248 01. XVII. Diadelphia. 



2) Folygala siBiRicA. Linn. 

 P. multicaulis perennis, foliis oblongis; inferiori- 

 bus subellipticis, bracteis pedicello brevioribus 

 caducis, alis calycinis obovato-ellipticis subobli- 

 quis capsula suborbiculata apice emarginata bre- 

 vioribus et duplo fere angustioribus. 

 P. sibirica. Linn. Willd. Spec. pl. III. p. 879. — 

 Decand. Prodr. I. p. 324. No. 33. — Spreng. Syst. 

 veg. III. p. 166. No. 46. — Pati. it. II. p. 599. — 

 Patrin Florul. barnaid. Mss. — Ledeb. Ic. pl. Fl. 

 ross. alt. illustr. t. 448. 

 Polygala floribus cristatis, racemo laterali nudo, caulibus 

 herbaceis, foliis lanceolatis. Gmel. Fl. sib. IV. p. 64. 

 No. 84. t. XXXII. 

 1'olygala multicaulis, loogius radicata, floribus ex folio- 

 ruin alis. Amman- ruth. p. 33. No. 43. 

 Hab. in moulosis herbidis apricis (L. 31. B.) Fl. Maj. — 

 Jul. 2f.. 



[iadix iignosa, multiceps. Caules basi perenoantes, 

 tasciculati, 6 — S pollices longi, basi adscendentes, maxima 

 ex parie erecti, tenues, superue plerumque in ramos aliquot 

 divisi, uti tota planta puberuli. Folia infima minutissima, 

 Uorendi tempore plerumque emarcida; subsequentia in in- 

 feriore caulis parle elliptica ; reliqua omnia oblonga, versus 

 apicem caulis sensim angustiora ; omnia mucrone terminata, 

 integerrima, supra flavo - viridia , subtus pallidiora. Ra- 

 cemi in superiore caulis et ramorum parte oppositifolii 

 (nunquam terminales), solitarii, erecto-patentes, 1 — 3-pol- 

 Iicares raro longiores, 4 — 12-flori. Flores remotiusculi, 

 subsecundi, pedicellati: pedicello post anthesin elongato, 

 bracteati : bractea solitaria, lineari, pedicellum subaequante, 

 caduca. Sepala margine membranacea; tria exteriora ob- 

 longo-lanceolata; duo interiora (alae) obovato-elliptica, sur- 



