358 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGA LACE ARUM. 



Semina ellipsoidea, breviter et sparse pilosa. Arilliis siiperpositus, exappundiculatus, 

 loculum haud explens. 

 Species parva habitat Indiain, Nepaiil (Wallich v. s. in Hb. Prod.)- 



P. LONGIFOLIA, Poir. 



Oraminea. eiata: folia iinearia vel acicularia, longa; racemi juvéniles comosi : 

 aise ellipticae, obtusissimae ; capsula alis latis parte superiore margiiiata itaque 

 obcordato-cuneata. 



Poir. Dict. 5, p. 501 ; DC. Prod. I, 325. P. leptaiea Wall. Cat. n° 4189 ; Benth. 

 11. austr. I, 139; Hassk. in Miq. an. Mus. I. c. I, 173; Bennet in Hooker 11. of 

 brit. Ind. I, p. 202, pp. 



Jab. Mos/ra XXVIII, lig. 26. 



Gaules sœpius longissinii, ad 50 cm. longi, sulcati vel striati, glabri, ad 1-2 mm. 

 crassi, tenues, simplices vel rarius ramosi. Folia Iinearia, acuta, '^/j^j "/a etc. niu- 

 cronata, ssepius marginibus subrevolutis, pauca. Racemus terminalis, tennis, juve- 

 nilis comosus, ad 2-3-c» cm. longus, rachi floribus dilapsis asperata, ad 8 cm. 

 longa. Flores brevissime pedicellati, pedicello vix 0,5 mm. longo, ad 3 mm. longi. 

 Bracteae ut in P. oligophylla DC. Characteres tlori ut in spec. praeced. sed ake ma- 

 jores, subellipticae, obtusœ, apice rotundatae nec cuneate attenuatae. Capsula raargi- 

 nilius latis instructa. Semina cylindrica, breviter pilosa ; arillus semine superpositus 

 tiilobns. 



Habitat in Asia meridionali : Khasia, reg. trop. ait. 300-1000 mm., Java, Aus- 

 tralia sept, in Port Darwin. 



A praecedente statura, alis, capsulis sat diversa. 



P. WIGHTIANA, Wighl et Arn. 



Radix perpendicularis ; caules tenues erecti, glaberrimi ; folia Iinearia, glabra ; 

 glaucescentia, margine tenuiter et eleganter denticulata ; racemi elongati ; petala 

 superiora liinbo subquadrangulari, tenuiter ungaiculata. 



Wight et Arnott in Prodr. FI. Ind. I, 36; Hassk. in Miq. An. Mus. Bot. I. 

 p. 170. Walp. Rep. I, p. 233, 18 ; D. Dietr. Synop. IV, p. 894, 27. 



P. Wiglitiana, Wallich cat. n" 4190 ; Wight cat. n. 134. 



Tab. nostra XXVIII, fig. 27-29. 



