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POLYCALAE l^^OVA SPECIES, 



AL(xLSTO DE ST. HlLx\mE 



DICATA 



STEPHl^O ENDLICHER. 



POLYGALA IIILARIANA. 



P. caulc fniticoso «iniplici, iiilerne nudo, snperne 

 folioso folilfitjue oblongo-lanceolatis, ulrlnqiie aJtenualis gla- 

 bcrriniis, alis c.irinam imberbein trilobain siibaequanti- 

 bus, petalis lalcralibus basi lalere posllco produclis. 



Habitat in Braslliae provincla ßahiensl, (Blancliet.) 



Radix lignosa, ramosa, torluosa. Caiilis pcdalls, liu- 

 licosus, calaini scriplovii cvassitie, simplicissimus, adscen- 

 dens, parmii ilexuosiis, cortice riaiosoTViigoso cineieo, in- 

 ferne deniidalus, rolioniiii delapsoriim cicatricibus torluo- 

 sus, apicc loliosus, Folia altcnia, coiiferta, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolata, 5 pollices longa, 1| pollicem lata, basi in pelio- 

 lum brevissimum, vix 3 lincas longiun, canaliculatum, 

 iuaequilalere atienuala, apice abiuptiui acnininala, acu- 

 mine obtusiusculo, brevissiine mucronalo; integeirima, 

 glabra; nervo niedio basi })aniaiper incias>salo, apice al- 

 lenualo, et in mucroneui excuucnle, supra impresso, sub-^ 

 Ins proniimdo, latevallbns (IS — 20.) teneri<)ii!>n.s, inlVrio- 

 ribns oppnsilis, snperiorilrus allcinis, in paa^lua iideiiori 

 proniinenlibus , inter se parallelis ad oras condjinalis el 

 norvis secnndarlls lenerrime reticulalini Cdniuxis. Kace- 



