174 POLYGALACEAE, PKAESERTIM INDICAE. 



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T" loii'^ 1"' lata; svpcriora sensim aiigiistiora, plurima liiiearia acuta, basi atteiiuata, cauli plerumque adpressa 

 ant pnJIcIa, rarius patentia, 7—1'" loiiga, | — J'" lata; 5?/Mffi« angustiora fere filiformia, 4—3'" longa, i'" lata; 

 in robustioribus speciiniuibus plei-umque omnia decidua. Flores congesti iii racemos termiBales, prirao deiisissimos 

 atque vix 1" longos conicos, dein sensim elongates, apice bracteis exsertis flexuosis comoso-munitos, albidi, 

 parvi; Irncteae oblongo-lanceolatae subulatoacuminatae, alabastra longiter excedentes et apice flexuosae, 1'" fere 

 loDgae, deciduae; jD^i/zV^/// primo erccti brevissimi, mox paiilo loiigiores tenerrimi curvati, indeque' flores cer- 

 nui. Calyck persistentis /o/io/a externa 3 valde inaequalia uninervia, margiue teuuiore cincta, acuta, posticura 

 anticis 3-plo mains obovato-obloiigum, ^"' longum, concavum, antica minima oblonga; interna 2 alaeformia pe- 

 taloidca, obovato-obloriga obtusa, basin versus attenuata, 3-nervia, J-"' longa, pellucida, fructigera dein \ lon- 

 giora, IJ"' longa. Corolla calyce paulo bievior; petala % superiora albida, oblongo-obovata, obtusa, supra cari- 

 nam conniveutia, carina aequilonga; carina oblonga horizontalis, apice 3-loba, lobis lateralibus ovato-oblongis 

 acutis, margine interiore conniventibus, in cuculliim connatis, genitalia foventem; intermedio tertio in cristam 

 brevem mutato, rccliiiafam inultifidam, lobis lateralibus breviorem. Capmla quam calycis foliola interna \ bre- 

 vier, diametro 1'", subiotundo-ovata leviter marginata, glabra, a latere utroque comprossa argute marginata eci- 

 liata, 2-locularis, 2-sperma, Semlna oblonga teretia, ciunamomea, apice caruncula pavva albida laevi obtecta, 

 albido-sericea. 

 SpeciiiioLi Khasianum omnibus partibus adparet robustius, 21" altum, a basi ramosum, cacteruraqiTc simplex, apice 

 tautum fastigiato-dichotome ramosum; rami (caules) crassiores subalato-angulati, ad basin crassitie fere pennae 

 anserinae; folia fere omnia deficientia, decidua; ad ramificationes summas unum alterumve lineare exstat; ra- 

 cemi dein clongati, basi floribus fructibusque deciduis denudati cicatrisati, 1^ — ^J" longi, erecti stricti; jlores 

 paulo minores, 



IIab. Khasia/m reg. trop. 1 — 4000 ped. alt: hooker//, et •ywo^i^oth \ Nepalia, in sylva Turrayana : 

 WALL. n. 4188 a. 



27. POLYGALA GERARDIANA wall. 



Dktfjn. Herba bnsi suffrutlcosa raniosa cacspltosa, ramis ercctis subsimplicibus pubcmlis; fo- 

 liis linearibus acutis; racemis terraiiialibus oo-fioris, sensim elongatis; bracteis deciduis ; calycis foliolis 

 intcmis alaeformibus oblon go-oval ibus obtusis mcmbranaceis glabris, quam capsula obcordata margi- 

 nata ciliata paulo Lmgioribus; carina ampla cristata. 



Observ, P. Hnariaefolia rom. (nee willd.) dc. Prodr. I. p. 333, 160 valde huic accedit, sed floribus subim- 

 berbibus, racemis ovatis foliisque snmmis verticillato-congestis sufficienter diversa. — P. leptalea dc. (cf. spec, antec.) 

 habitu similis, sed racemis axillaribus, floribus pendulis, alis oblongis distincta, 



Bescript. Caulis lignosus, crassiusculus, subterraneus, 1' vix altns, caespitoso-ramosus; rami (plurimi abscissi seu 

 depasti) caespitosi erecti strictiusculi ant subflexuosi, florentes 1' alti, aut paulo ultra, pilis minutis albidis 

 pubemli, dein glabrati, teretes, apicem versus snbangulati, simplices aut hinc inde summo apice ramulo uno 

 alterove pracditi, glances centes, foliosi. Folia altcrua, /j^/!/(?/o brevissimo nunc albescente pilosulo sufi'ulta, injima 

 oblougo- aut obovato-liuearia obtusa, reliquis minora; plurima linearia acuta, 4 — 9'" longa, \ — I'" lata, erecta 

 aut erecto-i)atentia, seniora inferiora nunc patentia aut patentissiina. Racemi terminales erecti sensim multillorij 

 elongati 2 — 6" longi, apice dense imbricatim congesti; fores sat magni, albido-rubclli, erecti, dein patentes 

 nee cerrnii aut reflexi; rkachis tenuis gracilis, vix hinc inde pilis raris albidis conspersa, angulata, ad pedicel- 

 lorum insertiones protuberantias praebens; hracteae cum braeteolis dimidio brevioribus et angustioribus parvae 

 membranaceae, nervo medio viridi percursae, lineares subulatae deciduae, |"' longae; pedlcelli erecti, braelcas 

 dimidio excedentes, teretes recti, dein apice vix crassiore paulo curvati. Calycis persistentis foliola 3 exteriora 

 parva subaequalia oblonga acutiuscula viridia, margine albido, posticum paulo longius et latins, 1'" longum; 

 interiora 2 maxima alaeformia petaloidea albida, quam corolla et dein quam. capsula paulo longiora obovato- 

 ovalia, apice rotundata, basi parum atteniiata, 3-nervia, nervis viridibus anastomosautibus reticulatis, 2'" longa, 

 1^'" lata, sub anthesi patentissima, ante et post anthesin conniveutia corollam aut capsulam obtegentia. Petala 

 2 superiora basi cariuae adnata eaque dimidiam aut tertiam partem breviora, adscondentia, supra basin hori- 

 zontaliter supra carinam expansa, obovato-oblonga, rosea, radiatim uervoso-striata ; carina e basi augusta ad 

 marginem superiorcm cilioluta, subito dilatata, obovato-cuueata (a latere visa) 2'" longa, 1'" lata, triloba, lobis 

 lateralibus purpureo-roseis ovatis acutis conniventibus, in cucullum genitalia foventem connatis; tertio inter- 

 medio in cristam breviter stipitatam multiadam fastigiutam transinutato, lobis lateralibus acquilongam. Cupstda 

 compressa obcordata, margine alata, ala ^"' lata, apice emargiuata, basin versus vix attenuata, acuta, l\"' longa 

 1'" lata, glabra, 2-locularis, supra septum leviter sulcata, in margine 2-valvis, 2-sperma. Semina in locnlo 

 quoque solitaria, pendula (nondum matura) oblongo-ovata, villoso-sericea caruncula sat magna flavescens, hip- 



