MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 139 
P. GALIOIDES, Poir. 
Caulis tenuissimus, subalatus, parte media ramosus; rami elongati, sæpe oppo- 
siti, caulem sæpe æquantes vel eo paulo breviores; folia tenuia, lanceolato-elliptica, 
vel lanceolata, inferiora interdum obovata utrinque acuta, apice mucronata, 
4-verticillata, ramorum magis alterna angustiora, punctata; flores minimi in race- 
mos subdensos elongatos cylindricos dispositi; alæ fere orbiculares; petala supe- 
riora ligularia elongata; cristæ lacinii pauei apice dilatati. Capsula orbicularis 
emarginata; semina atra, pubescentia, minima. 
Poir. Dict. V, 503; DC. Prodr. I, 324; St Hil. F1. Bras. merid. Il, 27; Hook, 
Journ. bot. IV, 100. 
Tab. nostra. XX, fig. 5-7. 
Radix parva fibrosa annua. Caulis erectus, simplex vel multo sæpius ramosus, 
10-20 cm. altus, subquadrangularis, tenuissimus, 0,6 mm. crassus, glaber, ramis 
oppositis, adscendentibus haud corymbosis, tenuissimis. Folia verticillata (4) lan- 
ceolato-linearia, acuta, sessilia, herbacea, pellucide punctato-glandulosa, subtus 
pallidiora, glabra, vel etiam lanceolato-elliptica utrinque acuta, verticillata vel 
alterna vel anguste linearia, et pulchre verticillata, in ramis sæpius alterna, basi, 
obovata, ‘*},, ‘°], mm., ‘/, mm., ‘/, mm. Racemi terminales, graciles, sublaxiflori, 
cylindrici 1-3 cm. longi, 3-4 mm. lati. Flores minimi 4-1,5 mm. longi, dilute 
rosei. Bracteæ lineares vix prominentes, deciduæ. Sepala exteriora inæqualia, duo 
anteriora lanceolato-acuta, superius ellipticum, glabra. Alæ obovato-orbiculares 
leviter unguiculatæ, trinerviæ, croceo-maculatæ, carinam subæquantes. Carinæ 
crista filamentis clavatis apice emarginatis formata, carinæ dimidium longitudine 
superans. Petala superiora per dimidium cum tubo staminali connata, ligularia, 
obtusa, basi leviter cuneata, carinam cristatam subæquantia. Antheræ quam fila- 
menta libera glabra breviores. Carina, alæ, ovarium, etc., glandulis croceis 
conspersa. 
Habitat in Brasilia : Prov. Ceara, Gardn. n° 823, in Guiana, Poiteau, Perrotet, 
n° 2091 (Cayenne). 
