94 MONOGKAPIIIA POI.YGALACEARllM. 



P. ARILLATA 



Friilex. Rami lignosi, valdo Iblinsi ; l'olia bruviter petiolata, lanrenlata, acumi- 

 nata, lierbacea, nervo medio subtus proiiiinente. pinnato-ranioso, superne vix 

 conspicuo, leviter puberula. Racemi erecti, lloribuntli, laxiflori, nec deflexi ; flores 

 siibmagni, pedicellati. lutei; crista7-10X plicato-lobatamarginibus cariiifle adfixa. 



Ham. in Don. Prodr. 199; Beniict in Hoolv. FI. ol' brit. Ind. I. 200; (".rilï. 

 Notul. Pt. Asiat. p. 333, sed non tab. OXCVK ut indicavit cl. A.-W. Bcnn., 

 I. c. ; Franchet, Pt David. II, p. i\ ; Foriies and Henisiey, ind. Fi. Sin. pg. 39. 



Chamwbuxus arillata Hassli. in Miq. an. mus. I. p. 133. Walp. Rep. I. 

 p. 233, 21 ;. Dietr. Syn. IV. p. 894, 31. 



Tab. nostra. XVII, lîg. 12-14. 



Frutex. Rami erecti, ramosi, lignosi, juniores puberuli, ramosissimi. Folia lan- 

 ceolata, petiolata, acuminata. subluTbacea, juiiiora puberula, deinde glabrescentia 

 vel nninirjo glabra, 5-10 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, interdum cuspidata, nervo medio 

 subtus prominente et puberulo, pinnat(! ramoso, nervillis hiteis adscendentibus, pé- 

 tiole 0,5-1 cm. longo. Racemi terminales rarius foliis oppositi, erecti, floribundi, 

 laxiflori, rachi juventute puberula, dura, ad insertiones florum remote-cicatrisato- 

 exsculpta, circa 6 cm. longi vel etiam longiores (10 cm.). Bractese caducae, 

 lineares acutissinire, hirsutœ, pcdicellos .^(luantes et in racemo juvenili alabastra 

 superantes. Flores circa 18 mm. longi. Pedicelli multo breviores circa 2-4 mm. 

 longi. Sepala exteriora infequalia, margine ciliolata, superius (posticum) gibbo- 

 sum, duo antica inaequilateralia. Aire duplo vel triplo longiores, ellipticae,basi 

 leviter altenuatse, margine ciliolata3, nervis pluribus parallelis superne apice 

 ramosis notatse, obtusœ, corollam ;ci|uantes vel paulo superantes, longiores (fere 

 duplo) quam latae. Carina, limbo cucullato, quam tiibus breviore. Petala superinra 

 ultra médium cum tubo staminali connata, quam carina breviora, subobtusa, late 

 linearia, irregularia. Crista carinae semi-orbicularis, marginibus exterioribus cum 

 carina connata plicato-incisa, aut in sinubus 7-10 plicata, aut leviter lobata et sub 

 lobis plicata. Antherae oblonga;, glabne, quam filamenta multo breviores. Discus 

 annuliformis, obliquus, ovarii basiu ainpiectans. Ovarium glabrum, suborbiculare. 

 Stylus erectus apice latescens et curvatus. Stigmata subsequalia, superius vix pro- 



