398 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 



formata. Petala superiora ligularia obtiisa, basi cuneata, carinain cristatam longi- 

 tudine requantia per '1,-'.', cuin tiiljo stamiiiali cnnnata, iiiargine et basi ciliata. 

 Petala lateralia lanceolatn-linearia, aciUa, s.'Bpe bene evobita alio '/, breviora per 

 7, curatubo staminali connata. Aatheraîglabne filamentis liberis glabris duplo bre- 

 viores. Ovarium ellipticura; stybis adscendens. Stigmasuperius subcarnosum einar- 

 ginatum brève, inferius recurvum carnosum cylindricinn apice papillosum. Capsula 

 elliptico-orbiciilaris, margiiiibus membranaceis cincta, glabra, alas suba^quans vel 

 sublatlor. Semina ovoidea subglobosa, leviter liirsuta, nigricantia. Carinse lobiis 

 intermedliis, dorsalis semen dlmidium attingens, duo anteriores descendantes, linea- 

 res, papyracei, semine ssepe longiores. 



Habitat inter frutices, ad montes Van Stadensriviersberge, tuni apiid Albenz et 

 Philipetown, Eck. n° 171 ; Drege n° 1936. Prom. b. spei. 



Variât foliis longe bispidis, pilis diametriim folii subaequantibus, et foliis 

 lanceolatis (Mac Owen 386 in graniiiiosis niontiiim prope Grabamstown) minus 

 bispidis (Eckl. 171); foliis ellipticis vel suborbiculaiibus pubescenlibus tantum 

 (P. declinata E. M. Drege, v. in Hb. Deless.) ex qua formetur : 



Var. dcrUimla. 



Foliis suborbicuhiribus vel elliplicis obtiisis breviter liirtis, floribus paulo majo- 

 ribus, sepalis latioribus, alis demum suborbicularibus, petalis latioribus. 

 <x B. Arillus brevis. 



P. ERUBESCENS, Chod. (E. M.) 



Caulis ramosus; folia oblongo-linearia, pubescentia ; sepala late elliptica; aise 

 unguiculat;p, subacutne, irregulares, nervis valde anastomosantibus ; semina pyrifor- 

 mia pilis brevissimis leviter hirsuta. 



In PI. Dregean. 



P. liispida Harv. et Sond. |ip. non Burch in IXl. Prodr. 



Tab. noslm XXX, lig. 2î-ii. 



Caulis lignosus.ramosns, raniis brevibns. Folia pube crispula pubescentia, lineari- 

 oblonga, subacuta, 3-8 mm. longa (an majora). Racemi brèves terminales (an sem- 

 per) paucitlori. Bractea? pedicellis diqilo vel 3 plo breviores. Pedicelli brèves. Flos 

 ad 6-7 mm. Ig. Sepala exteriora late elliptica, obtiisa, superius suborbiculare ner- 

 vis areolalum ciliatnm. Akc sublonge unguiculatae, inœquilateralos, subaeulœ, ner- 



