156 M0N0GKA1>HIA l'OLVGALACEAKUM. 



Ala? miillo-majores, late ellipticne, apiculatas, subreduplicate, corollum iiivnIviMiles. 

 Petala superiora lanceolata, subobtusa per '/. i^nm 'l'bo slaininali coniiala. Oarina 

 inunguiculum sensini angiistata, in dorsu appendieiila duo iMim oacoiinatadivergen- 

 tia intégra ferens. Filamenta liiiera staniininn qiiam anthenc 3plo longiora. Ova- 

 riuin, Stylus, stigmata ut in aliis. Seniina obionga, apice cornuta; appcndicula duo 

 membranacea, linguiformla nec spalhiilata, semine '/, breviora, 2,'.j nnn. Imiga, 

 1 ,8 inni. lata. 



Habitat in Brasilia : C.laiissen : Minas (lenes, n° o; n. n. 187. Caxoeira do 

 Canipo; Mus. Bot. Holm. Hb. Brasil. leg. Widgrcn. Guilleniin; /i(i8 : Via St-Paul- 

 Santas. 



Var. muironala. 



Fnlia numerosissima obionga, utrinque attenuata, longe et tenuissinn' cuspidato- 

 mueronata, cca 'Ve.i "l'H- 



Habitat verisimiliter in Brasilia : in Hb. Deless. sub n" 3'J80. 



P. CRINITA, n. sp. 



Radix fibrosa; caulis subalatus, vel distincte alatus, corymbose ramosus; folia 

 inferiora 4-5 vertioillata, superiora alterna, obovata, vel ol)ovato-lanceolata, vel 

 lanceolata, apiculata, suprema lanceolato-linearia, herbacea; racemi couiosissimi 

 pyramidales, densiflori; bracte.-e subulatre longa;: sepala exteriora basi elliptica, 

 longissime subulata et quara reliquuin llorem longiora ; alae elliptica?, brevissime 

 apiculatae, nervis liberis: coroUa in alis occulta eisque '/, brevior; petala superiora 

 iniequilateralia, carinam superantia, aliformia, antherœ subsessiles vel longius 

 pedicellatae; stigmata cristata; capsula alis brevior elliptica; semina obionga brevi- 

 ter biappendiculata. 



Tab. nostra. XXI, fig. 7—8. 



Hb. Monacens, n° 404, 403. 



Caulis, 1 0-20 cm. altus, erectus; foliis decurrentibus subalatus vel alatus, siiperne 

 striatus tantura, glaber, 1-1,5 mm. crassus, média parte ramosus, raniis erectis, 

 simplicibus corymbosis, tenuioribus, floriferis. Folia inferiora verticillata, obovato- 

 oblonga, 7, mm. vel lanceolata 'Jr'L "i'"- basi in caulem non sensini deciirrentia 

 sed âbala emarginatione acuta separata (ut in P. Timoutou Aubl.), superiora lan- 

 ceolato-linearia "/î. 7i.i' V. •""'• ^P'*^^ filiformiter apiculata, erecta, numerosa, 



