332 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
breviter pedicellatis, alis ellipticis vel suborbicularibus, corollam multo superanti- 
bus; arillus semine superpositus nec appendiculatus. 
Tab. nostra XXVIL, fig. 22-23. 
Radix annua perpendicularis ; caulis tenuis erectus subsimplex vel ramosus, 
foliis ramisque decurrentibus plus minus superne striatus, hirsutus vel glabres- 
cens. Folia linearia vel elliptico-linearia vel longe lanceolata, tenuia, glabrescen- 
tia vel parce hirta. Racemi axillares vel supraaxillares, rachi glabrescente, cylin- 
drici, mulüflori sed laxiflori. Pedicelli floribus breviores : bracteæ minutæ lanceo- 
lato-lineares, acutæ. Flores magnitudinis variæ eca. 5 mm. longi. Sepala 
libera, retusa, margine ciliata nervis tenuibus inscripta. Alæ obtusæ, ellipticæ vel 
suborbiculari-ellipticæ, glabræ vel margine ciliatæ; nervis principalibus 8, 
mediano apice cum lateralibus anastomosante,. lateralibus extrinsecus ramosis, 
ramis arcuate repetiteque conjunctis. Corolla alis multo brevior. Carinæ crista 
plus minus evoluta, limbo sæpius anguste cucullato, unguiculo sublongiore. Petala 
superiora carina breviora margine uno appendiculata et sub appendiculo profunde 
emarginata, labo obtuso. Ovarium, stylus ut in aliis hujus sectionis. Capsula 
elliptica, leviter emarginata, marginibus angustissimis cireumdata, glabra, sæpius 
margine ciliata, alis brevior ac angustior. Semina oblonga, pilis densis subappres- 
sis, subhirsuta, Caruncula superposita, hemispherica, basi acute retusa nec appen- 
diculata. 
Species polymorpha viget ab Angola per Africam australem ad Abyssiniam et 
inde ad Indiam et Asiam meridonialem (Timor). 
Varietates inter se vix differunt. 
a punctulata. 
Alis ellipticis nec suborbicularibus, margine ciliatis, nervis crassis, crista cari- 
næ minima obsoleta, foliis angustis tenuissimis. 
Abyssinia in Adoa, ad margines frutetorum partis septentrionalis montis Scho- 
leda. Schimp. it. Abyss. n° 20. (P. punctulata Hochst.) 
B Wallichiana. 
Alis sæpe elliptico-orbicularibus vel ellipticis, nervis haud crassis, crista carinæ 
bene evoluta, magna, foliis angustis, tenuissimis. 
Khasia (Hook. fil.), Himalaya, Massuri (de Hügel); Mont. Nilghiri et Kurg 
(Hook fil et Th.) (Ed. Hohenack. 1110.) Kamàäon. Wall. Cat. n° 4185; Sumatra 
centr. (D'° Hagen) Guhrwal (206 Ind. Comp.); (Wight 94) East Bengal 24% (Ind 
Comp.) Simla; Nepalia ; Timor (Forbes n° 3485). 
