80 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



Capsula elliptica, 1 cm. loiiga, 7 mm. lata, emarginata, marginibus aliformibus 

 0,5 mm. latis cincta. Semiiia Iriangularia, pilis numei'osissimis alljis toiiientosa. 

 Canincula in appendiculiim dorsale seniine brevius prolongaUmi. 



Habitat in sylvis Brasiliic |irov. Rio de .Janeiro, Para et Alto Aniazonas : in syl- 

 vis .lapnrensibus, Martins; in sylvis ad flum. Itapicuni hI in insnia Maranhào: 

 ad l'ara, v. s. in Hb. Monac, Deless., Berol. 



P. ÂUTRANI, n. sp. 



Folia elliptica vel elliptico-obovata, obtusa vel acuminata, miicronata, supra 

 inolliter pidjescenlia, ciliata, inferne magis pubescentia, snbtomcntosa, venis rnfis 

 notata, petiolata. stipulis aculeiforniibus, brevibus, corneis, prreilita. Hanii supe- 

 riores hirsuto-bispidi. Flores insignes; pelala snperiora qnani carina longiora. 

 apice subfalcata non dilatata. Abe triangulares non revolutœ. 



Tab. noslm. XVI, fig. 24. 



Blanchet, .3242 (Brasilia). 



Frutex. Caules validi, obscure striati, subteretes, fragiles, dicliotomc ramosi, ut 

 rami breviter lanuginosi, validi. Folia, inferiora elliptica, niargine sul)undulala, 

 basi attenuata, vel elliptico-lanceolata, petiolata, vel etiam obovata, superiora 

 saepe lanceolata, longius petiolata, in exemplario nnico mihi viso, 4-6 cm. longa, 

 1.5-25 mm. lata, omnia breviter inucronata, subtus pallidiora, nervis pennatis 

 fuscis (in sicco) conspicuis prœdita, magis pubescentia quam superne,sub margine 

 longius ciliata, atque leviter incrassata, nec revoluta, subchartacea in nodoramorum 

 sœpius subverticillata, in caule et raniis alterna, internodia superantia, S'quantia 

 vel ils breviora. Pelioli :i-') nini. longi, sublannginosi, basi dilatati, atque stipulis 

 duabus, sjiineis, luteis, retusis, glabris, ad 1 mm. longis praîditi. Racemi termi- 

 nales, densillori, brèves, 4-5 cm. longi 2-3 cm. lati, subsessiles, vel breviter 

 pedunculati. Rachis glabrescens. Bracteae subaîquales, longe acuminatre, 2-3 mm. 

 longa;, pedicellis breviores. Spinie cyliiidricae, cca. 2 mm. longœ. Flores speciosi, 

 2 cm. longi, pedicellati, pedicello 5-7 mm. longo. Sepala exteriora, insequalia, 

 inferiora 3 mm. longa, superius 4 niin. longum. Alœ corolla multo breviores, sub 

 maturitatem triangulares, 15 mm. altœ, 15 mm. latse, obtnsœ, plurinerviaî, nervis 

 valde ramulosis anastomosantibus. Coi'ollœ tubus rectus 4 mm. latus circa 18 mm. 

 longiis; pelala superiora circa ii mm. longa, extrorsum subfalcata, linearia, apice 



