224 MONOGRAPHIA POLVGALACEARUM. 



P. I UNKFI, 11. sp. 



Caulis h;isi niidus, siiperne foliosus, tennis; folia niniierosa longa, linearia; 

 racemi densilloi'i; alai corolla fimbiiata longiores; erista 4 loba, duo lacinii fili- 

 formes, duo triangulares carin.Ti adnatse; alœ acute-ellipticae, capsula subbreviorcs 

 capsula elli[)tico-ovata, einarginata ; semina cylindrica utrinque attenuala, pilis 

 sparsis brevibiis predita, a|ipendi(iila duo acuta. 



Tab. noulra XXIV, Hg. 1-3. 



Funk et Si'Jiliriun 667 : Venezuela : Merida-Triixillu. 



A. 1'. l'.liiiili ciii vaille est affinis, olj seniiiiiiiii l'oi-niam, capsul;i'(jue, raiililxis 

 haud liliforniibus, l'rnctu emarginato, crista 4 lida liabitucpie recedit. 



Radix librosa, fibrillis iuteis, duris, brevibus. Caulis erectus, teres, tenais, 

 simplex vel superne ramosus, basi iS'pe nudus vel subnudus, superne foliosus, 

 glaber, levissime striatns, 30-40 cm. altus, basi I mm. crassus. Folia linearia, 

 angustissinia, glabra, niiiiierosa. 1-2 cm. longa, 0,3 mm. lata, erecta, acuta. 

 Ranii erecti filiformes etiam foliosi, perpauci (,"1-3). Racemi subdensillori, 1-ocm. 

 (sine floribus dilapsis), rachi elongata denticulato-tuberculata sœpe sub parte flo- 

 rescente 10 cm. longa, glabra, tenui, subcurvata. Flores violacei, in sicco pulchre 

 rosei, 2,3-3 mm. longi. Braclea lanceolata, longe cuspidata, subdenticulata, sub 

 medio dilatata, basi attenuala, quani bi-acteohe scariosa^ minimal multoties longior. 

 Pedicelli tenues, erecti, lion; fere ihiplu breviores, glabri. Sepala exteriora lanceo- 

 lato-elliptica acuta, glabra snba'.qiialia. Alai auguste ellipticre 3 X longiores quam 

 latfp, utrinque attenuata?, rose:e, quam corolla cristata longiores. Petala superiora 

 carinam cristatam suba^quantia, per '/i curn tube stamiuali connata. Carinae crista 

 4 loba, duobus lobis interioribus, linearibus, acutis, 2 lateralibus brevioribus, 

 triangularibus, acutis formata. Antherir glabr;r, clli|iticai. quam filamenta libéra 

 paulo longiores. Ovarium elli[iticuMi, glaljrum, sessile. Stylus adscendens ovario vix 

 longior. Stigma iiiferius apice oblusum, su|ieriiis vaginatum in appendiculum lon- 

 gum cristatum |)rolongalum. Oapsula anguste elliplica, versus a|)icem sensim atte- 

 nuala, emarginata, glabra, alis paulo brevior. Semina oblonga, utrinque attenuala, 

 leviler birsula, apice acuta; appendicula minima, duo linearia semiiie uuiltoties 

 breviora, acula. 



