190 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM, 
ceolatæ, subspathulatæ, acutæ, quam corolla magis quam duplo breviores, nervo 
unicO pauciramoso notatæ, 2-2,5 mm. longæ. Tubus corollæ ex alis valde exsertus, 
angustüs. Longitudo corollæ cca. 6,5 mm. (in anthesi). Corolla rosea, limbo sub 
crista exceplo, viridi. Petala superiora longe unguiculata, spathulata, limbo ellip- 
tico, apice rotundato, per dimidium cum tubo staminali connata, nervo unico, 
apice trifido notata, carinam cristatam subæquantia. Crista speciosa 1-1,5 mm. 
longa, multifida, lobis linearibus profunde bifidis quam limbus cucullatus multo 
latior. Antheræ in tubo staminali subsessiles. Ovarium ellipticum, glabrum. Stylus 
3-4 X longior rectus, filiformis, haud apicem versus incrassatus. Stigma superius 
stylum terminans lineare, vix vaginatum, apice in appendiculum breve horizontale 
apice cristatum, recurvatum prolongatum; inferius 4 X minus horizontale obtusum. 
Capsulæ patentes nec recurvæ, confertæ, ellipticæ vel ovato-ellipticæ obtusæ, sub- 
emarginatæ, virides, 2,6-3 mm. quam alæ persistentes albæ paulo breviores vel 
eas subæquantes, ac multo angustiores. Semina globosa vel ovoidea, leviter hirsuta, 
nigra 2,2 mm. longa; arillus papyraceus albus, semini superpositus. 
Habitat in America boreali, Virginia per Floridam, Carolinam, Texas, Alaba- 
mam, Mexico usque ad Vera-Cruz (Xalappa). Curtiss : in pinetis siceis N. E. Florida 
n° 515, idem. Virginia, idem. prope Jacksonville in sabulosis siccis (Florida ; 
F. Joor in pascuis : Harrisburg, Texas. Torr et Gray : Virginia; Galleoti : Mexico 
Xalapa (Vera-Cruz) n° 7096. 
Species habitu racemorum oculo nudo statim recognoscenda ob formam seminum 
alarum, petalorum superiorum P. setaceæ et P. fastigiatæ Nutt. affinis. 
(Sec. Gray. Man. of Bot. 121. Dry soil Penn. to Wisconsin and southward; 
rather rare Chapman FI. S. State; Dry sandy Soil. Florida to Mississipi). 
P. NUTTALLI, Torr. et Gray. 
Folia alterna; racemi densiflori, capitati; flores pedicellati; alæ lanceolato- 
oblongæ vel obovato cuneatæ, subacutæ, duplo longiores quam latæ; carinæ crista 
filamentis 4-formata. 
Torr et Gray, FI. 1, 670; P. sanguinea Nutt. gen. 2. 88, non L. ; P. ambigua, 
Torr et Gray, FI. [, 130, non Nuttall. 
