42 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARIM. 



spatliulata, majora, in pclioltim 8-1 . '5 mm. longum attenuata, limbo tenui ovaUi 

 siiborbiciilari, mucronato vel non, 15-25 mm. longo, 12-20 mm. lato, margine 

 pilis brevibus rectis ciliato, alterna, vel suprema tornalim vel 4-tim verticillata 

 basin pedicelliimque racemi terminalis circumdantia. Kacemi pliires, omnes 

 terminales. Racemus caulem |)rincipalem terminans elongatus, longe pedunciilatiis 

 (1-3 cm.) 3-4 cm. longus, basi fructificans, ilum latérales racemi florentes tantiim 

 (eo ternpore), siiblaxiflori, juvéniles comnsi. Flores parvi breviter pedicellati ; 

 bractere 3 siibulat;e ; bnictea, bracteolis longior pediceilum siiperans post antliesin 

 caducae. Sepala exteriorasubaequalialate ovato-triangularia, nervis tribus haudanas- 

 tomosantibus notata glabra ; snperiuspaulo majus ejus nervus médius, a parte média 

 ramosus, latérales apice bifidi. Ake duplo majores obovato-suborbiculares, apice 

 margine intus reduplicat;e, obtusissimae, nervis tribus notatae. Nervus médius apice 

 cum lateralibus arcuate conjunctns vel liber ; latérales exlrinsecus ramulosi, Carina 

 eeristata, limbo cucullato, oblique trnncato, quani unguioulum vix breviore. Petala 

 superiora longe spathulata, carinam œquantia . obtusa, per '/, cum tubostaminali con- 

 nata. Antberœ globosae, filamentisliberis, breviores. Stylus subrectus apice latescens. 

 Stigraa superius dentiforme, brève, acutuni, inferius tuberciilatum horizontaliter 

 prominens multo majus. Corolla et calyx decidui. Capsula nuda latior quam longa, 

 suborbicularis. apice breviter fissa, nec emarginato-corduta, quam pedicellus lon- 

 gior. Semina ellipsoidea (apice lateraliter prolongata ; arillus lateralis bilobus ; lobi 

 triangulai'es acuti.) vel caruncida breviter biappendiculata notata. 



Arca Geogriiphica. 



Asia meridionalis ab India ad .laponiani. 



Simla. Hb. Ind. or. Hook 111., Sikkim id., in China prov. Hupeh, Henry (Kew.) 

 id. prov. Ichang n° 6588, 2486; in Birma Ava Meaonget Taongdong Proni. dist. 

 Tenasserim Attarem. (Kiirz 1. c). Japania Francli. 



P. CAP.DIOCARPA. 



Capsula valde nervata, oblonga, apice marginibus evolutis membranaceis alata. 



Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 293. 



(Plaiitata mihi tanlum ex desci'iptione cl. Kurz. notata.)' 



' Vide siili • addenda. » 



