282 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Racemi elongati, tenues, sublaxiflori, floribus erectis, fructibus pendulis. Bracteæ 
subulatæ, deciduæ, albæ. Pedicelli breves tenuissimi 4,5 mm. longi, glabri. Flores 
3 mm. longi erecti. Sepala exteriora longitudine æqualia, superius latius ovatum, 
acutum, medio dorso viride, margine late album, inferiora inæquilateralia, 
lanceolata. Alæ quam corolla longiores, albæ, unguiculatæ, lanceolato-ovatæ, sub- 
acutæ, nervis 3, non anastomosantibus notatæ, ramis bifidis. Petala superiora 
ovato-lanceolata, cum tubo staminali connata, quam carina breviora; carina ungui- 
culo brevi, limbo cucullato, erista paucilobata. Tubus staminalis superne in fila- 
menta antheris breviora solutus ; antheræ oblongæ. Ovarium obovatum, margi- 
natum. Stylus erectus, subfalcatus ovario longior ‘}, styli æquans. Stigma inferius 
obovatum papillosum, retusum, superius membranaceum, retusum in vagina peni- 
cillum paucipilosum ferens. Capsula elliptica, vel oblonga viridis, alis longior, uno 
latere versus axin ala falcata papyracea subserrulata munita. 
Var. bracteata. 
Bracteis in summo racemo valde prominentibus, floribus magis distantibus, 
antheris longius pedicellatis distineta. 
Exsec. : Lem. Hb. pp, |, c., Berland. n° 2437 (in Hb. DC fasciatum). 
Hæc planta, quæ a collect. Pringle cum P. alba confusa est, stigmate superiore 
penicillato, nec cristato, ad sectionem eandem pertinet quani P. scoparia. 
P. SCOPARIA, EH. B. K. 
Perennis; caules erecti, simplices, rarius superne ramosi ; folia linearia acicularia 
distantia. Racemi terminales, laxiflori ; flores minimi. Alæ anguste lanceolatæ, acu- 
tæ, corollam superantes. Petala superiora quam carina cristata paulo breviora, 
obtusa ligularia. Antheræ sessiles vel subsessiles. Stylus ovario vix longior apice 
incrassatus. Stigma superius pilosum vix prominens, stigma inferius suberectum 
rotundatum papillosum. Capsula uno margine leviter alata, elliptica, glabra, inæqui- 
lateralis, quam alæ longior ac latior. Semina cylindrica, oblonga caruncula biap- 
pendiculata semine 3-2 appendicula brevior, ligularia, obtusa, descendentia. 
Nov: Gen 1p-599: 
P. flagellaria Pavon in Hb. prop. (Hb. Deless,). P. filiformis Pavon in Hb. 
Boiss. 
