186 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



elongati et late cylindrici ; bracte.'P suhiilat.T post malnritati'in etiani peisistriiles 

 in racemo evolutn liami prominentes sed occult;e. Pedicelli flnrem sub.-pquantes 

 tenues. Sepala exteriora mininia, ovato-triangularia, suhnhliisa, margine ciliata; 

 alœ ninlto majores triangniares, apice longe stilnilalre. ipiain cnmlla longiores et 

 latiores; petala superiora carinani ciistatani liaud a'quantia: antlier.r siilisessiles: 

 ovariuni elliplicum; capsula alis lirevior; semina ovnidea ; appendiiiila liiieaiia 

 descendentia, ventralia, seiiien longitiidine a:^qnantia. 



L. Spec. 706, Hill. rog. Svst. 2i, t. olî. f. 4, Willdn. Sper. plant. 2, 897, 

 Miclix. il. 2, r.2. l'oir. Die, t. 6. .302. DC. Prodr. 1, 328. Toit et C.ny, PI. I, 

 127, 670. Gray, Gênera, 2, 223, t. 183, fig. 12, 13 (senien). 



P. cuspidata Hook. .Fonrn. Bot. I, 194, non DC. 



Tah. noslrn XXII, lig. 6-9. 



Caulis 10-20 cm. altiis, glaber. Folia iiiferinra minora, 7, ,,,-"7, mni., snpe- 

 riora longiora "'.,,, '"'..;, '',.,. " i,, nini. sessilia vel etiam in petiolum atle- 

 nuata, ilecinTentia, itaque caulis alatns, sa^pe versns basin sensim angustescentia, 

 patentia vel adscendentia, suprema alterna quam internodia multo longiora, 

 mediana internodia aeqnantia vel quam ea paulo breviora, interdiim obtusa et bre- 

 viter murronata, vel aruta et longius subulata, minute pelincide punctata. Raeemi 

 juvéniles capitati '7i„, '/,„. '7ni densillori, dein magis elongati '7,,,. " ',» mni. etc. 

 Flores purpurei, ica. 4 mm. longi. interdum vircscenles. Pedieelli llorem sub- 

 isquantes, glabri, patuli. liliformes ncc, alati. Sefiala exteriora longitudine snb- 

 sequalia, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, subacut.i vel obtusa, viridia, margine angns- 

 tissiine membranacea et ciliata, uninervia. kUf, cca 4 x longiores sessiles basi 

 late triangniares, longe subulatae, nervis pluribus, apice bifidis, non anastotno- 

 santibus notât», rosefe, dorso vitta média viridi notata , corollam imludentes 

 et quam ea multo longiores, glabr.Te. Petala superiora linearia, obtusa, nervo 

 nniio, trilido notata, quam carina cristata panlo breviora per 7, cum tubo stami- 

 nali connata; carin» irista plurifida, filamentis linearibns formata, Tubns coroll.r 

 longior quam latus. Antlier» globosaî, in tnbo staniinali sessiles vel subsessiles, 

 glabre. Disc.ns glandulilormis posticns, hypogynus. Ovarium ellipticum; stylus 

 7;, longior tennis; stignia supcrins reclus, in appendiculum .ipice pulcbre cris- 

 tatum prolongatnm et refiactnm ; inferius brevius, obovatiun. |iapillosuni liorizon- 

 taliler prominens. Capsula glabra obovata, parle superiore seminibus inllata, 

 inferiore lalere compressa, alis brevior et angustior. SemiM.-i clliplica li'viler liir- 



