MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 191 



Titb. mstmWn. Iig. l9--'0. 



Railix vt'imiciilaris siiiimsa, perpeniliciilaris. (jaiilis nniciis crecius, suhsiiiiplcx 

 vcl C(irviiilji)St; longe raTiiosiis, subalatus vel striatiis, glaber l()-3() cm. longiis, 

 intenliini hasi lignosus t'X aii 4 mm. incrassatiis. sœpiiis autem lemiior. Fnlia ninnia 

 alterna, llncaiia, herbacea, acnta, glabia, 0.7-2 cm. longa, 0,5-2 mm. lata, 

 glabra, adscendentia, sparsa. Racemi peiliim iil.ili pedniicnln cca. 2 cm. longo, 

 striatd. triqiietro vel angnioso, glaiiro; rncemi siiiiiliMisilloii, capilati "/,„, '"/,„, 

 ",,, sM'iie idniii rai'ius cylindrici. Finies, friictusipic pcdicellali, iicdicellis in IVuctn 

 ad 2 mm. inngis palulls, glabris, linicti'n intermedia acicidari paulo longioribus. 

 Sepala exteriora acuta, glabni inler se snba'qnaiia, margine haud ciliala. Ala- 

 lanceolato-oblong.e. vel obnvalo-ciineata\ suiiaciita' dnpio longiores (|uam lalse, 

 gl.abne, nervis subparallelis simpliciiins ((iroll.im vix siipenuites. (larina^ crista e 

 lobis cca. i membranaceis profunde emarginalis bene evulnlis l'nrmata. l'etala 

 superiora ligularia apice rotnndata. corollam a'quantia, vel paulo superantla. 

 Antbera', ovarium etc. ut in P. sanguinea. Capsula alis mullo brevior sed ,dis 

 angustis liaud invointa et in racenio dennnn laxo conspicna. Semina pyril'ormia 

 pilis lenuissimis adpressis pancis pra'dita. Appendicula paiva linearia semine 3plii 

 breviiira. 



Habitat in sylvis mnniinm CaroNna' septentrionalis (Beyrntb), in sylvis Asiiville 

 .N. Car. : Engelmann: in sylvis siccis, Cliilbowe Mt. Tennesee 600 m. ait. Cnrtiss 

 iN. Ain. l't. n" 52:i snb nom. P. sanguinea, I..; Arkansas. Rafinesque Hb. [leless., 

 Reanvois. Hb. Deless. 



A P. sanguinea, racemis minus densis. Ibiribns longiiis pedicell;ilis, alis angns- 

 liinibiis liand ipiain rdiulla iiiidln longinrilms, ciista liaiid calli)S;i biluba sed 4 flda, 

 ■-eminibiis iiiiiiiii'ibiis. dilTerl. 



P. SANGUINEA. L. 



Foli.i nltein.i. linearia, glabra; racemi deiisillori ; aL'e laie elliplica'. corollam 

 innito snperantes; carina> (;rista miiiima e du.abiis appendiribiis Inrmata ; semina 

 pyiil'ormia snbglabra, breviter appendiciilal;i vid loiigins. 



Lin. spec. 705. Willdn. spec. 2. 8'.»(i. 



