178 POLYGALACEAE, PRAESERTIM INDICAE. 



turn, 7—8" altum, puberulum teretem, apicem versus aiigulatum, sipiplicem, floribus s. fructibus nullis oruatum, 

 Pol'ia glabra aiignsta obovato-oblonga, basi in petiolum brevem cuueato-atteuuata, apice obtusa aut retusa, mucro- 

 ■ nulo bievi impo,-:ito, margiiie minute ciliolato s^^brevoluto, 8 — 12'" longa, 1^—2"' lata. 



IIau. Sc/ief/ulia: LEnuEUR. Arabia felix, in rupihus prope Faribe: sciiiMrEU (ex parte, cf. seq. spe- 

 ciem et P. triHorae var. angastifoUam). 



33. POLYGALA SCHIMPERI hassk. 



Diar/n. Herhn erecta cancsccuti-touicntosa; foliis infcrloribus parvis obovatis aut oblougis, plu- 

 rimis angustc obovato-obbngis obtusis; floribus axillaribus solitariis ceniuis; calycis foliolis internis 

 menibriui.'iceis alaeformil)us obovato-oblongis puberulis ciliatisi dein capsula paulo longioribus- pctalis 

 superioribiis parvis ; carina pctalis diiplo longiore, cristata, crista parva; capsula ovato-obloiiga sub- 

 bilobo-omarginati pubeni cilintaj scminibiis villoso-sericeis ; caruncula pilosula. 



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Observ. Ilabitu aliquomodo accedit ad P. iincioriam^ quae autem foliis plevunique latioribus acutis et racemo 



oppositifolio diilert. 



Descript. Herba erecta, tota canescenti-tomentosa, 1 ^' alta, bine inde supra medium ramo uno alterove brevi prae- 

 dita. Folia breviter petiolata, injtna parva, oblonga aut obovata obtusa, 4 — 5'" longa, 1 — If" lata; alttora 

 oblonga aut plerumque auguste obovato-oblonga, 9 — 12'" longa, I5 — 2'" lata, obtusa, vix nunc acutiuscula, 

 basin versus paulo attenuata. Flores axillares solitarii breviter pedicellati cernui, 1^'" longi, L"' \2.\x\ pedicelli 

 tenuissimi, primo erecti, dein curvati, pilosi, birsutuli. Calycu persistentis foliola exkriora subaequalia vi- 

 ridia hirsutula, margiue albida, longiter ciliata; posticum uvatuni acutum, 1'" vix longum, complicato-concavum, 

 antica 2 oblouga acuta plana, inter se parallela, paulo breviora; mteriora 2 alaeformia petaloidea membranacea 

 obovato-oblonga acutiuscula, basi breviter stipitata, subinaequilatera, 3-nervia, nervo medio viridi crassiusculo, 

 reticulataj dorso pilis minutissimis adpressis pubera, margine ciliata, 1^'" longa, ^"' lata, dein fructifera ovali- 

 oblouga obtusa, basi leviter inaequali attenuata, caeterum vix inaequilatera, quam capsula paulo longiora, uervo 

 medio crassiore viridi, caeterum albida. Petala 2 mperlora quam carina dimidio breviora obovato-oblonga ob- 

 tusa, basi carinae adnata, supra carinam conuiventia et margine superiore inflexa indeque concava, albida gla- 

 bra; carina petalis dupio longior, basi ad medium angusta, dein subito dilatata et medium versus attenuata 

 acuta subfalcata, 1'" longitudine paulo excedens, ^"' vix latior, margine inferiore convexo curvato, superiore 

 fere recto, 3-loba, lobis 2 lateralibus magnis ovatis acutis conniventibus, margine interiore conuatis in cu- 

 cullum pro ratione floris magnum genitalia foventera; interuiedio tertio parTO, lateralibus \ circiter minore, in 

 cristam minutam breviter stipitatam baud multifidam parce ramosam mutato. Capmla membranacea^ ovato- 

 oblonga subobliqua, apice profunde emarginata, 2-loba, lobis rotundato obtusis, 2'" longa, 1-^'" lata, viridius- 

 cula, minute pubcrula et margine albido- ciliata, 2-locularis, 2-sperma, supra septum sulcata, in margine bival- 

 vatim dehiscens. Semina in loculis solitaria puiidula crassiuscula fusca, pilis deorsum spectantibus adpressis 

 supra basin seminis proininulis fusco-albidis villoso-sericea, cum caruncula mitraeformi pilosa, albida, lucidula, 

 IJ'" longa, ^"' lata, ovata, apice acuta, exappendiculata. 



Hab. Arabia felix, in rupibus prope Faribe, m.'Scpt.: schimper, 11. 7S2 (partim). 



14. POLYGALA PERSICARIAEFOLIA do. 



DC. Prodr. I. p. 326, 64-; g. don H'lcM. PL L p. 354, 89; d. dietr. Si/nop§. IV. p. 894, 32. — decan- 

 DO[,i.Eus folia oblonga utriuque acuminata summo iure dicit, dum reliqui auctores laud, folia lanceolata obtusa 

 liabent. — P, Buchanani d. don Prodr. Nepal, p. 199, 2, quam ipse auctor Oandolleanae speciei sjnonymam lia- 

 bet, diff'ert racemis paucifloris, folio brevioribus, quod cum specimine herb. hook. //. et thoms. e Simla, lud, 

 or., reg. subtrop. 4000' alt. lecto satis congruit. — P. tufa spanogh. (wat.p, Peperl. I. p. 234, ^2; hassk. 

 Plant. lungL I. p. J 25, 2; miquet, Flor. Ind. bat. I. %. p. 125, 2) baud diversa habenda, uti e speciminibus 

 authenticis abunde patet. 



Descriptioni mat^^'m Plant. lungh. L c. oMsm^QquQiiii^ secundum specimina herh..lmigh. (in herb. acad. Lugd. Bat.). 

 Plantae plerumque 1— l^' altae, basi saepe aphjllae. Folia obi ongo -lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, 15—18'" 

 longa, 2— .'J'" lata; racemi iuveniles vix 1" exccdeutes, dein seusim ad 3" longitudinem excresccutes et oc- 

 flori; rkachh recta apice parumpcr adsccndenti-curvata, teres, puberula, fructibusque deciduis bracteis ^et brae- 

 teolis persistentibus patentibus munita; bracieae e basi latiore subulato-acuminatae f longae; bradcolae 2 col- 

 laterales line^res subulatae, bracteam dimi'diam longae; pedlcelU prime sub alabastro breves erecti, mox iiatentcs 

 et sub anthesi cernui, semicirculum fere describentes, teniies, versus apicem incrassati, 2'" fere longi. Calycis 

 persistentis >//c./a 2 hiicrna alaeformia petaloidea albida, l-'"' longa, 1'" latiora, subrotundo-obovata, petala 



