186 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
elongati et late cylindrici; bracteæ subulatæ post maturitatem etiam persistentes 
in racemo evoluto haud prominentes sed occultæ. Pedicelli florem subæquantes 
tenues. Sepala exteriora minima, ovato-triangularia, subobtusa, margine ciliata ; 
alæ multo majores triangulares, apice longe subulatæ, quam corolla longiores et 
latiores; petala superiora carinam eristatam haud æquantia; antheræ subsessiles ; 
ovarium ellipticum; capsula alis brevior; semina ovoidea; appendicula linearia 
descendentia, ventrahia, semen longitudine æquantia. 
L. Spec. 706, Hill. reg. Syst. 22, t. 53, f. 4, Willdn. Spec. plant. 2, 897, 
Michx. fl. 2, 52. Poir. Dic, t. 5, 502. DC. Prodr. 1, 328. Torr et Gray, FI, 
127, 670. Gray, Genera, 2, 223, t. 183, fig. 12, 143 (Semen). 
P. cuspidata Hook. Journ. Bot. I, 194, non DC. 
Tab. nostra XXII, fig. 6-9. 
Caulis 10-20 cm. altus, glaber. Folia inferiora minora, ‘/,,-'°/}, mm., supe- 
riora iongiora *°/,., ‘’/,., *’/,,, *’/,, mm. sessilia vel. etiam.inpetiolumattez 
nuata, decurrentia, itaque caulis alatus, sæpe versus basin sensim angustescentia, 
patentia vel adscendentia, suprema alterna quam internodia multo longiora, 
mediana internodia æquantia vel quam ea paulo breviora, interdum obtusa et bre- 
viter mucronata, vel acuta et longius subulata, minute pellucide punctata. Racemi 
juveniles capitati "/,,, ‘/,,, *},, densiflori, dein magis elongati *"},,, **/,, mm. etc. 
Flores purpurei, eca. # mm. longi, interdum virescentes. Pedicelli florem sub- 
æquantes, glabri, patuli, filiformes nec alati. Sepala exteriora longitudine sub- 
æqualia, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, subacuta vel obtusa, viridia, margine angus- 
tissime membranacea et ciliata, uninervia. Alæ cca 4 X longiores sessiles basti 
late triangulares, longe subulatæ, nervis pluribus, apice bifidis, non anastomo- 
santibus notatæ, roseæ, dorso vitta media viridi notata, corollam includentes 
et quam ea multo longiores, glabræ. Petala superiora linearia, obtusa, nervo 
unico, trifido notata, quam carina cristata paulo breviora per ‘/, cum tubo stami- 
nali connata ; carinæ crista plurifida, filamentis linearibus formata. Tubus corollæ 
longior quam latus. Antheræ globosæ, in tubo staminali sessiles vel subsessiles, 
glabræ. Discus glanduliformis posticus, hypogynus. Ovarium ellipticum; stylus 
‘/, longior tenuis; stigma superius rectus, in appendiculum apice pulchre ceris- 
tatum prolongatum et refractum; inferius brevius, obovatum, papillosum horizon- 
taliter prominens. Capsula glabra obovata, parte superiore seminibus inflata, 
inferiore latere compressa, alis brevior et angustior. Semina elliptica leviter hir- 
