176 POLYGALACEAE, PKAESERTIM INDICAE. 



ncc adscentleiiti-erecto, racemis 7 — 8-floris, calycis foliolis internis ellipticis, capsula ovali; — F. enopiera Dc. 



I. c. 52, e diagiiosi vix- distincta, nisi calycis foliolis internis ellipticis, capsula velutina. 



Descripl. A specie discrepat varictas haecce scquentibus: Hadia: simplex perpendicularis; /i&rda a basi ramosa; rami 

 a liasi plus minusve demissa adscendeuti-erecti, 4 — 12" longi, debiles, uti tola plauta cauesccuti-pubescoutes, 

 Foiia breviter petiolata, basi attenuata, inferiora oblongo-linearia aut lineari-lanceolata, acutiuscula, 5 — 7'" longa, 

 \—lV" lata, margine angustissime revoluta, utrinque pilis adpressis dense canescentia, subtus minus adpressis 

 hirsutiuscula, versus apicem ramormn multo angustiora, 6 — 5'" longa, | — }'" lata. Flares ad apicem ramorum 

 solitarii aut ad basin in racemulos breves 3-floros collecti, infeme 5-floros longiores, nunc oppositifolios. Ca~ 

 lyck omnes partes longius pilosae et ciliatae; foliola interna fructura obteg«ntia albida. 



Hab. Concau: stocks in herb, hooker ^^. et Thomson. 



29. POLYGALA KIIASIANA hassk. 



Dia(/u. llerba parvn, basi raniosa, ramis dcbilibus erectis; foliis glabris, margine subrevolutis, 

 infimis parvis obovatis, aut ovatis obtusis aut acutiusculis, pbirimis oblongis aut ad apicem obloufyo- 

 lanceolatis acutis; racemis parvis oppositifoliis paucifloris; bracteis minutis deciduis; calycis foliolis 

 internis ovato-oblougis acutis, capsula alata ciliata dinaidio(?) longioribus; carina cristata. 



Ohserv. Valde affinis nostra prime adspectu et habitu P. eleganti wall., quae autem differt: foliis angnstio- 

 ribus, plerumque acuminatis, racemis terminalibus longioribus multifloris, calycis foliolis internis obovato-oblongis 

 maiuribus, crista maiore, 



Bescript, Herbae sufl'ruticosao, parvae, basi ramosae, altitudine 4" vix excedentes, erectae, dense foliosae; rami 

 erecti aut adscendenti-erecti, tenues graciles teretes, minute puberuli. Folia breviter petiolata, inferiora semper 

 minora parva obovata obtusa, 2—3'" longa, 1'" lata, basi acuta; mperiora ovata acuminata, iisdem dimensio- 

 uibus, plerumque autem oblonga acuta 6—11'" longa, 3'" lata, omnia glabra lucidula, margine subrevoluto, 

 nervo medio et lateralibus iuxta marginem arcuatim confluentibus et nervum marginalem fere fingentibus, imo 

 cum reticulatione primorum ramorum (siccando?) promiimlis. Eacemi oppositifolii, breves, dimidium folium 

 suum vix longi, 2 — 6'" longi, erccto-patcntes, pauciflori, sensim usque 6-flori; rhachis ad pedicellorum in- 

 sertiones leviter incrassata, snbgeniculata, puberula, persistens, nuda; bracteae minutae ovatae, puberulae, dcci- 

 duae; pedicelli primo breves, dein fructigeri panic longiores, vix 1'" excedentes erecti recti puberuli j/tj^e* parvi, 

 vix 1'" longiores. Calycis persistentis foliola 3 externa viridia, puberula, erecto-patentia, dein fructigera paten- 

 tia subaequiilia, oblonga, erecta, concava, margine tenuiore albescentia; posticum -| fere longius; antica huic 

 opposita; interiora 2 alaeformia jjetaloidea albida, primo obovato- oblonga, petalis maiora eaque occultantia, 1\"' 

 longa, I'" lata, glabra, nervis 3 viridiusculis reticulatis percursa. Peiala 2 mperiora oblonga obtusa, basi ca- 

 riiiae adnata et ciliolata, dein supra carinam conniventfa, ipsaque breviora; carina basi angustata, obovato-oblonga^ 

 3-loba, lobis 2 lateralibus ovatis, apice latis truncatis, ciliolatis, conniventibus, margine interiorc connatis ?n 

 cucullum, genitalia foventem; tertio intermedio in cristam mufato, basi membrauaceani, flabellfformem breviter 

 stipitatam, dicliotome incisam, ramis ultimis filiformibus brevibus. Geniialia inclusa; filamenta apice libera fili- 

 formia; antherae ovatae acutac, pilis singulis patentibus puberulae; germen subrotundum, apice emarginatum, 

 glabrum compressum 2-locuJare; stylus basi erectus, supra basin declinatus, apicem versus in stigma dilatatus 

 et incurvatus. Capsula biscutelliformis, compressa, 2-locularis, transverse lata, suborbicularis, biloba, lobis ro- 

 tundatis, sat late alata, 2'" lata, W" alta, glabra, ciliata, 2-sperma, margine deiu loculicide dehiscens. Semina 

 nondum matura. 



Hab. Khasia, regie temp. 4—6000 ped. alt.: hooker//, et Thomson. 



30. POLYGALA ELEGANS wall. 



Cf. WAi,P. Repert. I. p. 234, 24; d. dietr. Synops. IV. p. 895, 42, sed in eorum diagnosi racemi elongati 



et calycis foliola interna ovato-oblonga statuuntur. 



Descripi. Fruticulus humilis; truncus subterraneus crassiuscuks, 1" alius, erectus, ramosus; rami plurimi, nunc 

 erecti, nunc e basi procumbente adsceudentes, 2—3" longi, graciles tenues teretes virides puberuli, plerum- 

 que simpliccs, nunc basi ramosi, apicem versus racemiferi. Folia breviter petiolata, injima minima subrotuuda 

 aut obovato-rotundata, basin versus attenuata, diamctro 1—2'"; alliora mox maiora ovato-oblonga aut oblonga 

 acuta, 4—5"' longa, 2"' lata; plnrima autem oblongo-lanceolata, nunc anguste lanceolata, basi obtusa, apice 

 acute attenuata imoque acuminata, 5-7'" longa, 1§-1"' lata, margine revoluto et nervo medio subtus pro- 

 minulo, nunc subtus margineque minute puberula, nunc glabrata, imoque subkcida, Racemi terminales, Line 

 mde ramo axillan excrescente oppositifolii, i~\i" longi, pauci- 10-flori, nunc>... axiUares solitarii, sat magni 



