298 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
Descriptio sec. plantam in Hb. Willd. asservatam feci. Species a P. gnidioide 
Willd. habitu, foliis latioribus utque aliis notis 1. c. indicatis distincta. Eadem est 
qua DC. in Prodr. Hb. sub. nom P. thesioides asservata. 
Habitat in Chili. 
P. PRATENSIS, Philippi. 
Caules tenues, diffusi, pilis erispulis, puberuli; folia linearia ; bracteæ deciduæ , 
alæ obovatæ, obtusæ. 
Philippi in Lion. XXXIIT, 48 ; A.-W. Bennet. J. of Bot. 1879, p. 168. 
Tab. nostra XXVI, fig. 26-27. 
Radix tenuis, sinuosa. Caules diffusi vel adscendentes, erecti, tenues, striati, pilis 
crispulis puberuli, simplices vel superne ramosi, cca. 10-15 em. longi. Folia nume- 
rosa, linearia, apicem versus haud dilatata, obtusa, 6 mm./1 mm. vel minora vel 
paulo majora, glabrescentia, carnulosa. Racemi terminales pauciflori, demum 
elongati et laxiflori, 1-2 cm. longi, 6-8 mm. lati. Flores pedicellati, pedicello 
1,5 mm. longo, eca. # mm. longi. Bracteæ deciduæ. Sepala exteriora subæ- 
qualia. Alæ obovatæ, obtusæ, basi attenuatæ, trinerviæ, nervis simplicibus, 
olabræ, cœruleæ, quam carina breviores vel eam æquantes. Petala superiora 
linearia, subobtusa, carinam paulo superantia per ‘/, cum tubo staminali connata. 
Carinæ crista e lobis linearibus apice emarginatis formata, speciosa, multifida. 
Antheræ obovatæ quam filamenta glabra vix breviores. Ovarium ellipticum, emar- 
ginatum, marginatum. Stylus ovario paulo longior. Stigmata styli partem superio- 
rem refractam incrassatam terminantia vix prominentia ut in P. thesioides. Capsula 
late orbicularis, marginibus serratis cincta, alis brevior et latior, glabra. Semina 
dorso curvata, pilosa nigra. Appendicula duo ligularia descendentia, alba, semine 
longiora, obtusa. _ 
Habitat in Chile ; Valdivia : Philipp. 
P. GNIDIOIDES, Willdn. 
Caules ramosi, glabrescentes vel pilis patulis pubescentes; folia linearia haud 
spathulata ; ale spathulatæ, obtusæ. 
