis minutissimis incurvis deciduis." - P Ihar^foUa 

 wn.,.D. (DC. Prodr. I. p. 326, 54) vk uisi capsula ciliata differt; - P. braeh^.M^a DC. [I. c. 62) caule dif- 

 fuse, racemis 3-5.floris, capsula ovali ciliata (dc. I. c. p. 332, 138. wall Peperl. \. p. 233 16)- - P 

 UplorMza DC. [I. c. p. 326, 63) caule difiuso, foliis puteccutibus, aUs obtusis, capsulaqua ciliata; J P P^. 

 thanay^onr et aen. [Prodr.,1. p. 37, )29. WA,,r. RepeH. I. p. 233, 14) foliis supcrioribns 3-5-ncrviis, race- 

 mis subcapitatis, capsula ciliata; - P. rosm^rinifoUa wight et akn. [I. e. wa,... I. c. 16) ramis longe vi,^tis, 

 foliis oblongo-lmeanbus, racemis 1-8-floris, dimidium folium baud superautibus, capsula dense ciliata- - P 

 Ileyneana^ wai.,,. (wight et aen. /. .. p. 38, 1 36) ramis procmnbentibus, foHis lineari-oblon^is minute pubescen- 

 tibus, reticulatis, capsula rotunda subaequali, margine pubescente. 



Be^crlpL Herbae erectae strictae, parce ramosae (nee basi), 6" altae; canJh ram^^ue erect o-patentcs basi terelius- 

 cuh apieem versus angulati, puberuli. Folia peiiolo brevissimo fiavescente puberulo safl'ulta; wjima 2 opposita 

 (cotyledones?) oblonga, atrinque rotundata, 3'" louga, 1'" lata; reliqua omnia alterna, sensim e forma oblong 

 111. Imearem et fere obovato-lIueareDi transeuntia, basin versus longiter attenuata, apice obtusa, mucrone luiniito 

 imposito, 6— la'" longa, 1'" lata, nerve medio rigido, subtus promiiiulo, supra uervum sulcata, margine an- 

 gusto revoluto. Flores plcmraque in racemes, prime terminaJes, deiu ramo axillari evoluto oppositifolies dis- 

 positi; r«^^^ nunc sed raiius infra folium eique opposite collecati. erecti, dein erecte- paten tes, postremo pa- 

 tentissnm, 1^-2" longi, 8-12-flori; singuli /ore* adsunt quoque in axillis foliorum, quae infra folium ra- 

 cemiferum obveniunt, solitarii: hinc inde etiam in axilla intra racemum et ramum prime axillarem, dein quasi 

 terminalem, evelutum, ant si mavis ad basin racomi ipsius infimam, iuternam^ flores omnes ante anthesin erecti, 

 in anthesi patentes, post earn cernui, fere 2'" longi; bracteae miuutae, pedicellos sustinentes, oblongae acutae 

 ciliolatae, vix \"' longae; hracteolae breviores et angustiores 2 collatcrales, una cum bractea sua flavcscentcs 

 persisteirtes ; ^(?f^jVe//i teretes, qnam bracteae plus 3-plo longiores, prime erecti, mox cernui, una cum rliachi 

 communi racemi puberuli. Calyds persistentis foliola 3 externa multo minora subaequalia, evato-ohlonga acuta, 

 margme pallido tenuiore, posticum paulo mains et ciliolatum; intertta 2 alaeformia, a basi praesertim in mar- 

 gine superiore obliqua, ovata acuta 5-nervia, inaequilatera, nerve extreme inferiore valde curvato, quam corolla 

 et dein quam capsula maiora, 2'" longa, 1'" lata. :Petala albido-llavesccntia (in siccis), mpcriora 2 basi carinae 

 adnata adsccndcutia et supra cariuam conniventia, obovato-subrotunda, basin versus angustata, a basi venis in- 

 tensius celoratis radiatim percursa, margine superiore supra basin minute cilielata; carhia petalis snpcrioribus 

 paulo maior, basi angustata cum tube staminco et petalis superieribus connata, supra banc semicircularis, a 

 latere utroque compressa, 3-Ioba, lobis 2 lateralibus raagis evolutis ovatis obtusis conuiventibus, tertio inter- 

 medie in cristam stipitatam, fere penicilliformem patentem mutato, lobis teretibus flexuosis, nunc bis bifidis, 

 8 — 10. Filamenta basi cum carina in tubum supenie fissum connata, pallide flavescentia, intra cavitatem ca- 

 linae libera filiformia ilcxuosa; antlierae teriniuales ovato-oblongae, apice leviter 2-valves. Capsula compressa 

 oblique ovato-subrotunda aut fere trapezoidea, 2-locularis, septo transverse angasto, supra septum utrinquc sul- 

 cata, indeque didyma, locule altero superiore paulo altius inserto, viridescenti-albida, glabra, margine angusto 

 fuscescente prominulo cincta et in ipse margine pilis miuutissimis dein inflexis et dcciduis obsita, vix vcrc 

 cilielata, margine dehisccns, loculicida. Semina in leculo quoque solitaria, pcndula, apice caruncula parva semi- 

 lunar! crassiuscula albido-flavescente obtecta, evata compressiuscula nigrescentia, sed pilis albidis densis adprej>- 

 sis sericca, 1'" vix cum caruncula excedentia, | — \"' crassa et lata. 



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IIab. Peninsula Indica anterior, in Concan: stocks. 



32. POLYGALA MACROSTACHYA hassk. 



Herh. hook. Jil. et thoms. ex India orient.^ nomine J°. elongatae heyne. 



Biayn. Caule herbaceo, a b;isi rainoso, ramis teretibus piiV;crulis; foliis bascos minimis obovatis, 

 altioribus lineari-oblongis maximis, supremis magis angustatis atque minoribus lincariljus, omnibus 

 obtusis, acutiusculis, mucronulo imposito; racemis multifloris clongatis, folio suo longioribns ct flori- 

 bus singulis solitariis axillaribus; calycis foliolis intornis oblongis acumiuatis siibfulcatis, capsula or- 

 biculari obliqua longioribus; carina cristata. 



Observ. P. elongata klein e dc. Frodr. I. p. 332, 16, foliis lincaribus ebtusis subciliatis differt (d. dietil. ' 

 Sifuops. IV. p. 894, 28); — P. Ueyneana waix., wight et arn. Trodr. I. p. 38,136; walp B^ert \, p. 233, 

 ramis procumbentibus, foliis obtusis subtus pubescentibus subreticulatis, racemis 5 — 8-floris, calvcis foliolis iu- 

 tcniis ovatis; — T. Potlnana wight et arn. I, c. p. 37, 129; wat.p. I. c. 14 foliis ciliatis. superioribus 

 3 — 5-nerviis, racemis subcapitatis, 4 — 6-ilous, folio 4— 5-ple brevioribus, calycis foliolis internis ovatis acumiua- 

 tis; — P. rosmarinifolm wight et arn. I. c. p. 131; walp. I, c. 16 racemis brcvibus l — S-floris, dimidium 



folium suum non superautibus, caet. 



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