158 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
P. Timoutou Bennet (non Aubl.) in Polyg. am. nov. Journ. of Bot. 1879. 
Tab. nostra : in Micheli, Contr. FI. Parag. tab. 34, fig. I. 
Radix parva fibrosa. Caulis simplex vel apice tantum ramosus, striatus, subala- 
tus. Folia lanceolata, vel lanceolato-linearia, mucronata, infima interdum verticil- 
lata, sæpe angustiora, minute pellucide-punetata, superiora alterna et majora, 
5 mm.-3 Cm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata. Racemi 1-4 cm. longi, 6-8 mm. lati, cylin- 
drici. apice subcomosi. Bracteæ lineari-lanceolatæ. Sepala exteriora inæqualia, 
elliptica, haud mucronulata. Alæ sepalis exterioribus plusquam duplo longiores, 
corollam ineludentes, orbiculares, haud apiculatæ, reduplicatæ, carinatæ. Carina 
minor, galeata, in summo dorso crista brevi, carnosa, bifida, ornata, in fructu 
persistens. Petala superiora, elliptica, obtusa quam carina sublongiora et usque ad 
medium eum tubo staminali connata, apice subserrulata. Antheræ quam filamenta 
libera breviores. Stylus gracilis, quam ovarium longior. Capsula membranacea, 
cordato-orbicularis quam alæ brevior, croceo-punctata. Semina brunnea, hispidula; 
caruncula in duo appendicula membranacea, alba prolongata. 
A P. hygrophila HBK., radice fibrosa nec perpendicularis racemis subsessilibus, 
forma alarum, seminumque differt. 
Habitat in Paraguaya : Balansa, n° 2177, in humidis prope Caaguazu. 
P. CARPHOIDES, n. sp. 
Caulis elongatus, subalatus, superne valde ramosus, ramis iterum ramosis, 
erectis. Folia fere omnia alterna lanceolato-linearia acuminata, sessilia, parva. 
Racemi quam pedunculus subalatus paulo breviores, parvi, tenues, vix comosi. 
Sepala ovata, obtusa; alæ ellipticæ, vel ovato-ellipticæ, obtusæ; petala superiora 
ovata obtusa nec elongata, nec rhomboïdalia; carinæ crista 4 dentata, dentibus 
triangularibus, simplicibus. Semina ovoidea, subrotunda, apice haud prolongata ; 
appendicula lateralia quam semen longiora haud spathulata sed linearia. Caulis 
ad 50 cm. longus, angulatus, subalatus, superne corymbose ramosus, ramis 
iterum ramosis rigidis foliosis, floriferis. Folia adpressa, sessilia, lanceolato-linea- 
ria ca 4 cm. longa, longe acuminata apice aculeiformia, 4-2 mm. lata, supe- 
riora multo minora, numerosa. Raceini cylindrici sensim apicem versus attenuati, 
vix comosi, breves 1-1 ‘/, cm. longi (floribus dilapsis exclusis), #4 mm. lati, sepa- 
