468 



lanceolatis acutis, corolla coerulea calyce duplo majori, calcare caly- 

 cis appendicibus rotundatis breviore O. V. modesta var. grandiflora 

 Fenzl Pug. N° 39. 



Hab. in Syria, boreali ad ostia Orontis (Ky exs. 50!), in sylvaticis regio- 

 nis medise montis Cassii (Boiss ! ), in pinetis Ciliciae supra pagum Aladagh 

 (Bal !). 



Caules 3-5 pollicares, flores magnit. V. trieoloris var. arvensis; a V. occultd 

 stipulis minutis multo minus divisis, corolla magna, calyce non accrescenti 

 distincta. 



V. ebracteolata (Fenzl 111. Taur. p. 49) nana, minute puberula, 

 foliis remote crenulatis infimis ovato-rotundis obtusis cseteris oblongis 

 vel lanceolatis, stipulis brevibus oblongo-linearibus basi utrinque 1-2 

 dentatis, floribus parvis, sepalis glabris lanceolatis acutis appendici- 

 bus lamina dimidio brevioribus calcar occultantibus , petalis flavis 

 calyce paulo longioribus O. V. modesta var. parviflora Fenzl Pug. 

 N° 39 ! 



Hab. in Syria, Aleppo ad aquaeductum (Ky exs. 260!), Beilanin sepibus 

 et agris sterilibus (Haussk !) , Libanus circa Eden (Gaill !), in Persiae bo- 

 realis umbrosis saxosis ad Deliman prov. Aderbidjan (Szow!). 



Plantula 1-2 pollicaris a prsecedente praeter caules brevissimos et flores 

 luteos dimidio minores petalis superioribus cuneato-oblongis nec late obo- 

 vatis distincta. 



ORDO XI. POLYGALEiE, Juss. Ann. Mus. XIV, p. 386. 



Flores irregulares. Calyx inaequaliter 5 sepalus. Corolla petalis 3-5 

 insequalibus cum staminibus in tubum coalitis. Stamina monadelpha 

 superne libera vel in 2 phalanges oppositas a?quales connata. Ovarium 

 biloculare vel rarius aborlu uniloculare loculis uniovulatis, stylus 

 simplex, ovula anatropa. Fructus capsularis vel drupaceus indehis- 

 cens vel loculicide aut septicide dehiscens. Semina e septo pendula 

 arillata (in nostris) albuminosa. Embryo rectus axilis. — Herbae ra- 

 rius suffrutices. 



POLYGALA (L. Gen. 854). 



Sepala persistentia 2 interiora majora alaeformia. Corolla tripetala, 

 petalum inferius majus carinseforme stamina includens (in nostris) 

 dorso crista multifida auctum. Antherae 8 uniloculares poro dehiscen- 

 tes. Capsula septo contrarie compressa bilocularis loculicide dehis- 

 cens. Semina hirsuta basi arillo lobato cincta. 



