190 MONOGKAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



ceolaUe, subspathulatae, acutae, quam corolla iiiagis (|uam iluplo breviores, nervo 

 iinico paucirainoso notatœ, 2-2,5 mm. long.'R. Tubiis corolIfR ex abs valde exsertus, 

 angiistus. Longitudo corolbe cca. 6,5 inm. (in antliesi). Corolla rosea, limbo sub 

 crista exceplo, viridi. Petala siiperiora longe iinguiculata, spatlinlata, limbo ellip- 

 lico, apice rotundato, per diniidiiim eum Inbo staminali connata, nervo unico, 

 apice trifido notata, carinam cristatam stilwquantia. Crista speciosa 1-1,5 mm. 

 longa, multifida, Inliis lineariiiiis profunde bifidis qiiam iimbus ciuMiliatus multo 

 latior. Anther;e in tiibo staminali subsessiies. Ovai'iiim eliipticiim, glabrum. Stylus 

 3-4 X iongior rectus, filiformis, haud apicem versus incrassatus. Stigma siiperius 

 stylum terminans lineare, vix vaginatum, apice in appendicidum brève borizontale 

 apice cristatuin, recurvatum prolongatum; inferius 4 X minus horizontale obtusum. 

 Caiisulse patentes nec recurv;i3, confert», ellipticevel ovato-elliptica;' oblusae, sub- 

 eniarginatae, virides, 2,6-3 mm. quam n\^. persistentes albaR jiaulo breviores vel 

 eas suba?quantes, ac multo angusliores. Seniina globnsavel ovoidea, levitei' hirsuta, 

 nigra 2,2 mm. longa; arillus papyraceus albus, seniini superpositus. 



Habitat in America boreali, Virginia per Floridam, Carolinam, Texas, Alaba- 

 raam, Mexico usque ad Vera-Cruz (Xalappa). Curtiss : in pinetis siccis N. E. Florida 

 n° 515. idem. Virginia, idem, prope Jacksonville in sabiilosis siccis (Florida; 

 F. .loor in pascuis : Hari'isburg, Texas. Torr et (jray : Virginia: Galleoti : Mexico 

 Xalapa (Vera-Cruz) n° 7096. 



S|ieciesliabitu racemoium oculo nudo statim i-ecognoscenda ob forinam seniinum 

 alarum, petalorum superiorura P. setaceœ et P. fasligiatie Nuit, affinis. 



(Sec. Gray. Man. of Bot. 121. Dry soil Penii. to Wisconsin and soullnvard ; 

 rallier raie Cliapman FI. S. State; Dry sandy Soil. Floiida to Mississipi). 



P. NUTTALLI, Torr. el Gniy. 



Folia allei'na; racenii ilcnsillori, capitati ; Hures pediccllati : ahe lanceolato- 

 oblongaî vel obovato runeata», snbacut;e, duplo longiores quam lata^; carinai crista 

 filamenlis i-loiiiiata. 



Torr et Gray, FI. 1 . 670 ; P. sanguinealNutt. gen. 2. 88, non L. ; P. ambigua, 

 Torr et Gray, FI. I, 130, non Nuttall. 



