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XXII. POLYGALEtE. Brown, Kunth 



XCV. POLYGALA. D.C. 





Polygalae spec. Liniu Juss. 



Calyx 5-phyllus, irregularis, persistens; foliola 3 exteriora, parva, 

 quorum unum ( in flore nutante ) superius , inferioraque duo approxi- 

 mata; interiora 2 lateralia (alse auct.) ? maxima, petaloidea, cum superiore 

 alternantia. Petala 3, hypogyna, mediante tubo stamineo coalita, irre- 

 gularia, decidua : petalum inferius (carina auct. ) cum foliolis calycinis 

 inferioribus alternans, majusculum, concavo-galeatum, genitalia inclu- 

 dens, 3-lobum vel saepius unilobum et apice cristatum; laciniis cristae 

 duplici ordine dispositis : petala superiora 2, conniventia, cum foliolo 

 superiore alisque alternantia. Stamina 8, hypogyna : filamenta in tuburn 

 antice fissum connata, superne libera : antherae basi affixoe, immobiles, 

 uniloculares , apice poro dehiscentes: Discus nullus, seu quandoque glan- 

 dula infra ovarium hypogyna, unilateralisr Ovarium superum, compres- 

 sum ? 2-loculare; loculamento uno carinae opposito, altero cum petalis 

 superioribus alternante; dissepimento angustissimo, faciebus ovarii con- 

 trario. Ovulum in quolibet loculo paulo infra dissepimenti apicem affixum , 

 pendulum. Stylus terminalis, ovario contrarie compressus (except. Polyg. 





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