MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 105 
P. NUTKANA DC. 
Caulis adscendens, tenuis, simplex vel ramosus; folia ovato-elliptica, obtusa, 
glabrescentia, breviter petiolata, sabmagna. Racemi pauciflori axillares, vel ter- 
minales ; flores submagni; alæ spathulatæ, apice rotundatæ, margine glabræ, 
corolla paulo breviores; petala superiora apice haud dilatata, irregulariter 
emarginata, quam Carina paulo longiora; Carina superne in appendiculum calca- 
ratum reduplicatum prolongata; capsula elliptico-orbicularis, emarginata ; semina 
caruncula cornea appendiculata munita ; appendicula carunculæ, papyracea, late- 
rales : eorum margo ventralis rectus, dorsalis profunde emarginatus. Prodr. [. 330 
(vid. icon. Mocin.) 
P. cucullata Benth Pt. Hartw. p. 299 ; Gray. Geol. Surv. of Calif. I. 59 ; Ben- 
net. J. of Bot. 1879, 140 pp. 
Tab. nostr. XVIIL, fig. 5. 
Caulis tenuis, 20-25 cm. altus, erectus, simplex vel pauciramosus, striatus, gla- 
brescens vel leviter puberulus. Rami adscendentes, breves, vel elongati. Folia distan- 
tia quam internodia longiora, 2,5-3,5 cm. longa, 12,0-14 mm. lata, ovato-oblonga 
vel ovato-elliptica obtusa vel elliptica, herbacea, glabrescentia vel leviter puberula, 
breviter petiolata. Racemi axillares vel terminales pauciflori 2-4 fl. Bracteæ caducæ. 
Flores 10-11 mm. longi, lutei (?) rosei. Pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi, erecti, glabres- 
centes. Sepala exteriora inæqualia, superius majus concavum, basi sccculiforme 
duo inferiora paulo minora, lanceolata, margine leviter ciliata. Alæ quam corolla 
paulo breviores, spathulate oblongæ, obtusæ, subapiculatæ, nervis tenuissimis, 
apice subliberis. Petala superiora linearia, versus apicem paulo dilatata, margine 
superiore ciliata, apice irregulariter emarginata quam carina cristata paulo sed 
conspicue longiora, lobus exterior longior et subfalcatus ; interior alio duplo 
brevior. Carina per */, cum tubo staminali connata, unguiculo longo, limbo 
cucullato articulato, oblique sed subito in unguiculum attenuato. Crista extror- 
sum falcata, quam limbus duplo brevior et petalis superioribus superata, integra. 
Antheræ quam filamenta libera multo breviores. Ovarium, stylus, stigmata ut in 
aliis. Capsula nuda elliptico-orbicularis, leviter emarginata, levissime puberula, 
venosa, viridis, circa 6 mm, longa 5-6 mm. lata, brevissimestipitata. Semina bre- 
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