156 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Alæ multo-majores, late ellipticæ, apiculatæ, subreduplicatæ, corollam involventes. 
Petala superiora lanceolata, subobtusa per ‘}, cum tubo staminali connata. Carina 
inunguiculum sensim angustata, in dorso appendicula duo cum ea connata divergen- 
tia integra ferens. Filamenta libera staminum quam antheræ 3plo longiora. Ova- 
rium, stylus, stigmata ut in aliis. Semina oblonga, apice cornuta; appendicula duo 
membranacea, linguiformia nec spathulata, semine ‘/, breviora, 2,5 mm. longa, 
1,8 mm. lata. 
Habitat in Brasilia : Claussen : Minas Geræs, n° 5; n. n. 187. Caxoeira do 
Campo; Mus. Bot. Holm. Hb. Brasil. leg. Widgren. Guillemin; 468 : Via St-Paul- 
Santas. 
Var. mucronala. 
Folia numerosissima oblonga, utrinque attenuata, longe et tenuissime cuspidato- 
mucronata, CCa *°/,, mm. 
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Habitat verisimiliter in Brasilia : in Hb. Deless. sub n° 3580. 
P. CRINITA, n. sp. 
Radix fibrosa; caulis subalatus, vel distincte alatus, corymbose ramosus; folia 
inferiora 4-5 verticillata, superiora alterna, obovata, vel obovato-lanceolata, vel 
lanceolata, apiculata, suprema lanceolato-linearia, herbacea ; racemi comosissimi 
pyramidales, densiflori; bracteæ subulatæ longæ; sepala exteriora basi elliptica, 
longissime subulata et quam reliquum florem longiora; alæ ellipticæ, brevissime 
apiculatæ, nervis liberis: corolla in alis occulta eisque ‘/, brevior; petala superiora 
inæquilateralia, carinam superantia, aliformia, antheræ subsessiles vel longius 
pedicellatæ; stigmata cristata ; capsula alis brevior elliptica; semina oblonga brevi- 
ter biappendiculata. 
Tab. nostra. XXI, fig. 7—8. 
Hb. Monacens, n° 404, 403. 
Caulis, 10-20 cm. altus, erectus; foliis decurrentibus subalatus vel alatus, superne 
striatus tantum, glaber, 1-1,5 mm. crassus, media parte ramosus, ramis erectis, 
simplicibus corymbosis, tenuioribus, floriferis. Folia inferiora verticillata, obovato- 
oblonga, */, mm. vel lanceolata */,-'"*], mm. basi in caulem non sensim decurrentia 
sed abala emarginatione acuta separata (ut in P. Timoutou Aubl.), superiora lan- 
ceolato-linearia ‘*],, */,,, ‘/, mm. apice filiformiter apiculata, erecta, numerosa, 
