172 MUNOGKAPIIIA POI.VdAI.ACEAKUM. 



nervis tribus, exterioribus pauciramosis. IwiikI aiiastoniosantibus, vel siiiiplicibtis, 

 i|uani coroila pauio longiores, rose.T, glabr:i'. Petala superiora incTquilaleraiia. 

 apice retiisa vel obtusa subsemilata, siiblineaiia. sub parte média iino iateri' 

 angiilate dilatata, quam carina ciistata paiiln Inngiora. Carinip liinbus cpiaiii iiiigtii- 

 ciiiiim brevior, cristaiii doisaleiii pliiriliilaiii Iciciis ; crisl* laciiiii subfiliformes, 

 etiam incisi vel siiiiplires, longitiidiiie liiiilmin .iMiiiaiites. Aiitiierie ohlonga'. glabne 

 quam tilaiiieiita libéra glabra paulo breviores. Ovarium elliplicum, glabrum : stylos 

 ovarium iongitudine œquans. Stigma inferius liorizotitaliter patens eiongatiim, 

 superius cucullatiira siibfalcatum, in appendiiiiluin iTistatuin prolongatum. Capsula 

 ovato-oblonga, liaud distincte emarginata, glabra. maculis croceis glandubisis. 

 praedita, alas œquans vel paulo superans. Semiiia longe conica. coronam basilarem 

 pilorum ferentia, apice acuta. appendicidis duobus acutis minutis praedita. 



Habitat in Ami-rica merid., Giiiana angl. : Piiara, Scliomburgk n" 262; in Bi;i- 

 silia, prov. Bahia merid., Tamandua, Bhmcliet n" 3846; in Surinam, Hostniann, 

 175 a. 



P. ALKREDI, sp. n. 



Gaules herbacei erecti subsiniplices vel ramosi; l'olia tenuia; Jinearia, numerosa, 

 racemi elongati. laxitlori; sepalum superius ovato-triangulare, aliis latius; al» 

 auguste lanceolatre, trinervije; corollam fere duplo longiores; |)etala superiora 

 lanceolato-linearia carinam cristatam inulto superantia; carin» crista prolunde 

 laciniata; antherœ oblong;e quam lilamenta paulo breviores; ovarium ellipticum 

 sessile; capsula lanceolato-linearis, oblonga, subemarginata; seniina longe conica, 

 apice acuta, pilis longisadpressis basi quasi coronam lormantibus, obtecta; appen- 

 dicula brevissima triangularia, acuta. 



P. graeilis A.-W. Bennet p. p. non HBIC. 



Tab. nostra. XXI, fig. 25-26. 



Exscicc. : Gardn. Brasil. Prov. Ceara, Ho3; prov. Piauliy 2045. 



Radix perpendicularis, pauciramosa, tennis* nec librosa, caulis simplex vel 

 ramosus, teres, glaber vel subpuberulus, siPpo superne pauciramosus, raniis 

 erectis, filil'ormibus, sub;equalibus, 20-40 cm. altus, basi cca. 1 mm. latus. Folia 

 basilaria verticillata, alla alterna, basilaria mox decidentia, quo fit ut folia omnia 

 appareanl alterna, brevissime petiolata, linearia, acuta, tenuia, glabra, pra?cipue 



