172 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
nervis tribus, exterioribus pauciramosis, haud anastomosantibus, vel simplicibus, 
quam corolla paulo longiores, roseæ, glabræ. Petala superiora inæquilateralia, 
apice retusa vel obtusa subserrulata, Sublinearia, sub parte media uno latere 
angulate dilatata, quam carina cristata paulo longiora. Carinæ limbus quam ungui- 
culum brevior, cristam dorsalem plurifidam ferens:; cristæ lacinii subfiliformes, 
etiam incisi vel simplices, longitudine limbum æquantes. Antheræ oblongæ, glabræ 
quan filamenta libera glabra paulo breviores. Ovarium ellipticum, glabrum ; stylus 
ovarium longitudine æquans. Stigma inferius horizontaliter patens elongatum, 
superius cucullatum subfalcatum, in appendicalum éristatum prolongatum. Capsula 
ovato-oblonga, haud distincte emarginata, glabra, maculis croceis glandulosis, 
prædita, alas æquans vel paulo superans. Semina longe conica, coronam basilarem 
pilorum ferentia, apice acuta, appendiculis duobus acutis minutis prædita. 
Habitat in America merid., Guiana angl. : Pirara, Schomburgk n° 262 ; in Bra- 
silia, prov. Bahia merid., Tamandua, Blanchet n° 3846; in Surinam, Hostmann, 
15 4. 
P. ALFREDI, sp. n. 
Caules herbacei erecti subsimplices vel ramosi; folia tenuia; linearia, numerosa, 
racemi elongati, laxiflori; sepalum superius ovato-triangulare, aliis latius; alæ 
anguste lanceolatæ, trinerviæ; corollam fere duplo longiores; petala superiora 
lanceolato-linearia carinam cristatam multo superantia; carinæ crista profunde 
laciniata ; antheræ oblongæ quam filamenta paulo breviores; ovarium ellipticum 
sessile ; capsula lanceolato-linearis, oblonga, subemarginata ; semina longe conica, 
apice acuta, pilis longis adpressis basi quasi coronam formantibus, obtecta ; appen- 
dicula brevissima triangularia, acuta. 
P. gracilis A.-W. Bennet p. p. non HBK. 
Tab. nostra. XXI, fig. 25-26. 
Exsciec. : Gardn. Brasil. Prov. Ceara, 1453; prov. Piauhy 2045. 
Radix perpendicularis, pauciramosa, tenuis, nec fibrosa, caulis simplex vel 
ramosus, teres, glaber vel subpuberulus, sæpe superne pauciramosus, ramis 
erectis, filiformibus, subæqualibus, 20-40 cm. altus, basi cea. 1 mm. latus. Folia 
basilaria verticillata, alia alterna, basilaria mox decidentia, quo fit ut folia omnia 
appareant alterna, brevissime petiolata, linearia, acuta, tenuia, glabra, præcipue 
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