MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 397 
Subsectio IX. 
Capsula alata ; stylus filiformis vel vittiformis, apice circinatus vel glochidiatus ; 
antheræ haud in tubo staminali sessiles; petala superiora limbo oblique quadran- 
gulari. 
Caulis tenuis, simplex vel subsimplex ; folia linearia vel acicularia vel subnulla. 
Species S. Asiaticæ et N. Australenses. 
P. OLIGOPHYLLA, DC. 
Humilis foliis parvis linearibus ; flores minimi , alæ subacutæ ; capsula elliptica, 
marginibus æqualibus angustissimis. 
DC. Prod. I. 135. 
Tab. nostra XXVIIT, fig. 23-25. 
Persistens. E caudice oriuntur caules breves pauci, simplices, stricti, tenues, gla- 
bri, striati, ad 6-10 mm. longi vel longiores. Folia linearia vel acicularia, inferiora 
paulo latiora, pauca, ad 4 em. longa vel etiam longiora, angustissima,glabra, erecta. 
Racemi terminales, juveniles comosi, tenuissimi. Flores parvi ad 3 mm. longi, sub- 
sessiles. Bracteæ inæquales, intermedia longe acuminata. Sepala exteriora valde 
inæqualia, superius duplo vel triplo majus, margine enerviatum, alis ‘/, brevius, 
nervis ramosis, duo anteriora multo minora ovato-acuta, ciliata. Alæ corollam 
‘|, Superantes, obovato-cuneatæ, nervis 3 sub apice anastomosantibus pauciramosis, 
subacutæ, sensim versus basim cuneate attenuatæ, interdum margine ciliatæ, peta- 
loideæ. Carinæ limbus galeatus, unguiculo æquilongus; crista speciosa margine 
incisa, sublaciniata. Petala superiora limbo rhomboidali, subquadrangulari-obliquo, 
unguiculo tenuissimo cum tubo staminali connato, carina c. crista paulo breviora. 
Antheræ haud in tubo staminali sessiles. Ovarium obovatum. Stylus circinatus, apice 
in stigma circinatus. Capsula elliptica, marginibus angustissimis cincta, pubescens. 
