.M(»NOr,l<.\l>lllA l'OI.YGAMCEAKUM. "IM 



t;iii.ila \('l siTnil.il;i ; :iii||iim:i' liliiiiii'iila lonj^iliiiliiic siili:n|ii,iiil('s ; sliiîmala crislata; 

 (•a|isula irivgiilaris. l'Iliplica, apice liaiid emarginala; seiiiiiia olliplica, glalienima 

 mimitt; Uibeiciilata : appendicula hrcvia '/, ^l'iniMi Iniigiludiiie ;p(piantia. 



FI. Biasiliens. Mart. (il p. Tali. XIII, lig. I. Tali. XXX. lig. 33 (sem(3ii> 



Tah. niixtni WIV, lig. 17-IS. 



I*. c.laiissoii : Bri'sil, Minas Geraes, mars IS.39. 



Uadix lihrosa, parva. (".aulis eiia'tiis. 'l()-2.') ciii. loiigtis, 1 iiiiii. iiassus, tiMTS. 

 siiiistriatiis. glahri-, vol l(;viler pubcruliis. siiperne corymbose ramosus : raiiii 

 liievcs, l'asligiati. Kolia linearia. herbacua. niNi-ronala, glabia, sessilia. 0-8 iiiiii. 

 luriga, 0,3 inni. lata, caiiii ad pressa, miiiii^rosa, ctiam in laiiils (•(nireita. 

 Uacc.ini conici 1-2 cm. longi, 0, .5-0,0 lali, dcnsillori. Biactea^ Nn(3ares, lililuriiies 

 i|uani bracloola' midtoties longioies, glabra' persislentes. Sepala exteriora acula, 

 glabia. Ala' duplo longiores 2-2,.T mm. longK\ spathulatœ vel angusie elliplic;e, 

 iii'c relusse, quam cornlla cristata '/;, longiores. glabrre. Petaia superiora carinam 

 sub.i'qiiaiilia. ilioinboidalia, apice einargiiiala vel serrulata, basi breviter alte- 

 nuata, carina? crisia loba: hibi iiiteriores (i) liiieares, latérales tiiangularcs 

 carinam ailnata. Ovariiiin elli|iliciiiii : glabi'iiiii. Stylus adscendens, ovario vix lon- 

 gior. Stigma inferius apice dllatatiiiii, brève ; superius late vaginatum, apfieiidi- 

 ciilimi apice penicillalum involvens. (Capsula glabra, alis brevior, grisea. Semiiia 

 iiiliiiiiia, atra, glaberrima. 



Habitai in Brasilia: f'rov. Mitias (leraes : tJaussen. 271 bis, Hb. Mus. Brasil. 

 central ; Weddell Hb. Mus. Paris, 20i:i. Salinas ; Malto-Grosso, Weddell 3324 

 Hb. Mus. Paris. 



P. PSEUDOCQELOSIOIDES, ii. sp. 



Caulis teres, superne ramosus, rami graciles, corvmbosi; folia numerosa, 

 linearia, subdecidua; raci'ini densillori; bractea' persislentes; ala? dlipUcœ, 

 obtusaj; petaia superiora elliptica, vel ovalo-elliptica, apice haud serrulata, nec 

 emarginata; capsula elliptica; seinina loculos hand explentia, scrobiculala, hir- 

 sula, minima; appendicula lirevia '/, semen requantia. 



P. cœlosioidcs A.-W. Bennet p. p., non Mail, (^ijuia liabet seniina pilosa). 



Tab. iioHlra XXIV, liu. 19-20. 



