380 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
P. DENSIFLORA, BI. 
Caulis basi lignosus suffruticosus; rami adscendentes teretes, simplices vel 
ramosi; folia lanceolato-linearia, apiculata, subtus pallidiora, sabmagna ; racemi 
breves, floribus dilapsis serrulati ; flores mediocres; alæ corollam excedentes, ovato- 
lanceolatæ, longe apiculatæ, inæquilaterales, petala superiora triangularia, apice lata, 
Carina breviora; carinæ crista pedicellata, paucilobata, lobis laciniatis ; filamenta 
longa; stylus vitiformiis apice reduplicatus obtusus (in stigmata); capsula late 
orbicularis, latior quam longa, ciliata; semina subglobosa ; arillus lobis latera- 
libus apice latis, intermedio brevior, semini superpositus. 
Blume Bijdr. p. 59; Walp. Rep. I, p. 234, 31; Hassk. in Pt. Jungh. [, 
p. 12%, 1; Hassk. in Miq. an. Mus. [, p. 166. Moritzi Pt. Zolling. 
P. glomerata Lour. F1. Coch. 426 ; DC. Prodr. I, 326. 
Exsec. Zollinger : Pt. Jav. 409. 
Tab. nostra XXIX, fig. 27-28. 
Habitu variabilis. Caulis simplex basi sublignosus vel ramosus, ramis adscen- 
dentibus, pilis erispulis puberulis, 20-50 em. longus, teres, vel superne striatus. 
Folia glabrescentia, superne pilis rigidis, longis, sparsis margineque conspersa, 
ho a ss L * mm. i. e. lanceolata, elliptico-lanceolata vel linearia, 
ellipticaque. Racemi supraaxillares brevissimi vel longiores 0,5-1,5 cm. longi, 
densiflori, pauciflori. Pedicelli breves in anthesi ad 2 mm. longi, puberuli. Flores 
4-5 mm. longi. Sepala exteriora subæqualia, lanceolato-apiculata, acutissima, mar- 
gine longe ciliata. Alæ lanceolatæ, acuminatæ apice acutissimæ, florem vix exce- 
dentes, nervis dichotomiter ramosis, haud anastomosantibus, viridescentes, eciliatæ. 
Carina cristata ; crista basi rimosa dein in lobos plures iterum laciniatos desinens. 
Petala superiora basi tantum cum tubo staminali connata, triangularia, longiora 
quam lata, basi cuneata, carinam subæquantia. Antheræ quam fiilamenta libera 
glabra multoties breviores, glabræ. Ovarium orbiculare, ciliatum. Stylus adscen- 
dens, apice stigmata recurva membranacea ferens. Capsula late orbicularis, mar- 
ginibus angustis, ciliata. Semina pyriformia, pilis sericeis vestita, lateraliter com- 
pressa; arilli lobi inæquales, duo laterales obtuso-retusi, dorsalis brevior, papy- 
racel. 
