88 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



superantia, per '/a cum tubo staminali connata. Carinaî limbus unguiculo lineari 

 duplo brevior triplicatus. Antherae quam filamenta libéra glabra multo breviores, 

 glabrae. Ovarium stipitatiim, elliplicum, puberiilum. Stylus reclus superne curvalus 

 et incrassatus. Stigmala teriiiinalia vix proniinentia subsequalia obsoleta. Capsula 

 triangularis siliculae Bursse pastoris valde similis, matura alis sublongior, breviter 

 stipitata. Semina ovato-oblonga estrophiolata, pilis brevibus adpressis veslita. 



Habitat in Brasilia : Praia Grande ppe. Rio de Janeiro, Hoffmann, Raben 608, 

 Burchell Cat. u° 2851 , Glaziou n" 9352, Gaudich. 696. 



Var. pedkellaris. 



A priecedenle, foliis niagis crassis, haud lucidis, floribus longius pedicellatis, ad 

 ■10-'I2 mm., racemis brevioribus subcorymbosis, alis dorso pubei'ulis, sœpe longio- 

 ribus (10 mm). P. pedicellaris St. Hil. FI. Bras. mer. II. 47. A.-W. Bennet p. p. 



Specimina hilairiana in Hb. Paris vidi (St. Hil. n° 2177). P. Violioides St. Hil. in 

 Hb. Mus. Paris folia orbicularia val obtusa habent, sed character eis exeniplariis 

 tantum idoneum, in aliis folia varia occurrunt. 



P. BLANCHETI, n. sp. 



Frutex parvus; rami virgati ; folia elliptico-ovata, acuminato-cuspidata, petio- 

 lata, herbacea, margine pilis sparsis vel nullis predita ; alœ ellipticœ , margine 

 ciliatîB ; fructus ellipticus obcordatus (teste Bennet). 



Tab. nostra. XVII, fîg. 6-7. 



Blanchet 2385: Bahia (Hb. Deless). v. in Hb. Mus. Parisiis. Sello Hb. Reg. 

 Berol. 



Frutex ramosus; rami lignosi, teretes, glabri, vel puberuli, tenues, élégantes, 

 foliosi. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, gabriuscula, margine sinuata, tenuia, 

 subdiaphana, '°l,o<"Lo''°Lo'''L'. mm., vel etiam ovato-lanceolata "/„ mm., nervo 

 medio snbtus albicante, prominente, in petiolum brevem (3 mm.) attenuata. Racerni 

 laxillori paucillori subcorymbosi, nec elongati. Rachis pubescens, brevissima, 

 0,5-1 cm. longa. Flores longe pedicellati (5-7 mm. ped.), 9-10 mm. longi. Pedi- 

 celli tenues, erecti, nuniquam penduli, puberuli, nec incrassati. Bractene angustœ, 

 triangulari-lineares, herbacese, hirsutœ, 0,5-0,7 mm. longa), longitudine subœ- 

 ipiales, quaiii pi'dicelli niultuties breviores. Sepala exteriora inœqualin, superius 



