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POLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM INDICAE. 



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Lescript. Ikrhae liumiles, vix 6" altitudinc excedentcs, a basi ramosae erectae; rami nunc crecti, nunc a basi pa- 

 tentissima ditiusa adscendeutes, cauesccnti-puberuli, teretes, dense foliati. Folia forma ct magnitudinc valdc di- 

 vcrsa; mfma minima obovata, basi cuueato-attenuata, 2 — 5'" longa, \ — \"' lata; altiora lineari-oblonga aut 

 oblongo-llnearia, ima basi tantnm attenuata 1^ — 2" longa, 2 — 1|"' lata; 5Mw?mc doin anguste linearia, 10 — 12'" 

 longa, -f-'" lata; omnia breviter petiolata, glabra, obtusa aut obtusiuscula, mucronulo brevi autem imposito acu- 

 tiuscula. Flores 2'" longi, nunc axillares aut oppositifolii solitarii, nunc in racemes elongates, folio suo lon- 

 giores, 2" longos, flexuosos dispositi, plurimi; rhachis et pedicelli minute canes centi-puberuli, posteriores primo 

 erecti, 1'" fere longi, post anthesin cerniii; hradeae ovatae acuminatae minutae et hracteolae 2 collateralcs li- 

 neares subulatae, iis dimidio fere mineres persistentes, mox emarcidae flavescentes, puberulae. Caltjch persistcn- 

 iia Jblioia 3 exteriora multo minora^ posticum ovatum acutum mains, antica 2 ovato-oblenga ; interna 2 alae- 

 formia subfalcata, oblonga acuminata, 2'" longa, paulo ultra 1'" lata, margine superiore recto, inferiere valde 

 convexe, nervis 3 percursa, accedente in inferiore latere 4*° incomplete, supra medium cum laterali suo anasto- 

 mosaute, capsulam dein obtegentia eaque multo longiora. Vetala 2 superiora marginem superiorem carinae ob- 

 tegentia, eaque tertiam partem breviora, obovata, basi attenuata, carinae adnata, ibique in margine superiore 

 ciliolata, 1'" longa, j.'" lata; carina e basi recta semiorbicularis, margine superiore recto, inferiere valde cur- 

 vate, 1^'" longa, 1'" lata, 3-leba, lebis lateralibus conniventibus et margine inferiere inter se counatis, cucul- 

 lum formautibus, ovato-subrotundis; S*'*^ intermedio in cristam mutato stipitatam multifidam fastigiatam, i'" Ion- 

 gam, lobis lateralibus longiorem. Genitalia uti in P. ehngata heyse. Capmla (uondum plane evoluta) orbicu- 

 laris obliqua, apice emarginata, margine robusliore inteusius coloraio cincta, glabra nee ciliata, diametro 1'". 



Hab. Peninsula Indica anterior: hooker^/, et Thomson. 



23. POLYGALA EUMEKES * hassk. 



Tn TIcrh. Lvgd. Bat. ex herl. roth. Ind. or, no?mne P. elongatae heyne. — Eamus basi curvatus adscen- 

 dens, 7" longus, minus dense foUatus; folia intermedia maxima, omnia plus minusve oblengo-linearia, 7 — 16'" longa, 

 1— 15'" lata; racemus oppositifolius 3§" longus, strictus; reliqua omnia cum antecedente conveniunt ; calycis foliola 

 interna quam capsula fere duplo longiora, acuta, nee acuminata. 



In Herb. {reg. berol) heynei, [n. 4168 wall. Cat. tanquam I*, elowjaia heyne) ramus tantum unicus 

 prostat 8" longus, strictus, pubcrulus; folia obfert oblongo-linearia aut linearia, li— 2" longa, 1 — W" lata; ra- 

 cemi oppositifolii aut supraaxillares, 3 — 6" longi; calycis foliola interiora vix acuta mucronulo minute imposito 

 (nee acuminata). Plores et fructus in capsula chartacea adiacentes autem a diversis plautis carpti videutur; adsunt 

 enim calycis foliola interna acuta et acuminata, capsulae orbiculares et ovatae, seminaque ovata sericea. 



Hab. Peninsula Indica anterior: heyne. 



- 24. POLYGALA ELONGATA klein. 



wiGUT et ARN. Prodr, 1. p. 38, 134. d. dietr. Si/nops. IV. p. 894, 28; do. Prodr. I. p. 337, 136; 

 wiLLD, Spec. Plant. III. p. 879 (anno 1800—1805 edit.), — nee P. elongata presi,. dietr. I c. p. 893, 11 (1826) 

 quam steudbtjds P. Preslii salutavit. — Diagnosis wiciit ct arn. plane quadrat, folia autem saepe obovato- 

 linearia reperiuntur. 



Descript. Caulis . . . . ; rami erecti teretes puberuli ; folia oblonga linearia, subobovata, basi in petiolum brevem atte- 

 nuata, apice obtusa, mucronulo parvo coronata, 15—10'" longa, 1—2'" lata, margine subciliata, augustc sub- 

 reveluta, erecta. Bacemi oppositifolii patentes, 2—4" longi. sensim evoluti ; >m singuli solitarii nunc axillares; 

 rhacMs teres tenuis puberula, iiifra bracteamm insertiones leviter sulcata: bradeae ovatae acutae cum hrac- 

 teolis 2 linearibus coUateralibus minutissimae, persistentes, ciliolatae, flavescentes, membranaceae; j3^(?z(?e^A" brac- 

 teis 4— 5-plo longiores, teretes, apicem versus iucrassati et angulati, erecti, 1'" longi, dein fructiferi supi-a 

 basin curvati patentes ;>m 3"' longi, 2'" lati, mox decidui et ihachis inde ionge nuda. Calj/cis persistentis 

 foliola 3 externa minora, viridia, margine albido ciliolato, ovato-oblonga acuta mucronulata, antica 2 paulo 

 minora et angustiora; interna 2 alaeformia albescentia, e basi angustiore brevi subobliqua, oblonga, mucronata 

 acuta, 5-nervia, nervis viridlbus, exteruis 2 intra-marginalibus, supra medium cum intermediis et hisce infra 

 apicem cum ccntrali anastomosantibus, 2'" longa, 1'" lata. Petala 2 superiora obovato -oblonga, basi horizon- 

 taha, supra basin adscendenti-erecta, margine superiore supra basin ciliolata, l'"' longa, 1'" fere lata, supra 

 carinam conniventia; carina a latere utroque comprcssa, 2i"' longa, ll'" lata, e basi horizontali adscendenti- 



* t^i^r^mq = longissimus, valde longus- 



