40 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



crispulis numerosis ciliata quam aise '/a breviora. Aise quam corolla breviores obo- 

 vato-oblongie,cuneat3e, apiculatse, nervis tribus, pauciramosis,liberisnotatse,raraus- 

 culis nervorum brevibus, simplicibus, margine pilis apicem versus crispulis, prae- 

 dite. Pelaia superiora basi tantum i. e. per ' .\ cum tubo staminali connata, iinearia, 

 acuta, nervo medio, apice bifido notata, carinam ecristatam superantia. Carina, 

 galeata, facie laterali visa, subquadrangularis, subito in unguiculum œquiiongum 

 attenuata. Fiiamenta libéra staminum antherisglabris, 2-3 longioresglabra. Ovarium, 

 obcordatum, subemarginatum, pubescens. Stylus vittiformis adscendens, erectus. 

 versus apicem latior, ovario longior. Stigmata inrequalia, inferius patens obtusum 

 papillosum, superius vix evolutum, subhippocampiformia. Capsula suborbicularis 

 olivacea, subemarginata vel obtusa, saepe latior quam longa (3,5/3), marginibus 

 angustissimis instructa, levissime puberula. Semina lutea, elliptica, pilis sublongis his- 

 pida, caruncula cariniformi, summum seraen tegente, in appendicula duo, descenden- 

 tia, ligularia, membranacea, coriacea, alba, obtusa, semine '/, breviora, prolongata. 

 Habitat in Mexico : San Luis Potosi. (Schaiïner n" 496) Centr. Mexic. Parry et 

 Palm. n° 40 — in pelrœis prope Guadelupe val. Mex. 



