MONOGRAPHIA POLYGAI.ACEARIIM. 255 



diclioloiiii' vi'l Irii'liiilonii' lainosii.s, i-2.''> mm. ii;issiis. r;iiiiis l'oliosis, erecle 

 |i;iti'iitiliiis. l''oli:i !S-12 mm. Imi.ua, 0,(1 iiiiii. hita, |i.iti'nlia. prorsum linearia, aci- 

 ciilaiia, a|MCiilala, |ielluci(lo-|)iiiictata. orhiciilata. Racoini terminales (etc. leste 

 lieniiet), coiiici. .'i-IO lin.(?) Iiinni. Flores 1 liii. loni'i, siihsessiles: ractiis c 

 lliiiiliiis (lelapsis asperiima; hiaitea^ parva'. ovato acuminalse, inargine nieinlira- 

 naceo-clliata', liecidiiae. Sepala exteriora siibreiiualla, ovata, mucronulata, maigliie 

 mcmliranaceo levlter ciliala, siiperius paulo iiiajus et concavum; air; sepalis oxte- 

 liiiiibus triple) loiigiores, laie ovat;c. in iingiiem brevein angustata' in mediii bre- 

 viter ciliatse. (.'.arina galeata, crista pai'va in ajiici^ ornata; petala snperiora fere 

 us(|ue ad basin libéra, narinam aTpiaiilia. Anthera' ellipticîe in staminuni vagiiia 

 fere sessiles. Ovarinni ellipticuui glabrinn ; stylus brevis, crassus; stigmata cucul- 

 lata. Fruclus elliptieiis, emarginatus, alis persistenlibus sublongior, piinctis croceis 

 glandulosis ornatus. Semioa (inatura) elliptica; carunciila siibgaleata, appendicibus 

 dnabiis pra^dita. 



Ilabilat in Brasilia' prov. .Minaniin in regione adamantiiini. (laidner. 



•/ 'Capsula stipitala. 

 P. 8ÂBUL0SA, A.-W. Bennel. 



Caulis elongalus, erectiis vel adscendens, valde et longe ramosiis, ramis elon- 

 gatis, undjellato-raraosis vel simplieibus: l'olia numerosa aciculari-iinearia baud 

 conferta. patentia vel snbdcllexa, carnosnia; raceini parvi globosi, peduncidati : 

 sepala exteriora snlia^(|iialia ovata. subacnta; ab'P elliptica', utrinque acula', atte- 

 nuatae ; carinœ crista limbriala : capsula suborbicularis, Uipitala. Semina elli|itica 

 b^viter birsata, appendiculis duobus linearibus, semen suba-quanlilms prœdita. 



A.-W. Bennet in Mart. FI. liras, p. 27, t. XX\ et llg. 2(i sem. 



P. aspalatha Sl-Hil. p. p. non Linn. 



Tah. nostra WIX, ftg. 40-i1. 



Caulis bcrbact^is vel interne sublignosus, durus, subrigidus, glaber, subangu- 

 losus, strialus, ad .'iO cm. longiis; rami er(M',ti corymbosi cca. 20 cm. longi, sim- 

 plices vel unibellatirn ramosi. Foiia 'i-i'2 mm. longa, (),.') nnn. lala, baud conferta 



