140 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEAKUM. 



Var. apariii aides. 



Caulis brevis, crassior, angiilatus, divaiicate et s;ppe subdiehotoine ramosus, 

 racemis numerosis, capsulis ellipticis. 

 V. aparinoiiles Hook et Ariiott. 

 Habitat in Texas : Drummond, 25-20. 



P. PR^ETERVISA, n. sp. , 



Gaules plures, graciles, virgati, striati supra basin siibiiudi ; superiiu ramusi ; 

 laini crecti, graciles, subnudi ; fnlia iiiferiora anguste lanceolata, irrcgulariter 

 5-4 verticillata quara inteniodia iiaud multo breviora sed snepe subaequantia vel 

 superantia, supra sextimam partein caulis alterna atque acicularia, sparsa: racemi 

 graciles, elongati, pedimcuiati : se[)alum siiperins iate ovatum ; aby elliptico-orbi- 

 culares; pstala superiora elliptica, rotundata liaud rhomboidalia: capsula elliptica, 

 basi attenuata; semina oblonga,sericeo-liirsata; appendicula dimidlum semen attin- 

 gentia vel suiierantia. 



Tab. nostra. XX, fig. 19—20. 



Curtiss, 503, sub nom. P. anibigua Niitt. 



Ab ea, floribus majoribus ('/,), petalis siiperioribus elliptico-rotundatis, baud 

 rhoniboidalibiis, miiioribus, capsula baud triangulari al(]ue seminum ap[)endiculis 

 multo iongioi'ibus. 



P. LEPTOSTACHYS, Shulllew. 



Caulis filiformis, pauciramosus vel simplex ; folia inferiora lanceolata. brevia : 

 superiora lineari-acicularia quam internodia s.epe 6 X breviora, erecta; racemi 

 graciles densillori longe pedunculati ; tlorcs parvi subsessiles; ala3 elliptic;e obtus;e, 

 trinerviîE; petala suporiora rhomboidalia quant carina longiora; l'ructus ellipticus 

 alis sublongior atque latior; semina glabra, biappendiculata, tubeiculata. 



Shuttleworth in Gray, Pt. Wrigbt, I , il , Cliapm. 11. «4, A.-W. Bennet in Journ. 

 ofbot. 1879, p. 202. 



Tabul. noslrà. XX, fig. 21. 



Ab omnibus hujus sectionis, canlibus, foliis quam internodia multo brevioribus 

 sat ilistincta. 



