329 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
, mm. margine et dorso longe ciliatæ, corollam paulo superantes. Petala supe- 
riora quam carina cristata ‘/, breviora, irregulariter obovata. Carinæ crista 
multifida, lobis linearibus apice emarginatis. Ovarium obovatum longe ciliatum. 
Stylus vittiformis; stigmata ut in aliis. Capsula elliptica, marginibus aliformibus 
fere carens, pubescens, alis ‘/, brevior sed fere æquilata. Semina pyriformia, pilis 
adpressis albis vestita. Carunculæ lobus intermedius arcuatus, cariniformis, 
brevis, duo laterales in appendicula papyracea semen longitudine æquantia, obtusa, 
vel subretusa, prolongata. 
Habitat in littore africano Jjuxta Zanzibar in graminosis siccis (Aug. mense 
Hildeb. 1873, in Hb. Berol. v. s. sub nom P. persicariæfolia, DC.) 
Nomen in memoriam atavi mei A. Gagnebin de la Ferrière, botanici juratensis 
dedi. 
P. OBTUSISSIMA, Hochst. (Chod. emend.) 
Rami canescentes ; folia pubescentia; racemi breves pauciflori ; pedicelli flore 
breviores ; alæ obtusæ; capsula late elliptica; seminum appendicula lateralia 
membranacea longitudine semen æquantia. 
In Pt. Schimper. exsec. Abyss. (nomen nudum); P. senensis Oliv. p. p. in Trop. 
fl. of. Afric.. 130, I, haud Peters. 
Tab. nostra XXVIT, fig. 13-15. 
E radice crassa perpendiculari oritur caulis crassus lignosus fratescens à basi 
ramosus, ramis erectis strictis valde foliosis, pube crispulo adpresso brevi, canes- 
centibus, ad 40 em. longis vel minoribus. Folia ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel submu- 
cronata ‘’/,, *°/,,,, pilis crispulis pubescentia, juniora canescentia. Racemi breves, 
pauciflori. Bracteæ ovatæ, pubescentes. Pedicelli etiam in maturitate alis breviores 
puberuli, ad 8 mm. longi. Sepala exteriora anteriora ovato-acuta, nervis ramosis 
vix anastomosantibus crassis viridibus. Alæ late semiorbiculares, subtriangulares 
demuim ‘/, mm. nervis elongatis, exterioribus liberis longis, in media parte valde 
anastomosantibus, areolis inde ortis elongatis, margine atque superne brevissime vel 
longius ciliatæ. Corolla alis multo brevior. Carina elongata, limbo oblongo galeato, 
basi in appendices duas obtusas prolongato, unguiculo sublongo ; carinæ crista e 
filamentis numerosis apice clavatis, basi concrescentibus formata, speciosa. Petala 
superiora per ‘/, cum tubo staminali connata, oblonga, parum irregularia, carina 
paulo breviora. Antheræ glabræ quam filamenta libera multo breviores. Ovarium 
