MONOGRAPHIA POLVGALACEARUM. 137 



Var. Irplosldrlif/d v. ii. 



Raceini (^longati, sub maturitaloin graciles, apice, 3-4 mm. lati. Appendi- 

 cula 7, se">- ;pqiianlia. Variolas facile disliiignemia raci'mis filiformihus. Exscc : 

 Beilaiidier. de Béjar à Austin, Mexico, 18^8, n" 1708. 



Obs. In bac specie l'nlia inlima verticillata, sa'piiis non bene appareant vcl 

 cadiint, qiio (it ut folia orniiia altiwna videiiliir, ob talcni cb a racle ru m et.si bigacein 

 ad scctioncni verticillatariiin planta jiixta I'. Bovkini iNult. qiiacum cbaracteribus 

 internis congriiit collocanda. 



Var. mexicana : petala snperiora lanceolata angustiora qnani in spec. typic. 



Var. Schalfncri : luiinilis diffusa, canlibiis angulosis. 



Folia ferç oninia verticillata (5) superidra allcrna, inferiora obovata vel obovato- 

 lanceolata vel lanceolata, superidra lancrolato-liiiearia 7,,5. 'I,.-., '7-.' 'V, mm., 

 aciita vel apice breviter apiculata, glabi-a. Flores rosei. Capsula elliptica, alis 

 paulo brevior. 



Varietas aliis nli lulia hiliora et verticillata dissimilis, sed cliaracteribus internis 

 normalis. Abi' sunt longiores qiiaui corolla, petala sniieriora lanceolata et sepala 

 exteriora juviintute apice subciliata. 



Schalïner, leg. in Mexico ex convalli San Lnis l'olosi, n" 477, aimo 187!) (in 

 Hb. Berol.). 



P. BOYKINl, Nuit. 



Radix iierpembcnlaris; caules plures erecti, rlgidi subangulale striati, siinplices 

 vel rarius parce ramiisi ; folia 5-verlicillata, lanceolata vel nliovato-lanceolala, 

 internodiis mtdto breviores ; racorni longe pednncnlati , spicilormes, elongati; 

 sepala exteriora ina'qnalia; abc orbiculares subungiiiculat.'e, nervis pbiribus haud 

 anastomosantibns notata-, corollam a'(piaiites: petala snperiora rhomboidalia, 

 obtusa; antliera-qnam lilamenta liaud longiores; stigma superius cristatnni ; capsula 

 obovato-elliptica, semina subcurvata, pilis appressis vestita; appendicula 7,semen 

 subreqnantia. 



Nuit. I in .Toiirn. Acad. l'bilail. 7, p. SO; Ton. et Cray, FI. p. 131 el (i70. 

 I'. bicolor Vorr et Cray, FI. 1. i:JO non HIÎ.K. 



Tab. noslra. XX, lig. l'i -10. 



Curtiss : 00.5. 



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