158 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARCM. 



P. Tiinoulou Bennot (non Aubl.) in Polyg. am. nov. Journ. ofBot. 1879. 



Tab. noslra : in Micheli, Contr. Fi. Parag. tab. 31, fig. I. 



Radix parva fibrosa. Caulis siniplex vel apice tantum ramosus, striatus, subala- 

 tiis. Folia lanceolata, vel ianceolato-linearia, nuicronata, infima interdum verlicii- 

 lala, s3Epe angustiora, minute pellucide-punctata, superiora alterna et majora, 

 5 mm. -3 cm. longa, 1-5 mm. iata. Racemi 1-i cm. longi, 6-8 mm. iati, cylin- 

 drici. apice subcomosi. Bractea? lineari-lanceoiatœ. Sepala exteriora inaequalia, 

 elliptica, haud mucronulata. Aire sepalis exterioribus plusquam duplo iongiores, 

 corollam includentes, orbiculares, haud apicuiatï', reduplicatge, carinatne. Carina 

 minor, galeata, in summo dorso crista brevi, caniosa, bifida, ornata, in fructu 

 persistons. Petala superiora, elliptica, obtusa quam carina sublongiora et usque ad 

 médium cum tubo staniinali connala, apice subserrulata. Antherre quam fîlanienta 

 libéra breviores. Stylus gracilis, quam ovarium longior. Capsula membranacea, 

 cordato-orbicularis quam ake brevior, croceo-punctata. Semina brunnea, hispidula; 

 caruncula in duo appendicula membranacea, alba prolongata. 



A P. Iiygrophila HBK., radice fibrosa nec perpendicularis racemis subsessilibus, 

 forma alarum, seminumque dilîert. 



Habitat in Paraguaya : Baiansa, n° 2177, in liumidis prope Caaguazu. 



P. CÂRPHOIDES, n. sp. 



Caulis elongatus, subalatus, superne valde ramosus, ramis iterum ramosis, 

 erectis. Folia fere omnia alterna ianceolato-linearia acuminata, sessilia, parva. 

 Racemi quam pedunculus subalatus paulo breviores, parvi, tenues, vix comosi. 

 Sepala ovata, obtusa; alœ elliptica', vel ovato-ellipticse, obtusae; petala superiora 

 ovata obtusa nec elongata, nec rhoraboidalia ; carinae crista 4 dentata, dentibus 

 triangularibus, simplicibus. Semina ovoidea, subrotunda, apice haud prolongata; 

 appendicula lateralia quam semen longiora haud spathulata sed linearia. Caulis 

 ad 50 cm. longus, angulatus, subalatus, superne corymbose ramosus, ramis 

 iterum ramosis rigidis foliosis, floriferis. Folia adpressa, sessilia, Ianceolato-linea- 

 ria cca 1 cm. longa, longe acuminata apice aculeiformia, 1-2 mm. Iata, supe- 

 riora multo minora, numerosa. Racemi cylindrici sensim apicem versus attenuati, 

 vix comosi, brèves 1-1 '/, cm. longi (lloribus dilapsis exclusis), 4 mm. Iati, sepa- 



