272 CONSPECTUS POLYGALARUM EUROPE ARUM. 



droop. The flowers are rose-coloured, blue, or white, and 4-5 mm. 

 long. It should be looked for in South Britam. 



P. intermedia, Schur (Transylvania), is a form of this species 

 approaching P. vulgaiis. 



Var. p. garrodiana, Jord. et Fourr. MS. ; foliis linearibus, 

 paucioribus. In aridis Galliae australis. 



*='^ Flow^ers yeUow. 



8. P. FLAVESCENS, DC, Hort. monsp., 134 ; Prodr., i., 324 ; Reich., 



Ic, xviii., 90; Bert. Fl. It., vii., 319; Guss., Fl. Sic, ii., 

 243; Woods, Tour. Flor., 43; Car. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. 

 It., i., 22. P. caulibus ascendentibus, erectis, subramosis ; 

 foHis caulinis lineari-lanceolatis, infimis subobovatis ; ra- 

 cemis multifloris, initio confertis, conicis, denique elongatis, 

 comosis ; floribus flavis ; sepahs exterioribus linearibus ; 

 alis ovato-ellipticis, acummatis, basi cuneatis, nervosis, 

 quam coroUani paullo longioribus ; petalis lateralibus 

 spathulatis, carinam multum excedentibus ; ovario infra 

 cuneato, breviter stipitato, stylo brevi, ciliato ; capsula 

 subsessili, obcordata, alata ; seminibus hirsutis ; arillodii 

 appendicibus dimidium seminis attingentibus vel paullo 

 excedentibus. 



Figs. Seb., PL Rom., fasc. i., t. 1 (teste DC.) ; Reich., Ic, 

 mcccl., f. 3. 



Habitat in sylvaticis moutosis Itah« centrahs, ab Etruria 

 usque ad Campaniam, baud infrequens (Caruel). 



A very distinct species, and apparently remarkably invariable 

 and of very Hmited range. 



(i Wing-sepals shorter than corolla-tube. 

 * CaiDSule sessile. 



9. P. VEKULOSA, Sibth. et Sm., Prodr. Fl. Grsec, ii., 52; DC. 



Prodr., i., 324; Boiss., Fl. Or., i., 473. P. caulibus tenui- 

 bus, pubescentibus, decumbentibus vel subascendentibus ; 

 foliis puberulis, infimis parvis, ovato-oblongis, caulinis 

 lanceolatis vel lineari-lanceolatis; racemis laxis, paucifloris, 

 baud comosis ; rachi puberula ; bracteis par^ds, ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, deciduis, pedicellum florigerum parum excedentibus ; 

 sepalis exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis ; alis oblique ellip- 

 ticis, obtusis vel mucronatis, venosis; corollae tubo elongato, 

 alas excedente ; carinae crista tenuiter fimbriata ; petalis 

 lateralibus carinam multo suporantibus ; anthcris sub- 

 sessilibus; ovario anguste obovato, sessili ; stylo elongato, 

 falcato ; stigmate galeato ; capsula sessili, obovata vel ob- 

 cordata, late alata ; semhiibus hirsutis ; arillodio carnoso, 

 galeato, crista pilorum pulchre ornato, appendicibus bre- 

 vissimis munito. 

 Syn. p. cuhcendens, Clarke in Sprong., Neue Kntdeck., iii., 165 ; 

 DC, Prodr., i., 324. 



