94 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
P. ARILLATA 
Frutex. Rami lignosi, valde foliosi ; folia breviter petiolata, lanceolata, acumi- 
nata, herbacea, nervo medio subtus prominente, pinnato-ramoso, superne vix 
conspicuo, leviter puberula. Racemi erecti, floribundi, laxiflori, nec deflexi ; flores 
submagni, pedicellati, lutei; crista 7-10 X plicato-lobata marginibus carinæ adfixa. 
Ham. in Don. Prodr. 199; Bennet in Hook. FI. of brit. Ind. I. 200; Griff. 
Notul. Pt. Asiat. p. 535, sed non tab. DXCVII ut indicavit cl. A.-W. Benn., 
l. c.; Franchet, Pt David. Il, p. 21 ; Forbes and Hemsley, ind. FI. Sin. pg. 59. 
Chamæbuæus arillata Hassk. in Miq. an. mus. I. p. 153. Walp. Rep. I. 
p. 233, 21 ; Dietr. Syn. IV. p. 894, 31. 
Tab. nostra. XVII, fig. 12-14. 
Frutex. Rami erecti, ramosi, lignosi, juniores puberuli, ramosissimi. Folia lan- 
ceolata, petiolata, acuminata, subherbacea, juniora puberula, deinde glabrescentia 
vel omnino glabra, 5-10 em. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, interdum cuspidata, nervo medio 
subtus prominente et puberulo, pinnate ramoso, nervillis luteis adscendentibus, pe- 
tiolo 0,5-1 cm. longo. Racemi terminales rarius foliis oppositi, erecti, floribundi, 
laxiflori, rachi juventute puberula, dura, ad insertiones florum remote-cicatrisato- 
exsculpta, cirea 6 em. longi vel etiam longiores (10 cm.). Bracteæ caducæ, 
lineares acutissimæ, hirsutæ, pedicellos æquantes et in racemo juvenili alabastra 
superantes. Flores circa 18 mm. longi. Pedicelli multo breviores circa 2-4 mm. 
longi. Sepala exteriora inæqualia, margine ciliolata, superius (posticum) gibbo- 
sum, duo antica inæquilateralia. Alæ duplo vel triplo longiores, ellipticæ, basi 
leviter attenuatæ, margine ciliolatæ, nervis pluribus parallelis superne apice 
ramosis notatæ, obtusæ, corollam æquantes vel paulo superantes, longiores (fere 
duplo) quam latæ. Carina, limbo cucullato, quam tubus breviore. Petala superiora 
ultra medium cum tubo staminali connata, quam carina breviora, subobtusa, late 
linearia, irregularia. Crista carinæ semi-orbicularis, marginibus exterioribus cum 
carina connata plicato-incisa, aut in sinubus 7-10 plicata, aut leviter lobata et sub 
lobis plicata. Antheræ oblongæ, glabræ, quam filamenta multo breviores. Discus 
annuliformis, obliquus, ovarii basin amplectans. Ovarium glabrum, suborbiculare. 
Stylus erectus apice latescens et curvatus. Stigmata subæqualia, superius vix pro- 
