MONOGKAPHIA POI.YGAI.ACEARUM. 351 



2 mm. loiii;i. Sepal.i siil).!'i|ii,ilia cnncnva. margiim ciliata, l'iii'vata. Carina iiniillala. 

 liinlii) quam iiiii.'iiii'iiliiin vi\ liiii<^'i(ii'i' : crisla miilliliila. lilameiitis lineatiliiis 

 divisis. l'etala sii[tRriora basi ciiiieala. ciliata sii|inrii(' ii'ivgiilaritiT ohovata, inargiiit^ 

 Niimala, i|iiain carina crislata fere diiplo hreviora. Ahi' glahr.T, corolla hreviores 

 li'vilt-r iiia'(|iiilateral(^s liaiid aciila' sed siihobtiisa'. nervis rainosis. raniis en^-tis 

 liaiiij anaslomosaiililiiis, irrcjjiiilaiiti'r i'lli|itic;e. Ov.iriiiiii (ili(ivatiiiii, slyliis vitti- 

 l'oniiis. aiitriilale ciirvatiis. (|iiam nvariiim iiiiillotii's loiigior. Sligrna siiptM'iiis Icviler 

 loriravdiii. apice |iapillosum, iiilerius ali l'o dissitiiin in stylo sessilc piiiiiUifornie. 

 (l.ipsula semin.i(|iie ignota (sec. (ian). cl Champ. I. c. capsula late alata). 



Habitat in l'.bina : Hongkong {\. s. in llb. Dcless. leg. Hillobr. cl in llh. \lns. 

 l'ririsV 



A. I'. sihiriia cni est valdc affinis forma alarnm, pctalornm sn|iciioinm et 

 cai'ina' ali| ne lolii^ ilivcrsa. 



P. CROTALARIOIDrS, Ilam. 



(laiilibns (lifTnsis humilitms, ut folia bispido-lanatis ; folia elliplica obtusa : 

 raccnii capilati. Ilncibns subscssililms; alie subacuta', marginc longe ciliata^ 



Ham. in Don l'rodr. I'.)il ; DC. l'rodr. I. 327: Wallicb. l't.asiat. rarior. Il, 1S5: 

 Cat. 4l7ti. H7(l I).: Hassix. in Miq. Mus. Bot. I, 164; Bennet in Hook fl. ind. I. 

 202. 



P. capitata .lac,i|. Voy. ; Uoyie ilbisti'. lab. ISI. 



Tiih. iioslra XWIII, lig. |;)-I7. 



Hailix crassa ; e raudice parum incrassato. nasciintnrcanles pinres basi lignes!, 

 brèves vel elongati, erecti. slriati, pilis longis lamiginosc liis[)iili, (>-20 cm. longi. 

 Kolia nuniernsa snbniagna. obovato-ellipli(;a vel s;epiiis elliplica, basi in petioliim 

 brevissimnm, 1-2 mm. longuni attemiata, limbo I cm. -3' /, cm. longo, 5-18 mm. 

 lat., obtusa, nec mucronata. pilis longis nervo medin vitlosa sed non lanuginosa vel 

 tomentosa ; iiraclea' minimaj, villosa-, vix coiispicu.e. Racemi terminales, vel snpra- 

 axiilares. breviter pedicellati, (juam folia breviores, capitati. Flores subsessiles, 

 médiocres, •') mm. longi. Sepala ext(Tiora, lierbacea, ovata, inseqnalia, viridia, 

 margine longe ciliata. Al,e ilnplu iongiores elliptico-oblonga', apiculatae, margine 

 longissime ciliat.'e, nervis :{-•'> anastomosantibns, ramniosis, (|uam corolla cristala 

 |ianl(i breviores. Petala siiperiora (ibovala, lata, plnrinervia, (piam carin.i mnllo 



