298 MOiVOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



Descriplio sec. pbiitam in Hh. Willd. asserviilam feci. S[)f>(ies a F. i,'iiidioiile 

 Willil. Iiabilii, l'uliis latioriliiis iiti|iie aliis notis I. c. imlii'alis ilislincta. Eaduin l'sl 

 qiia [M], in l'roilr. Hli. snb. nom P. liiosioiiles asservala. 



Hnliitat in Ciiili. 



P. PRATENSIS, Philippi. 



(gaules tenues, difïusi, pilis crispniis, pnhi'ridi ; folia lineari;i ; hraclea' decidua; . 

 ala^ ohovata'. obtnsa^ 



Philippi in Linn. XXXIII, 18; A.-W. Benntn. J.nfRnl. 1879. p. 168. 



Tah. vmlra XXVI, fig. 26-27. 

 Radix tennis, sinuosa. Caules dlilnsi vel adscendentes, erecti, tenues, slriati, pilis 

 crispulis pubernli, simplices vel superne ramosi, cca. 10-1 H cm. longi. Folia nume- 

 losa, linearia, apicem versus haud dilatata, olitusa, 6 mm.'l mm. v(d minora vel 

 [lauio majora, glahrescentia, carnulosa. Racenii terminales pauoillori, demnm 

 elongati et laxiflorr, 1-2 cm. longi, 6-8 mm. lati. Flores pedicellati, pedicello 

 1,5 mm. longo, cca. 4 mm. longi. Bracteaî decidua^ Sepala exteriora sub.-!?- 

 qnalia. Ala> obovata3, ohlus.i', basi atténuât», trinervia^, nervis simplicibus. 

 glabrae, cœruleae, qnam carina lireviores vel eam arquantes. Petala superiora 

 linearia, subobtusa, carinam paulo superantia per '/, cum lulio st.aminali connata. 

 Carin.iP crista e lobis linearibus apice eniarginatis formata, speciosa, multifîda. 

 Antherae obovatae quam fiiamenta glabra vix breviores. Ovarium ellipticum, emar- 

 ginatum, marginatum. Stylus ovario paulo longior. Stigmata styli partem superio- 

 rem refiaclam incrassatam terminantia vix prominentia nt in P. thesioides.Capsida 

 late orbiculai'is, marginibus serratis cincta, alis brevior el latior, glabra. Semina 

 dorso curvata, pilosa nigra. Appendicula duo ligularia descendenlia, .dba, semine 

 longiora, obtusa. 



Habil;il in Cliile : Valdivia : Philippi. 



P. GNIDIOIDES, Willdn. 



(janles ramosi. glabi'esceutes vel pilis p.itulis pnliesi'enlrs: lnlia liiirarin hioid 

 spathnl.ita : .da' s|i;illiMlata'. (ditusa'. 



