MONOGIIAPHIA POLYGALACEAUUM. 199 



(;iia|iiii. Ciiiiit. itiii. (;:izi'it(>. :i. i. 



C.illtiss : i\. A. l'I. .'i;':'. 



\. r. luira fdrnia pi^taloriiin siipi^rioruni. apppndicibus seiiiinis aiigustinriliiis 

 atijiie lungioiiliiis, tlorihiis majoril)iis ili'iiiiiiii in sicco virciililuis. 



Tab. nosira Wll, lit;. 3(i-39. 



Kadk fiisifdrinis paiiciiaiimsa iiec lihrosa. I', cauilice oi'hiiitiir cailles iliin vcl 

 uiiiis taiiluin. en'iliis, lisliiliisiis, siipiTiic ramnsiis, striatiis, siibsiilcatiis, j^'lahcr. 

 hasi i:ca. 3 niin., fiassiis. siipcrne 1 mm., ramis elongalis erectis, 50-70 cm. allus. 

 Folia ohlonga, vel linearia. Iicrliacoa, ulrinrpie allennata, nec mucronata, alterna 

 l-:i cm. longa, 3-.> mm. lata, pellucide punctata, glabra, superiora minora. 

 KactMiii longe pRiliinciilati (i:ca. (i cm.) capitati, laliores quam longi ' ,. '■7.., ''"i. 

 ticnsillori. KIores 5-7 mm. longi, in sicco virescenles. redicelli tenues lloribiis 

 vix breviores. siiii li iicln 1 mm. Imigi, alali, glabri. Bractea^ linear(^s. siiiinlala' in 

 IVuctu pedicellos sidia'tpianti^s. Scpaliiin ]iosteriiis ab aliis anie.rioribns reniotum, 

 inlcrins late ovato-tiiangnlarc aciiliim alam unani pedicelli terniinans, duo ante- 

 riora superiora lanceolata, acnminata. Ala^mldto majores oblonga', ina'quilateraNîs, 

 longe apiculala;, snli miitniilalrm ad S mm. longa» qnam l'orolla panio longiores. 

 NervMs- médius simples;, duo lati;rales exti-insccns ramos paiicos simplices edenlcs. 

 l',arin;e lindins cucidlatiis, ungiiicnhj dnpio brevior, (•rislalus. Crisia fimbrial.'i, 

 laciniis cca. fi, lin(;aribiis aîfpialibns formala. l'elala superiora per dimidium cum 

 lubo stamiriali connala, longe hasin versus atteniiata, lirnbo inaequilaterali, paulo 

 dilatalo, obtuso, subovato, carinani cristalam neqnantia. Antlier;e glabrai, sessiles 

 vel in tubii slaminali subsessiles. ('iyn;ec.eum ut in P. bitea. Capsula elliptica, 

 glabra, substipitata, subemarginala, alis l'ère triplo brevior. Semina oblonga, [)ilis 

 paucis adpressis vestita. .4ppendicula duo linearia alba desceiulentia, semine paulo 

 breviora. 



Habilal in Ameiici seplentriunali : Florida. Ciirtiss, u° .322. 



P. NANA, DC. 



Folia s;ppe l'ère omiua radicalia rosulantia; caulis simplex abbreviatus; flores 

 capilati ; aie iii:c(piilaterales cusiiidalie ; petala superiora apice dilatata, subser- 

 rulata, (|uam carina cristata miilln breviora; crista longissima corollain l'ère 



