162 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Var. brachystachya nob. 
Caulis simplex, tenuissimus, angulatus; folia linearia. Racemi brevissimi 
7-15 mm. longi, 5 mm. lati. Semina majora; appendicula ut in præcedente. Folia 
distincte êt pulchre pellucide punetata. 
Schomburgk, n° 681, in Guyana angl. 
P. COMATA, Bennet. 
Caulis validus, crassus, angulatus vel alatus, altus, glaber, ramosus; folia lan- 
ceolato-apiculata ; racemi longe pedunculati, pedunculo incrassato, striato, suba- 
lato, racemum longitudine æquante vel superante ; racemi densiflori apice bracteis 
prominentibus comosi. Flores subsessiles; sepala longitudine subæqualia, ovata, 
acuta nec cuspidata nec apiculata, margine subciliata; alæ Suborbiculares, brevis- 
sime apiculatæ, conèavæ; petala superiora late elliptica apice rotundata ; carinæ 
crista bifida, lobis obtuse triangularibus; semina oblonga, apice attenuata, biap- 
pendiculata, appendiculis */, semen longitudine æquantibus. 
FI. Bras. Mart. Polyg. p. 42 (excl. Syn. P. cuspidata DC.). 
Tab. nostra. XXI, fig. 13—14. 
Caulis crassus, basi sublignosus, angulatus, superne foliis decurrentibus alatus, 
ramosus, ramis erectis, basi 2-5 mm. superne 2-3, sub racemo 1-2 mm. crassus, 
30-50 cm. altus, glaber. Folia sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, omnia (an semper ?) 
alterna, lanteolata, acuta vel apiculata *‘},, **/,, [,, mm., eretta. Racemo- 
rum pedunculi striati, subalati, eca 5 cm. longi, glabri, cca 1-2 mm. crassi. 
Racemi cylindrico-Conici, apice longe comosi, in sicco haud virescentes, densisSimi, 
2-4 em. longi, 10 mm. lati. Bracteæ lineares. Alæ corollam includentes, plariner- 
viæ brevissime apiculatæ. Petala superiora corollam subæquantia, elliptica, nec 
lanceolata ‘/, longiora quam lata, rotundata, nec angulata, basi tantum cum tubo 
staminali connata. Cristæ appendicula duo membranacea nec carnosa, triangularia, 
carinæ adnata, haud divergentia sed appropinquata. Filamenta staminum quam 
antheræ 3plo longiora. Ovarium, stylus, stigmata ut in aliis. Capsula elliptica, gla- 
bra, croceo-punetata, marginibus aliformibus carens, alis duplo brevior. Semina 
oblonga, apice cornuta, subglabra, 1,8-2 mm. longa cca 1 mm. lata, pilis sparsis 
adpressis munita; appendicula duo membranacea, linguiformia, semine ‘/, bre- 
viora, nec spathulata. 
