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GENERA 
I. POLYGALEZÆ. 
1. Polygala T. — Flores hermaphroditi irregulares ; receptaculo 
convexo. Sepala 5, sæpius petaloidea, plus minus inæqualia ; latera- 
libus 2, cæteris paulo (Salomonia, Badiera) y. multo majoribus alifor- 
mibus, in præfloratione imbricata extimis, aut deciduis, aut circa 
fructum persistentibus. Petala 5, in corollam plus minus gamopetalam, 
postice fissam, inter se et cum DRE ax connata, imbricata ; antico 
(Carina) cæteris sæpius mullo majore concavo-galeato v. cymbiformi, 
apice 2, 3-lobo, nunc dorso v. ad apicem crista plus minus lobata 
* fimbriata auclo, in præfloratione inmtimo; posterioribus ?, minutis, 
linguiformibus v. squamiformibus, sæpe 2-lobis, nunc cum lateralibus 
minoribus v. subnullis (sæpe 0) connatis. Stamina sæpius 8, rarius 6, 
V. 5, À (Salomonia, Epirhizanthes), 2-seriata (quorum alternipetala 4); 
flamentis basi 1-adelphis, in vaginam postice fissam connatis, mox in 
phalanges laterales æquales 2-adelphis, demum ad apicem liberis ; 
antheris incomplete v. complete 2-locularibus, basi et apice nune ciliatis 
pilferisve, intus ad apicem rima brevi v. foramine forma vario, simplici 
v. plus minus 2-plici, dehiscentibus. Germen liberum, basi disco tenui 
Y. Subnullo cinctum, nune plus minus stipitatum, 2-loculare; loculo 
altero antico ; aless postico ; stylo ad apicem ineurvo varie et sæpius 
inæquali-dilatato v. geniculato ; lobis stigmatosis 2-4, heteromorphis 
et inæqualibus ; posticis 4, 2, majoribus ; ovulo in loculis singulis soli- 
tario descendente ; inicropyle extrorsum supera. Capsula calyce sæpius 
cincta, nune perianthio caduco nudata (Semeiocardium), ancipiti-com- 
pressa suborbiculata, ovata, obovata, emarginata v. æquali inæqualive 
(Badiera}-2-dyma, ad margines nunc marginatos v. breviter alatos locu- 
