194 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Nutt. Gen. 2, 89, DC. Prodr. I, 328; Torr. Comp. 261; Hook. J. of Bot. 1, / 
Walp, Ann. 3, 827; Chapmann, 83; Lesgereux F1. Ark. 355: Gray, Man. 
P. sanguinea, Torr et Gray, FI. 1, 126, non Linn. Ex Hb. Gray, spec. vidi. 
Tab. nostra XXIX, fig. 24-25. 
Radix tenuis, ramosa vel simplex, 2-# cm. longa, lutea. Caulis erectus, simplex, 
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tenuis, striatus, glabér, vel crassior et corymbose ramosus, 20-25 6m. altus. 
Folia linearia, erecta, glabra, alterna, acuta, vel mucronata, sessilia 5-15 mm. 
longa, 0,5-2 mm. lata. Racemi capitati ‘/,-"}, mm. Flores minimi, numerosi, 
cea. 2 mm. longa, rosea. Bracteæ triangulares, breves, deciduæ. Pedicelli tenues, 
cca. ! mm. longi. demum elongati, glabri. Sepala exteriora ovato-lanceolata, 
glabra, subtrinervia margine anguste membranacea, duo antica in basi corollæ 
inserta, posticum ab ea paulo remotum. Alæ subfalcatæ, lanceolato-ellipticæ, 
acuminatæ, corollam excedentes, nervo medio simplice vel subsimplice, lateralibus 
sæpe bifidis vel extrinsecus parum ramosis. Tubus corollæ brevis. Petala superiora 
oblonga, subobtusa, nervo apice trifido. Antheræ quam filamenta libera paulo 
longiores, glabræ. Stylus ovario vix longior, rectus; stigmata stylum longitudine 
æquantia, cristata. Capsula et semina ut supra indicata. 
Habitat in Virginia : Suffolk (Curtiss); in New-Orlean (Drummond, 32). 
(Low pine barrens, Florida to north Carolina and westward : Chapm. New-Jersey 
and Delaware to Kentucky and southward, Gray). 
P. TORREYE, n. sp. 
Caulis simplex vel superne fastigiato-ramosus; folia alterna, linéaria, acuta : 
racemi cylindrici ; bracteæ persistentes. Flores minimi; al& lanceolatæ, utrinque 
acutæ; crista 6 loba; capsula late ovato-lanceolata ; semina ovoidea ; appendicula 
duo obtusa 3plo breviora quam semen. 
Tab. nostra XXII, fig. 26-27. 
Radix tenuis simplex vel pauciramosa. Caulis unicus simpléx vel supérne fasti- 
giato-ramosus striatus vel subalatus, ramis tenuissimis, 8-20 cm. longus, glaber. 
Folia omnia alterna, linearia, acuta ‘°/, mm. vel minora et angustiora. Racemi 
terminales subdensiflori, cylindriei apice attenuati */,, ""/,.,, ‘*[,, mm. vel minores 
peduneulati. Sepala exteriora longitudine æqualia, superius duplo vel 3plo latins, 
