42 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
spathulata, majora, in petiolum 8-15 mm. longum attenuata, limbo tenui ovato 
suborbicalari, mucronato vel non, 15-25 mm. longo, 12-20 mm. lato, margine 
pilis brevibus rectis ciliato, alterna, vel suprema ternatim vel 4-tim verticillata 
basin pedicellumque racemi terminalis cireumdantia. Racemi plures, omnes 
terminales. Racemus caulem principalem terminans elongatus, longe pedunculatus 
(1-3 em.) 3-4 cm. longus, basi fructificans, dum laterales racemi florentes tantum 
(eo tempore), sublaxiflori, Juveniles comosi. Flores parvi breviter pedicellati ; 
bracteæ 3 subulatæ ; bractea, bracteolis longior pedicellum superans post anthesin 
caducæ. Sepala exteriora subæqualia late ovato-triangularia, nervis tribus haud anas- 
tomosantibus notata glabra ; superius paulo majus ejus nervusmedius, a parte media 
ramosus, laterales apice bifidi. Alæ duplo majores obovato-suborbiculares, apice 
margine intus reduplicatæ, obtusissimæ, nervis tribus notatæ. Nervus medius apice 
cum lateralibus arcuate conjunctus vel liber ; laterales extrinsecus ramulosi, Carina 
ecristata, limbo cucullato, oblique truncato, quam unguiculum vix breviore. Petala 
superiora longe spathulata, carinam æquantia, obtusa, per */, cum tubo staminali con- 
nata. Antheræ globosæ, filamentis liberis, breviores. Stylus subrectus apice latescens. 
Stigma superius dentiforme, breve, acutum, inferius tuberculatum horizontaliter 
prominens multo majus. Corolla et calvx decidui. Capsula nuda latior quam longa, 
suborbicularis, apice breviter fissa, nec emarginato-corduta, quam pedicellus lon- 
gior. Semina ellipsoidea (apice lateraliter prolongata ; arillus lateralis bilobus ; lobi 
triangulares acuti.) vel carunecula breviter biappendiculata notata. 
Area Geographica. 
Asia meridionalis ab India ad Japoniam. 
Simla. Hb. Ind. or. Hook fil., Sikkim id., in China prov. Hupeh, Henry (Kew.) 
id. prov. Ichang n° 6588, 2486; in Birma Ava Meaong et Taong dong Prom. dist. 
Tenasserim Attarem. (Kurz |. €.). Japania Franch. 
P. CARDIOCARPA. 
Capsula valde nervata, oblonga, apice marginibus evolutis membranaceis alata. 
Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 293. 
(Plantata mibi tantum ex descriptione cl. Kurz. notata.)' 
! Vide sub « addenda. » 
