40 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
crispulis numerosis ciliata quam alæ ‘/, breviora. Alæ quam corolla breviores obo- 
vato-oblongæ, cuneatæ, apiculatæ, nervistribus, pauciramésis, liberisnotatæ, ramus- 
culis nervorum brevibus, simplicibus, margine pilis apicem versus crispulis, præ- 
ditæ. Petala superiora basi tantum i. e. per ‘/, cum tubo staminali connata, linearia, 
acuta, nervo medio, apice bifido notata, carinam ecristatam superantia. Carina, 
galeata, facie laterali visa, subquadrangularis, subito in unguiculum æquilongum 
attenuata. Filamenta libera staminum antheris glabris, 2-3 longioresglabra. Ovarium, 
obcordatum, subemarginatum, pubescens. Stylus vittiformis adscendens, erectus. 
versus apicem latior, ovario longior. Stigmata inæqualia, inferius patens obtusum 
papillosum, superius vix evolutum, subhippocampiformia. Capsula suborbicularis 
olivacea, subemarginata vel obtusa, sæpe latior quam longa (3,5/3), marginibus 
angustissimis instructa, levissime puberula. Semina lutea, elliptica, pilis sublongis his- 
pida, caruneula cariniformi, sammum semen tegente, in appendicula duo, descenden- 
tia, ligularia, membranacea, coriacea, alba, obtusa, semine ‘/, breviora, prolongata. 
Habitat in Mexico : San Luis Potosi. (Schaffner n° 496) Centr. Mexic. Parry et 
Palm. n° 40 — in petræis prope Guadelupe val. Mex. 
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