MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 209 
Tab. nostra XXL, fig. 12-13. 
Radix perpendicularis, lutea, sublignosa, nec fibrosa ut dicit Bennet 1. c. Caulis 
30-80 cm. altus, durus, rigidus, inferne simplex, superne valde ramosus, teres, 
glaber, conspicue striatus, cca 4-5 mm. crassus, nudusvel subnudus. Folia minuta, 
squamiformia, dura, glabra, in ramis, sæpe linearia et 2 mm, longa, in cauli sæpe 
nulla vel ovato-acuta, minora. Racemi 5-8 mm. longi, basi cca 5 mm. lati, pyrami- 
dales, numerosi, densiflori, rachi floribus dilapis elongata, 1,5-3,5cm.longa, minu- 
tissime sed acute tuberculata, raduliformi, dura, glabra. Flores parvi, confertis- 
simi, Cca. 2-3 cm. longi, subsessiles. Bracteæ acutæ subciliatæ, deciduæ. Sepala 
extériora inæqualia, superius ovatum, antica duo anguste elliptica, glabra, nervis 3 
notatæ. Alæ quam carina cristata breviores, elliptico-obovatæ basi haud acutæ, apice 
subrevolutæ, nervis tribus simplicibus notatæ, croceo-maculatæ, obtusæ, nec apicu- 
latæ. Petala superiora, irregularia, lanceolata, obtusa, carinam atque alas superantia, 
per fere dimidium cum tubo staminali connata; basi cuneate attenuata. Carinæ 
limbus latus, unguiculo plus quam duplo longior, in ille subito attenuatus. Crista 
inciso-lobata, lobis acutis membranaceis nec anguste linearibus, speciosa. Anthe- 
ræ obovatæ, glabræ, in tubo staminali subsessiles. Ovarium ellipticum, stylus lon- 
gior, rectus, angustus apice et dorso geniculatus. Stigma superius vaginiforme, 
appendiculum tenue apice cristatum amplectans, inferius obtusum prominens. 
Fructus ovato-ellipticus vel orbicularis, alis persitentibus dimidio brevior, glaber. 
Semina parva, oblonga, curvata, nigra, pilis albis rigidis parce hirsuta ; appendi- 
cula duo descendentia semine triplo breviora. 
Habitat in Brasiliæ prov.'Minas Geraes : in campis ad serra de S. Anto (Mart.v.s.) 
Faz Untas : Pohl. (Hb. Monac. v. s.), 2938. 
P. NUDICAULIS, A.-W. Bennet. 
Caulis adscendens, subsimplex, flexuosus, striatus, aphyllus, rigidus, glaber, foliis 
subnullis ; racemi parvi conici, laterales densiflori, floribus pedicellatis; sepala 
exteriora inæqualia ; alæ multo majores corolla longiores ; fructus parvus; semina 
pigra, hispida, breviter Strophiolata. 
A.-W. Bennet in Mart. fl. Bras. |. €. p. 20. 
Caulis 1-1°/, pedalis durus, fragilis, admodum striatus, vel fere angulosus, suba- 
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