MONOGKAl'MIA IMJLVGAI.ACliAKUM. 133 



P. GAI.IOIDES, Poil. 



Caulis tenuissiiniis, siilialaliis, |imi'Ii' iiicilia laiiiosiis; raini cloiigali, s;epe ()|>pi)- 

 siti. (■aiilein s.Tpe a;quantes vel eo pauln bi'i'viores: foli.i leiiiiia, laiiceolaUi-Blliptica, 

 vel laiiceolala. iiifiu'iora iiiterdiiin ohovata iilriiii|ae acuta, apice imicroiiata, 

 i-vertiiillata, raiiioruin rnaj^'is alterna angustiora, punctata; flores ininimi in race- 

 mos subdensos elongatos cylindricos dis[H)siti; aliP fere orbiculares; petala supe- 

 riora ligiilaria elongata ; crista:' laciiiii pauoi apice diiatati. Capsula orbicularis 

 cinai-ginata ; soiniiia atra, itiibescentia, iiiiiiiina. 



Poir. Dict. V, 303; DC. Prodr. I, 32i; St Hil. FI. liias. ineriil. Il, 27; Hnok, 

 Journ. bot. IV, 100. 



Tab.noslra. XX, lig. 5-7. 



Radix parva fibrosa anniia. Caiilis erectiis, sim|)lex vel iniilto sa^piiis ramosus, 

 10-20 cm. altiis, stibipiadraiigularis, teiiiiissiimis. 0,(i nini. crassus, glaber, tamis 

 oppositis, adscendentibiis liand (^orymbosis, temiissimis. Kolia vertii'iilata (i) lan- 

 ceolato-lincaria, aciita, sessilia, herbacea, pellucide piinctato-glandiilosa, siditiis 

 paliidiora, glabra, vel eliam laneenlato-elliptica ulrim|ue ai'tita, verticillata vel 

 alterna vel aiignste linearia, et piilchre verticillata, in ramis sa'pius alterna, basi, 

 obovata, '7,, '"/, nim., 7, mm., 7, "iiii- Raccmi terminales, graciles, sublaxillori, 

 cylindrici 1-3 cm. longi, 3-4 mm. lati. Floies minimi l-l,.") mm. longi, diliite 

 rosei. Bractea' linearcs vix inominentes, deciduœ. Sepala exteriora ina^qualia, duo 

 anteriora, lancenlato-ariila, siipeiàiis ellipticiim, glabra. AL'p. obovato-orbieulares 

 leviter ungaiciilat;e, trinerviae, croceo-maciilatie, carinam subipquantes. Carin» 

 crista lilamentis (;lavatis apice emarginatis formata, caiànie dimidiiim longitiidine 

 siiperans. l'elala siiperiora per dimidium cum Inbo slamiiiali cimnata, lignlai'ia, 

 obtusa, basi leviter cuneata, cirin.im ci'islalam snba^(piantia, Anllicra' (piam lila- 

 menta libéra glabra breviores. Cariiia, abc, ovariiim, etc., glandulis croceis 

 conspersa. 



Habitat in Brasilia : J'rov. Ceara, Gardn. n" 823, iii Ciuiana, l'oitcau, Perrotet, 

 n° 2091 (Cayenne). 



