MONOGItAPHlA POLYGALACEARUM. 



Sectio quarta. ~ SEMEIOCARDIUM 



Herbacei, iialinaros, fuliis sUw. slipiilis, s|inllHilalis, teniiilms. Sepala exteriora 

 lihera, ala- glabras. Carina eciistata. Tiihiis slainiiialis apice in lilanienta 8 divisiis. 

 Antheiv-fi glabra^. Ovariiim glahniiii. Stylus ereclus latescens brevis ; sligmata 

 inasqiialia. Capsula glabra, nuda (iiMinini apice leviter fissa. 



Monotypica habitu Saioinonia^ similis. AI) cl. Hasskarlo nnmen Sumeiocardiuni 

 (genns) rpcepit. C.iim nulla alia si;ctiorii' iiiihi videtur valde affiiiis. 



Seiiieiocardiuni (gernis) Hassk. iii Miq. Mus. Bat. I. 1.51 : Nat. Tijdsçlir. V.. Tic- 

 derl. Ind. XVII. 18-58. Benth. Hook. Gen., 974. 



P. TRJPIIYI.LA. 



Radix tennissima. Caulis sinipli'x vi'l rainosus, brevis, ln-rbaceus, glaber. Folia 

 spathulala vcl liiiiho elliptico vel nvat(i-<»rliicMlari, tenui. Racemi graciles. Flores 

 breviter pedioellati parvi. Bracteai deniuin ca(luc;e. Carina ecrislata. Anlhera? 

 glabrse quam filamenta breviores. Stigniata ina;qualia siiperius acutum, inferius 

 proniinens rotundatum. Capsula nuda elliptica, nec emarginata vel subemarginata, 

 glabra. Seraina elliptica nigra, brevissime et sparse hirsiita. Caruncula brevitei- bi- 

 appendiculatn. 



Ham. in Don Prodr. 200 ; Beiinct. in FI. of liritisli iiidia I 201 ; P. hyalina Wall. 

 Cat. i181 ; P. glaucescens Wall. Cat. 4182 ; Kurz Contrib. to Burmese FI. 2.77; 

 P. furcala, Royle ill. t. 19, B.; Semeiocardiuni Haniiltoni, liyalinum et glaucescens 

 Haskarl 1. c. S. arriensii Zoll. in Ilb, ven. .lav. 'M)'M) P. Tartarinowii Regel in Bull. 

 soc. Mosc. XWIV, 2, p. ■■i2.3. 



Tal). nostra. XV. fig. 1 — 5. 



Radix tennis perpendicularis, annua. 1-3 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Caulis unicus, 

 terminalis, herbaoeus, angulate linc et inde cnivatus, tennis, striatus 5-15 cm. 

 longus, raraosus, foliosus, glaber. Folia inleiiora parva spatliulata, basi longe 

 attenuata limbo ovato orbiciilari, 1-1 '/, cm. longiB, 5-7 mm. lata, superiora 



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