178 MONOGRAPHIA POI.VGALACEARUM. 



P. ADENOPIIORÂ, l)(]. 



Uadix tibrosii; caulis erecUis teiiuis vel subcrassus, simplex vel rainosus, folia 

 sparsa, aut rara, subulata, alterna; racemi suhcapilati vel obovali nec orbioulares 

 ut in P. lougicauH: flores rosei; braoteœ cadiicie; sepala exteriora vakle in;c- 

 ipialia, supiîi'ius l'ère duplo longlus; alœ lanceolato-lliieares, aciita', Irinervia^ 

 nervis liberis, qiiam corolla l'ère diiplo breviores. Tubiis corolhe valde eloiigatus 

 qiiam pars cuciillata magis i|uam duplo longior ; pelala supeiiora cpiain c.irina 

 cristata paulo breviura; aiitliene subsssiles, i. e. qusiii lilameiitu libéra longiores, 

 subovataj, glabra?; capsula oblonga, apice subacuta, basi altenuata, semiiia conica 

 pilis adpressis rulis vestila, basi coronam pilorum brevem foruiaiitibus. 



DC. Prodr. 1, 327 (v. s.)- A.'W, Berinet, I. c. p. 3:5. 



P. incarnata Aubl. Guian. Il, p. 739, non L. 



Tab. nostra XXI, fig. 33-34. 



Caulis teres, leviter striatus, subnudiis, simplex vel superue raniosus 15-50 cin. 

 loiigus, tenais, sublilitormis, glaber; raini tenuissimi, erecti, s;epe corymbosi. Folia 

 linearia, subulata, alterna, sparsa, 5-15 mm. longa, saepe revoluta, tum a|ipareant 

 cylindrica, glabra, vel etiani ut in speciiuinibus Decandolleis (Hb. Prodr. j subnulla, 

 iiilerduni glandulis rulis vel aurantiacis priedita. Uacenii densiilori, juvéniles sub- 

 (■urymbilbrnies, cca '/, l'in'- sunnnilate racemi iiiter llores evolutos occulta, dein 

 paulo majores, cca '7,, sed caducitale fructuni liaud elongati, ita nt pars denu- 

 data et racemi aspera denticulata, racemum tlorescentem 3-5 pi. excédât. Fruc- 

 tubus demissis, rachis inci'assatur, quo lit ut inl'erne crassier sit quam sub et in 

 racemo llorenti. Bracte;e minimaî, lanceolataî acutse, glabrœ, mox decedentes. 

 Pedicelli brèves quam llores multoties breviores, striali, subglabri, ad I mm. longi. 

 Flores erecti cca 8 mm. longi. Sepala exteriora, glabra, lanceolata, subacuta, duo 

 inferiora minora, basi glandulosa, superius nudum vel basi minus glandulosum, 

 margine glabra. Alae cca 4 X longiores, lanceolato-lineares, acul;e, cca 4 mm. 

 longae, nervis 3 simplicibus liberis notatae, albicanles, vel dilute roseae, glabrae. 

 Tubus corolhe teimis, elongatus, circuni ovarium paulo dilatatus, alas '/\ superans. 

 Petala superiora sublinearia, apice attenuata, subundulata vel intégra. Carinie 

 limbus parvus, cucullalus, unguiculo multoties brevior, roseus; ciista nuillilida, 



