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MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 141 
Radix filiformis, tenuissima, 2-3 cm. longa, annua. Caulis unicus erectus, 
tenuis, inferne teres, superne subangulatus, simplex vel superne pauciramosus, 
20-30 cm. longus. Rami tenuissimi, striati. Folia linearia, acuta, mucronata, 
£-5 verticillata, glabra, 8-15 mm. longa, 0,5-1,5 mm. lata, quam internodia 
magis quam 5 X breviora. Verticillus primus aliis dissimilis, e foliis obovato-lan- 
ceolatis, acutis, minimis formatus. Folia ramorum verticillata, suprema interdum 
alterna, vel geminata. Terminatio caulis tenuissima, filiformis. Racemi termi- 
nales, densiflori, tenues, ad 5 em. longi (floribus dilapsis inclusis) vero autem 
0,5-1,5 cm. longi caducitatis causa florum basilarium. Diam. racemi 2 mm. Bracteæ 
lineares acutæ, alabastra juvenilia superantes, caducæ vel etiam subpersistentes. 
Flores minimi, { mm. longi, rosei. Sepala exteriora lanceolata, subæqualia, supe- 
rius paulo latius, glabra, vitta media notata. Alæ multo majores obovatæ, subun- 
guiculatæ, obtusæ, trinerviæ, nervis inter se haud anastomosantibus, quam corolla 
paulo longiores. Petala superiora carinam superantia per */, cum tubo staminali 
connata, inæquilateraliter lanceolata, vel magis rhomboidalia, subobtusa, nervo 
unico, pauciramoso, notata. Crista paucilobata. Tubus staminalis superne in fila- 
lamenta libera antheris breviora divisus. Antheræ oblongæ, glabræ. Ovarium ellip- 
ticum. Stylus brevis, ovario vix longior, filiformis. Stigmata inæqualia, inferius 
mious papillosum, superius cucullatum in appendiculum cristam ferens prolonga- 
tum. Capsula irregulariter elliptica, glabra, alis paulo brevior sed latior, globosa. 
Habitat : in Florida, in locis incultis, pinetis (Curtiss), 516, prope Jacksonville. 
Floret Jun. 
P. CONFERTA, A.-W. Bennet. 
Herba, foliis verticillatis; racemo longe pedunculato, floribus minutis confertis. 
Carina brevis. Petala superiora quam carina paulo longiora, lanceolata, subobtusa. 
Capsula ovato-lanceolata, alis subbrevior. 
Bennet in Hemsley, Diagn. pt. nov. p. I, p. 2, Hemsley, Centr. Am. p. 59. 
Tab. nostra. XX, fig. 22. 
Caulis ascendens, 5-20 cm., tenuis, simplex, striatus, vel corymbose ramosus. 
Folia verticillata, ima obovata vel obcuneata, superiora linearia, marginibus incras- 
satis. Racemi terminales ad 1 cm. longi, longe pedunculati, cylindrici vel conici. 
Flores confertissimi, minuti, subsessiles. Bracteæ pedicello breviores, deciduæ. 
