146 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARIIM. 



iingiiiculat.T, liiiiho elliplico, ol)lusn, nervis liberis, iiileniieiiio paiiciramosn, late- 

 ralihus ramosis, raimilis bifulis, nullo anastomosante, quam corotla paulo longio- 

 res. Petala superiora oblonga, leviter in.Tquilateralia, angusta, cultriformia, cari- 

 nam suba'quantia, 3 X longiora quain lata per '/» dii tit*o staminali connata. 

 Carinœ crista multilida, speciosa magis quam carin;i? dimidium longitudine a'quans. 

 Antherse ovoideœ, glabrse quam filamenta libéra glabra 2-3 X breviores. Ovarium 

 suborbiculare, glabrum; stylus longior latescens. Stigma superius cristatum. Cap- 

 sula elliptica paulo longior quam lata, emarginata, quam ala; vix brevior. Semina 

 oblongo-subfalcata, pilis adpressis rufa, sericea. Appendicula linearia obtusa 

 semine duplo breviora, alba. 



Habitat in Peruvia (Pavon). 



P. Peruviana, Bcnnel. Polyg. am. n° 25. 



Caulis ascendens, tares, pedalis vel major, inf'ra siraplex, tune ramosus, glaber; 

 rami subpubescentes. Folia lineari-lanceolata, glabra, utrinque attenuata, acuta, 

 1 poil, longa, 2 '/, lin. lata, nervo medio prominente, infima 4-verticiliata, supe- 

 riora alterna. Racemi terminales, 1 '1,-2 poli, longi ; bracteiB decidurn. Flores 

 circa 1 '/, lin- longi, pedicellis brevibus pubescentibus suffïulti. Sepala exteriora 

 lineari lanceolata, subpubescentia, ciliata, duo inferiora approximata; alœ auguste 

 ellipticœ, sepala exteriora duplo excedentes. Carina eximie cristata. Capsula subor- 

 bicularis, emarginata alas a^quans. Semina nigra, curvata, pilosa; arillodium 

 duabus appendicibus latis, carnosis, semen aequantibus prœditum. 



Hab. in Peru. Tatamora, inter muscos, Lechler. 3G39>. (Descr. sec. A.-W. 

 Bennet). 



P. DISTANS, St HU. 



Caulis unicus vel caules plures, herbacei, erecti, subsimplices; folia distantia, 

 verticillata obovata vel lanceolata, supreraa laneeolato-linearia ; racemi floribus 

 brevissime pedicellatis, spiciformes, elongati, tenues, sublaxillori, plus minusve 

 pedunculati. Flores subsessiles vel etiani sessiles; al;y obovato-orbiculares, nervis 

 liberis, subsimplicibus vel extrinsecus ramosis, corolla paulo breviores; petala lan- 

 ceolata, obtusa; carina cons|»icue fimbriata. 



StHii. FI. Brasil. merid. II, 34, t. 84 (bona). 



P. Sberardioides Pobl. Mss. in Hb. Caes. Vind. 



