380 MONOGKAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



P. DENSIFLORA, Bl. 



Caulis basi lignosus sufïruticosus ; raini adscendentes teretes, sirnplices vel 

 ramosi ; folia lanceolato-linearia, apiciilata, subliis palliiliora, submagna : lacerai 

 brèves, floribiis dilapsis serriilati ; flores médiocres; al» corollam excedentes, ovato- 

 lanceoiatœ, longe apiculatai, inœquilaterales, pelala superiora trianguiaria, apice lata, 

 carina breviora ; carinœ crista pedicellata, paucilobata, lobis laciniatis ; filamenta 

 longa; stylus vitiformiis apice rediiplicatiis oblusns (in stigmata); capsula late 

 orbicularis, latior quam longa, ciliata ; semina subglobosa : arillus lobis latera- 

 libus apice latis, interniedio brevior, semini superpositus. 



Blume Bijdr. p. 59; Walp. Rep. I, p. 234, 31 ; Hassk. in Pt. .lungh. I, 

 p. 124, 1 ; Hassk. in Miq. an. Mus. I, p. 166. Morilzi Pt. Zoliing. 



P. glomerata Leur. FI. Cocb. 426: DC. Prodr. I, 326. 



Exscc. Zoliinger : Pt. .Jav. 409. 



Tab. noslra WIX. fig. 27-28. 



Habitu variabilis. Caulis simplex basi sublignosus vel rainosus, ramis adscen- 

 dentibus, pilis crispulis puberulis, 20-50 cm. longus, teres, vel superne striatus. 

 Folia glabrescentia, superne pilis rigidis, longis, sparsis margineque conspersa, 

 "/ "/ "1 "I "I mm. i. e. lanceolata, elliptico-lanceolata vel linearia, 

 ellipticaque. Racemi supraaxillares brevissiini vel longiores 0,5-1,5 cm. longi, 

 densiflori, pauciflori. Pedicelli brèves in antliesi ad 2 mm. longi, puberuli. Flores 

 4-5 mm. longi. Sepala exteriorasubœqualia, lanceolato-apiculata, acutissiina,mar- 

 gine longe ciliata. Alae lanceolatœ, acumiiiatœ apice aculissimae, florem vix exce- 

 dentes, nervis dichotomiter ramosis, haud anaslomosantibus, viridescentes, eciliatae. 

 Carina cristata ; crista basi rimosa dein in lobos plures iterum laciniatos desinens. 

 Petala superiora basi tantum cum tube staminali connata, trianguiaria, longiora 

 quam lata, basi cuneala, carinani subœquantia. Antherse quam fiilamenta libéra 

 glabra multoties breviores, glabrae. Ovarium orbiculare, ciliatum. Stylus adscen- 

 dens, apice stigmata recurva membranacea ferens. Capsula late orbicularis, mar- 

 ginibus angustis, ciliata. Semina pyriformia, pilis sericeis vestita, lateraliter com- 

 pressa; arilli lobi insequales, duo latérales obtuso-retusi, dorsalis brevior, papy- 

 racei. 



