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c. Bracte£e pedicello longiores ; racemus itaque 

 comosus. 



7. P. coMosA. Alffi vales. 

 ** Flores flavi. 



8. P. FLAVEscENs. Eacemus elongatus ; alae 



acummatse. 

 /3. Ala9 corollae tubo longiores. 

 * CaiDsula sessilis. 



9. P. VENULOSA. Alse oblique elliptic^. 

 "^'^ Capsula stipitata. 



10. P. MAJOR. Alae ovale s. 



11. P. ANATOLiCA. AlsB aiiguste ovatae, ciliatse. 



12. P. EosEA. Bracteae laterales ovat«. 

 B. Annua. Filamenta superne libera. 



13. P. MONSPELiACA. CauUs subsimplex ; alae 



oblongaB, acuminatae. 



II. Sectio Pleuranthus. 



A. Antherse sessiles. Perennis. 



14. P. supiNA. Al^ obovatffi, basi cuneatas. 



B. Filamenta superne libera. Perennes. 



a. Arillodium 3-appendiculatum. 



15. P. siBiEicA. Eacemus multiflorus ; alae sub- 



berbaceae. 



16. P. suBUNiFLOEA. Eacemus 1-3 florus. Exigua. 

 /3. Arillodium inappendiculatum. 



17. P. EUPESTRis. Alae obovatae, sub-herbacese. 



C. Filamenta superne libera. Annua. 



18. P. ExiLis. Exigua. Arillodium inappendi- 



culatum. 



III. Sectio CnAMiEBUxus. 



19. P. Cham^buxus. 



IV. Sectio Beachyteopis. 



20. P. MICEOPHYLLA. 



Sectio I. Eu-POLYGALA (mild.) [Polygalon, DC, ex x>arte). 



Eacemi terminales ; bracteae ante anthesim decidu*. Sepala 

 persistentia, omnia discreta ; alae petaloidese. Petala lateralia 

 elongata, cum carina plusquam dimidio coalita ; carina galeata, 

 sub-t}.'ilol3a, ad dorsum cristam magnam fimbriatam gerens. 

 Antherae plerumque sessiles, ad summum andropliori postice secti 

 insertae. Ovarium glabrum vel ciliatum ; stylus elongatus ; stigma 

 rostriforme vel cuculliforme vel rarius infundibuliforme. Capsula 

 anguste alata, arillodium parvum, duabus appendicibus brevibus 

 munitum, vel sub -inappendiculatum. 



This section, which may be regarded as the typical one of the 

 genus, is extremely well-marked by its slender herbaceous habit, 

 terminal racemes, and coloured wing-sepals. With the exception 



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