MONOCKAPIIIA POLYGALACEARUM. 55 



P. EXTIWAXILLÂRIS, Chotl;it. 



Uadix iKiildsa; raillis ('r(.'Cliis, |iiihi'iiiliis siibsiill|ih'X vi.'l piiiicii'aiiiosiis ; Inlia 

 iiltiTiKi, liiiL'jiri-laiicool.ita, piiliesi-ciili.-i, triii('rvi:i : raccini l'Xti'aaxillun^s, laxillori ; 

 sepala exteriora pulclim glandiilose-ciliala ; ahu obovato-orliiciilan^s, siihrhom- 

 boidales, einarginata'. PiUala stiperiora apico dilatala, suhretiisa, liasi lircvitiir 

 cuiieata. Capsula elliptica vel siilicuru^ata alis brevior, et anguslior ; semiria |iilis 

 longis vestita. 



Contr. FI. l'arag. III, p. lo:?. Tab. 38, I. 



lîalansa 2180, 4176. 



Pereniiis. Radix fasciculaiis, iiitcidiim iiodosa, cauleni unicuni vel plnres edens. 

 Caulis I 5-30 cm. loiigiis, ereclus, leres, puberulus. inferne subiignosus, simplex, 

 nudus vel parce foliosus, superne raiiiosiis. Raiiii erecti, foliosl. Folia lineari-lan- 

 ceolata vel linearia, erecta, raceiiiiirti plus iniruisve amplectantia, sa'pe superantia, 

 utrinque acuta, tiinervia, 2-5 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lala, in peliolum bnwem 

 attenuata, ulraque l'acie leviter puberula, haud subglabra. Racemi supraaxillares, 

 pednnculo cum caule usque ad nodum su])eriorem connato, sublaxillori, 4-0 cm. 

 lougi. Flores rosei, Bracteai lineares, decidiia'. Pedicelli tenues, penduii, 3-4 mm. 

 longi, puberiili. Sepala exteriora, viridia, siiperius arcualum, geniculalum, in 

 fruclu erectum ; duo inferiora usrpie feie ad apicem coalita, margine glanduloso- 

 ciliata, aliis duplo breviora. \h\ obovalo-orbicidares, insquilaterales, subemar- 

 ginatse vel subrhomboidales, carinam arquantes vel superantes, demum membra- 

 nace;e et auct* C-7 mm. longi., 5 mm. lat, l'i'lala siiperiora apice subtiaincata, 

 dilatata, liasi cuneata per ';', cum tul)o staminali connata. Capsula elliptica, vel 

 elliptico-obovala, eniargiiiata, alis brevior ai', angustioi'. Semina cvlindrica, pilis 

 sericeis, appressis, longis vestita 3-3 '/, mm. longa; caruncula galeala senuni 

 superposita, cornea, exappendiculata. 



Habitat in Paraguya : in pratis et collibus im-idlis Ceri'(j-Pelado. apiid l'ara- 

 guari (leg. Balansa) Balansa 2180. 4170. 



P. FAIXAX, Chodal. 



Hadix ri'pcns, ramosa, l'ragilis : folia ovato-laiici'olata, iiubescentia ; l'acrmi 



