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P. EXTRAAXILLARIS, Chodat. 
Radix nodosa; caulis erectus, puberulus subsimplex vel pauciramosus ; folia 
alterna, lineari-lanceolata, pubescentia, trinervia ; racemi extraaxillares, laxiflori ; 
sepala exteriora pulchre glandulose-ciliata ; alæ obovato-orbiculares, subrhom- 
boidales, emarginatæ. Petala superiora apice dilatata, subretusa, basi breviter 
cuneata. Capsula elliptica vel subcuneata alis brevior, et angustior ; semina pilis 
longis vestita. 
Contr. FI. Parag. III, p. 103. Tab. 28, I. 
Balansa 2180, 4176. 
Perennis. Radix fascicularis, interdum nodosa, caulem unicum vel plures edens. 
Caulis 15-30 cm. longus, erectus, teres, puberulus, inferne sublignosus, simplex, 
nudus ve! parce foliosus, superne ramosus. Rami erecti, foliosi. Folia lineari-lan- 
ceolata vel linearia, erecta, racemum plus minusve amplectantia, sæpe superantia, 
utrinque acuta, trinervia, 2-5 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, in petiolum brevem 
attenuata, utraque facie leviter puberula, haud subglabra. Racemi supraaxillares, 
pedunculo cum caule usque ad nodum superiorem connato, sublaxiflori, 4-6 cm. 
longi. Flores rosei, Bracteæ lineares, deciduæ. Pedicelli tenues, penduli, 3-4 mm. 
longi, puberuli. Sepala exteriora, viridia, superius arcuatum, geniculatum, in 
fructu erectum ; duo inferiora usque fere ad apicem coalita, margine glanduloso- 
ciliata, aliis duplo breviora. Alæ obovato-orbiculares, inæquilaterales, subemar- 
ginatæ vel subrhomboiïdales, carinam æquantes vel superantes, demum membra- 
naceæ et auctæ 6-7 mm. longi., 5 mm. lat, Petala superiora apice subtruncata, 
dilatata, basi cuneata per ‘/, cum tubo staminali connata. Capsula elliptica, vel 
elliptico-obovata, emarginata, alis brevior ac angustior. Semina cylindrica, pilis 
sericeis, appressis, longis vestita 3-3 ‘}, mm. longa; caruncula galeata semini 
superposita, cornea, exappendiculata. 
Habitat in Paraguya : in pratis et collibus incultis Cerro-Pelado, apud Para- 
guari (leg. Balansa) Balansa 2180, 4176. 
P. FALLAX, Chodat. 
Radix repens, ramosa, fragilis; folia ovato-lanceolata, pubescentia ; racemi 
