MONOr.RAPHIA POI.YOALACEAKtIM. 39 



misit, qu:o nihil nisi P. glnndiildsa fticniiil. Fragmenta ejiis l'i preparalio in 

 Hb. Boiss. asservata sunt. 



P. PAllP.EYI, Â.-W. Bennel. 



Radix lignosa, sinuosa, repeiis ; cailles |ilures brèves; l'olia laie elliptica, oblnsa 

 et miicronata, vel subacuta, in petiolum attenuata, herbacea ; Racenii extraaxil- 

 lares, brevissimi, pauciflori ; alai corollani siib;pqnanles oblonge obovatœ, a basi 

 sensim versus apicem lalescentes. deiiide subito attenuatre. apiculatne, corollam 

 a'(|uanles, iiiargine pilis erispulis versus apiiem ahe curvatis ciliala>, nervis tribus, 

 panciramosis non anastomosanlibus iiotat;e. Petala superiora linearia, subacuta, 

 quam carina longiora. Liinbus carina; ecristatus, a latere visus, quadrangularis 

 subito in unguiculurn attenuatus. Antheia; glabrre quam filamenta libéra gla- 

 bra, fere 3x breviores, Ovarium obconiatum, orbiculare, pilosum. Styhis 

 duplo fere longior snbcurvatus. Stigma superius vix prominens, inferius papil- 

 iosum prominens (subhippocampiformi^). (lapsula orliicularis, sine marginibusalifor- 

 mibus. Semina lutea, hirsutissima, oblonga.Arilluscarina^l'ormisinappendicula duo 

 ligularia perpendicularia lateralia descendentes,- semine '/, breviora prolongatus. 



Bennett in Hemsiey. Centr. Ani. et Diagn. pt. nov. Mex. ii. in .1. of Bot. 1879, 

 p. 140. 



Vigener FI. Mexican. Sans Luis Polosi n° 496. Bourg. Hb. Corn. Mex. 477. 



Tab. nostra. XIV, tig. i0^42. 



Radix lignosa, cortice griseo-fusca, sinuata, ramosa, subarticulata, more Rad. 

 Ipecacuanha», cortice fissa. Gaules inde orti animi, tenues, herbacei, basi leviter 

 striati, levissime puberuli, simplices vel pauciramosi 4-10 cm. longi. Folia nume- 

 rosa, spatbulata, i.e. limbo iate elliptico brevissime apiculato, "',„ mm. "/, mm. 

 "',, in petiolum 2-3 nun. attenuata, obtusa, superiora angustiora, et acuta, '"/, , 

 "/„ mm., levissime puberula. Racemi quam l'olia breviores, ciim caule varia longi- 

 tudine connati, quo fecit ut flores nonnulli, ex caule ipso orti appareant ; flores in 

 quoque racemo pauci (3-5). jiarvi 2,5-3 mm. knigi. Rachis racemi puberula. Brac- 

 te.T herbacere, lanci'nlat()-aciil:e, virides.quam pedicelii breviores, dorso puberula;, 

 bracteolis nuilto longiores. l'edicelii tenues, puberuli, denium decurvi. Sepala exte- 

 rioraviridia,longitudinesub<'cqualia, lanceolato-acuta,marginemembranacea,et|iilis 



