294 Polygalaceae .Iss. 



POLYGALACEAE JSS. 



206. CHAMAEBUXUS VENENOSA Hssrl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 5647. PolygalaJj. subgen. g. Chamaehuxus TiC, 

 quod jure a Pohjgala, uti jam clbrr. Blume (Bull. sc. nat. XI. 66) 

 monuit, sejungendum, pariter ac a Badiera diyersiim habendum. Cf. 

 Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 130, ubi dubiose Polygalae adscripsi : Zoll. et 

 Mor. Verz. 21 speciem banc et Ch. pulchram Hsskl. denuo Polygalae 

 adscribunt. In Catalogo horti bogoriensis eisdem yerbis, sed du- 

 biose, Badierae adscripsi speciem utramque, cui certe multis par- 

 tibus affinem habeo. Cf. Endl. Gen. 5648 et Sppl. HI p. 96. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. I. 331. 130. Bl. Bijdr. 59. Sprg. Syst. Yeg. III. 

 164. 18, sed majori jure inter. 100 et 101 p. 169 1. c. pertinet. — 

 Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 130. Catal. md."^- l.d) Wlp. Rprt. V. 64. 1. 



Descrpt. Frutex 4 — 10 ped. altus ; rami erecti pauci 

 complanato-teretes glaberrimi, e petiolo saepe a latere com- 

 presso carinato decurrente costati ; petioli supra plani vix pol- 

 licares rubescentes; folia altema obovato - oblonga, oblonga 

 aut elliptico-oblonga, acuminata, basi longiter attenuata inte- 

 geiTima, 5 — 7 poll. longa, 1,5 — 2,0 poll. lata, nervo medio 

 subtus crasso acuto, reticulata; iiiflorescentia oppositifolia 

 aut lateralls racemosa; racemi penduli 1 — 2 poUicares et ultra 

 multifiori, floribus inversis ; calyx 5-sepalus, sepala 2 antica 

 subrotundo-ovata, viridia, diaphana, glaberrima, minuta, pos- 

 ticum cucuEatum majus, a latere compressum planum semi- 

 orbiculare apice emarginatum, coloratum, subroseum, diapha- 

 num, bina interiora lateralia multo majora, 0,5 poll. longa, 

 alaefbrmia patentia, obovata, basi cuneata, apice concava, al- 

 bida, nervo medio roseo; petala tria, bina inferiora margine 

 inferiore libera, margine superiore petalo superiori tertio ad- 

 nata ideoque petalum unicum quasi formantia sed apice de- 

 nuo libera, late linearia sigmoidea, apice rotundata, albida, in 

 maculis et apice rosea glaberrima longitudine alarum sed an- 

 gustiora; petalum superius inferioribus adnatum, apice libe- 

 rum roseum breviter galeatum, faucemque claudens subarti- 

 culatum ; glandula callosa, lutea, conferruminata maxima, apici 

 insidens ; stamina 8, fauci petali superioris inserta inclusa (aut 



