146 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
unguiculatæ, limbo elliptico, obtuso, nervis liberis, intermedio pauciramoso, late- 
ralibus ramosis, ramulis bifidis, nullo anastomosante, quam corolla paulo longio- 
res. Petala superiora oblonga, leviter inæquilateralia, angusta, caltriformia, cari- 
nam subæquantia, 3 X longiora quam lata per ‘}, cum tubo staminali connata. 
Carinæ erista multifida, speciosa magis quam carinæ dimidium longitudine æquans: 
Antheræ ovoideæ, glabræ quam filamenta libera glabra 2-3 X breviores. Ovarium 
suborbiculare, glabrum; stylus longior latescens. Stigma superius cristatum. Cap- 
sula elliptica paulo longior quam lata, emarginata, quam alæ vix brevior. Semina 
oblongo-subfalcata, pilis adpressis rufa, sericea. Appendicula linearia obtusa 
semine duplo breviora, alba. 
Habitat in Peruvia (Pavon). 
P. Peruviana, Bennet. Polyg. am. n° 25. 
Caulis ascendens, teres, pedalis vel major, infra simplex, tune ramosus, glaber ; 
rami subpubescentes. Folia lineari-lanceolata, glabra, utrinque attenuata, acuta, 
1 poil. longa, 2 ‘}, lin. lata, nervo medio prominente, infima 4-verticillata, supe- 
riora alterna. Racemi terminales, 4 ‘/,-2 poll. longi; bracteæ deciduæ. Flores 
circa 4 ‘/, lin. longi, pedicellis brevibus pubescentibus sufffulti. Sepala exteriora 
lineari lanceolata, subpubescentia, ciliata, duo inferiora approximata ; alæ anguste 
ellipticæ, sepala exteriora duplo excedentes. Carina eximie cristata. Capsula subor- 
bicularis, emarginata alas æquans. Semina nigra, curvata, pilosa; arillodium 
duabus appendicibus latis, carnosis, semen æquantibus præditum. 
Hab. in Peru. Tatamora, inter muscos, Lechler, 2629. (Deser. sec. A.-W. 
Bennet). 
P. DISTANS, St Hil. 
Caulis unicus vel caules plures, herbacei, erecti, subsimplices; folia distantia, 
verticillata obovata vel lanceolata, suprema lanceolato-linearia ; racemi floribus 
brevissime pedicellatis, spiciformes, elongati, tenues, sublaxiflori, plus minusve 
pedunculati. Flores subsessiles vel etiam sessiles; alæ obovato-orbiculares, nervis 
liberis, subsimplicibus vel extrinsecus ramosis, corolla paulo breviores; petala lan- 
ceolata, obtusa; carina conspicue fimbriata. 
St Hil. FI. Brasil. merid. IT, 24, t. 84 (bona). 
P. Sherardioides Pohl. Mss. in Hb. Cæs. Vind. 
