276 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Habitat in Brasilia meridionali : Sello (1307), 3083, 2070 (v. s. in Hb. Berol.), 
(v. s. in Hb. Monac. manu ipsa Benetti determinata). 
P. GLAZIOWIL, n. sp. 
Caulis tenuis, subaphyllus, herbaceus; folia minima distantia, acicularia vix cons- 
picua ; racemi breves, cylindriei sublaxiflori ; alæ obtusæ ; stigma superius leviter 
pilosum ; erista multifida ; seminum appendicula linearia alba, semen longitudine 
æquantia. 
Tab. nostra XXV, fig. 30-31. 
Caulis adscendens, tenuis, herbaceus, haud profunde suleatus vel subteres, sim- 
plex vel subsimplex vel apice corymbose ramosus, subaphyllus 30-40 em. longus. 
Folia minuta, acicularia, squamoidea, cauli adpressa inde vix conspicua acutissima, 
ad 2 mm. longa, in ramis haud numerosiora. Rami floriferi 5-10 cm. longi, sub- 
arcuati. Racemi plures, sublaxiflori, demum laxiflori, cylindrici 4-4 em. longi 
7-8 mm. lati, apice comosi. Flores rosei, breviter pedicellati. Sepala exteriora inæ- 
qualia, glabra, superius multo majus (2 X ) ovato-triangularia, glabra. Alæ obovato- 
ellipticæ, obtusissimæ, longiores quam latæ, trinerviæ, glabræ quam earina eristata 
baud multo longiores. Carine crista speciosa e filamentis cca. 8 linearibus formata 
et duobus latis triangularibus cum carina connatis. Unguiculum breve. Petala 
superiora late obovata quam carina cristata breviora. Ovarium suborbiculare 
glabrum. Stylus adscendens arcuatus, brevis, subcrassus. Stigmata hippocampi- 
formia vel anatis rostram simulans, apice levissime pilosa. Antheræ subsessiles. 
Capsula suborbicularis, exalata, latior quam longa, glabra, alis brevior ac angustior. 
Semina loculos explentia, oblonga, nigra, seriatim et levissime tuberculata, pilis 
paucis albis, brevibus, sparsa. Caruncula parva rubescens, lateraliter inserta in 
appendicula duo linearia, membranacea, alba, semen longitudine æquantia pro- 
longata. 
Habitat in Brasiliæ prov. Itatiaia (mont.) ubi legit Glaziou 23, 1, 1873, n° 6475 
in Hb. Berol. 
Species habitu subsectioni € Nudicaulium » similis, sed ab eis forma stigmatum, 
seminibus, crista differt. Valde est affinis P, Brasiliensi sed habitu dissimilis. 
