328 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
IT. Sphenopteræ. 
Racemi laterales; bracteæ persistentes; flores haud condensati; alt suborbicu- 
lares, glabræ vel glabrescentes, sæpius latiores quam longæ; arillus rotundus, 
breviter appendiculatus. 
Species #, formis intermediis inter se simillimæ. 
P. QUARTINIANA, A. Richard. 
Caulis lignosus, ramosus ; racemi extraaxillares vel terminales; bracteæ persis- 
tentes; aiæ late flabelliformes, corollam superantes; petala superiora apice semi- 
elliptica, media parte late contracta, basi cuneata; crista speciosa multifida; cap- 
sula elliptico-quadrangularis eiliata; semina cylindrica; arillus lobis membranaceis 
albis, latis, lateralibus et dorsali munitus; appendicula lateralia latiora quam longa 
obtusissima. 
A. Richard, in Ann. Sc. nat., Ser. IL,t. XIV, p. 263; F1. Abyss. I, 36. 
P. sphenoptera Fresen. in Mus. Senck. IT, 274%; P. persicariæfolia Oliver, FI. 
Of trop. Afric. [, p. 129 (execlusis synonymis P. Wallichiana Wt., P. granulata 
Hochst., P. punetulata Hochst.), non DC. — Schimp. It. Abyss. sec. 645. 
Species distinctissima, arillo peculiari, alis flabelliformibus, erista maltifida 
primo aspectu agnoscenda. 
Tab. nostra XXVIT, fig. 19-20. 
Radix crassa, ramosa, longa, cortice crassa. E caudice incrassato, oriuntur caules 
plures, adscendentes, simplices vel ramosi. Folia numerosa, elliptica vel linearia, 
Lo 7, mm.etc., subherbacea. Racemi plerumque extraaxillares, peduncu- 
lati, pedunculo racemo breviore, elongati, rachi adscendente, puberula, 40-80 mm. 
longi, laxiflori. Bracteæ inæquales ; bractea bracteolis duplo fere longior, demum 
plus minus refractæ. Pedicelli flore breviores tenues puberuli, ad 3-4 mm. in 
anthesi, dein elongati et etiam ad 8 mm. Flores ad 6 mm. longi, pulchre roseæ. 
Sepala glabrescentia, obtusa. Ale demum in fractu ‘}, mm. flabellatæ, glabræ, 
obtusissimæ, corollam superantes et fructum. Petala superiora oblonga, limbo 
unguiculo lato subæquali, ovato-obtuso. Crista multifida speciosa. Androceum 
