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sime longiore, coneavo-galeata, apice nune 3-loba, nune dorso crista lobata aucta; superiora 
v. 0 v. si adsint, minuta, squamsformia. Stamina 8, in vaginam supra fissam dorso basi 
petalis adnatam alte coalita; antherw l- v. 2-loculares, foramine transverso v. rarius intror- 
sum obliquo v. sub-2-valvi. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus apice incurvus et dilatatus, sub- 
integer v. varie et heteromorphe 2—4-lobos, interlobos sepius stigmatosus. Capsula mem- 
branacéa v. rarius coriacea, compressa, obovata, ovalis, v. orbiculata, emarginata v. didyma, 
ad margines loculicide dehiscens. Semina pendula, pilosa v. glabra, sepissime strophiolata ; 
albumine copioso, parco, v. rarius 0.—Hrerb:e suffrutices v. frutices. Folia alterna v. rarius 
opposita v. verticillata. Racemi v. spiese terminales laterales v. alares, rarius axillares, 
nunc in capitula contracti, rarius paniculati. Flores nunc speciosi, nune minimi, colore 
vario. N 
Species fere 200, in regionibus temperatis calidioribusque totius fere orbis erescentes, in Australia 
tamen nonnisi inter tropicos obvie et ibidem perpauez. DC. Prod. i. 321. JValp. Rep.i. 231; 
ii. 768; v. 63: 4na.i. 73; ii. 79; iv. 237. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 80.  Deless. Io. Sel. iii, t. 
15ad 18. A. Gray, Gen. 101. 1. 183, 184. .H. B.et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. t. 606 ad 512. St. 
Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. t. 88 ad 89. Wight, Ic. t. 67, 946. — Reichb, Ic. Fl. Germ. xviii. t. 1346 ad 1351. 
Sectiones 8 proposuit Candollius, quz tamen omnes recensendze. Inter illas speeies paucze Claze- 
buzi distinguuntur cotyledonibus crassis albumine parco cireumdatis. In P.arillata, Wall., P. vene- 
nata, Bl., affinibusque nonnullis (Baprgma, Zassk. Hori. Bogor. 227, non. DC.; PuxrAcE, Nor., teste 
-Hassk. l.c.  Walp. Rep. v. 64) albumen plane deest, et cotyledones crasso-carnose hemisphzrics 
.semen globosum implent. 
Genera IsoroPnHus, TgicHOLÓoPHUS, e PsvcuANTHUS, à Spachio, Sui£. Buff. xi. 112 ef seq. pro- 
posita, et sectiones CnmamuxBuxus, SENEGA, et BnacuyrRoPIs, JDC., ab illo pro generibus propriis 
vindieatz, inter sectiones Polygale distribuenda. 
3. Badiera, DC. Prod. i. 334.—Sepala insqualia, herbacea, 2 interiora majora. Petala 
9 basicoalita, 2 exterioribus erecto-conniventibus et imbricatis, carinam concavo-galeatam 
Subintegram ecristatam :equantibus; superiorunr rudimenta 0. Stamina 8, in vaginam 
supra fissam dorso basi petalis adnatam alte coalita; antherm 9-loculares, foramine intror- 
sum obliquo. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus apice incurvus, emarginato-stigmatosus.  Cap- 
sula obcordata v. orbiculata, emarginata, 2-locularis v. abortu l-locularis, margine loculi- 
eide dehiscens. Semina pendula, glabra, strophiolata, albuminosa.—Suflrutices, — Folia 
.alterna, sempervirentia. Racemi axillares, abbreviati, corymbosi v. fasciculiformes. Flores 
parvi, 
Species 2, in insulis Indiz oecidentalis crescentes. DC. Prod. i. 384. Griseb. FI. Brit. W. Ind. 29. 
JDeless. Ic. Sel. iii. 1. 21. Genus a Polygala parum differt sepalis minus inzequalibus, petalis exteri- 
oribus magis evolutis. Anthere a Grisebachio descriptee oceurrunt etiam in Poljgalis pluribus. 
Jadiere Asiaticze Hasskarlii ad Polygalas exalbuminosas pertinent. 
4. Muraltia, Neck. ex DC. Prod. i. 835.—8Sepala glumacea, fere squalia, 2 interiora 
paullo majora. Petala 3 in corollam gamopetalam supra fissam coalita, carina lateralibus 
scepissime longiore, concavo-galeata, apice integra, dorso lobis 2 erectis complicatis peta- 
loideis eristata; superiorum rudimenta (an semper?) 0. Stamina 8, in vaginam supra fis- 
sam alte coalita; antherse l-loculares, foramine introrsum valde obliquo, nunc fere ad basin 
attingente. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus apice incurvus, truncato-2-lobus. ^ Capsula mem- 
branacea, compressa, apice 4-cornis v. 4-gibba, rarius truncata, margine loculicide dehiscens. 
Semina strophiolata, albuminosa.—Fruticuli v. suffrutices ramosissimi. Folia sparsa v. 
fascieulata, parva, rigida, sepe acicularia, Flores parvi, axillares, subsessiles, solitarii. 
Species ad 50, in Africa australi crescentes. Harv. e? Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 95. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 
363, 424 (Polygala). Pact. Mag. Bot. iv. 149 cum ic. 
: 5. Mtundtia, KuntA, Nov. Gen. et. Sp. v. 392 in adnot. (Nylandtia, Dumort. Comm. Bot. 
31).—Sepala insqualia, 2 interiora maxima, petaloidea, aleformia. Petala 3 ima basi in 
corolam gamopetalam supra fissam coalita, exterioribus erecto-conniventibus carinam con- 
cavo-galeatam cristatam v. late 3-lobam :equantibus; superiorum rudimenta 0. Stamina 
8,in vaginam supra fissam alte coalita; antherz (l-loculares?) foramine parum obliquo. 
