312 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
vel æquantes. Sepala exteriora post anthesin plus minus patula, superius aliis duplo 
majus. Ale spathulato-oblongæ, obtusæ, albicantes, sub fructu 2,5 mm. longæ, 
3 nerviæ, nervo medio apice nervillos refractos vel bifidos plus minus cum latera- 
libus conjunctos edente, lateralibus brevioribus subsimplicibus. Corolla versicolor 
alas æquans ; Carina purpurascens vel amethystina, maxima parte cum tubo stami- 
nali connata ; crista e filamentis bi-trifidis formata. Petala superiora carinam 
æquantia linguiformia. Tubus staminalis monadelplus, parte superiore in filamenta 
libera solutus. Antheræ ovoideæ, filamentis liberis breviores. Ovarium sessile. 
Capsula obovata, subtruncata, angustissime alata, alas subæquans vel ïis subbre- 
vior, sed latior. Semina ovoidea, breviter pilosa ; arillus minuasculus lobis rotun- 
datis brevibus. 
Variat caulibus, racemis plus minus tenuibus, plus minus elongatis. 
Habitat in Venetia, in Gallia australi, Hérault (Palavas, Pérols, Castries, Mon- 
tarnand); Avignon, Castellanes (Basses-Alpes), Burgey, Lyon, et in Hispania orien- 
tali, in arenosis et gypsaceis regionis inferioris Catalauniæ, in Aragonia austr. et 
regni Murc., in arenosis incultis regionis inferioris, in arvis salinariis littoralibus. 
FL. Maj.- Septbr. 
