MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 397 
lect. Gerrard, 1202. Natal et Zululand; in Kaffiria leg, Rev. Bauer, n° 47; Mac 
Ow. fl. Transkeiana superior lg. Srysrytowicz. 
(Corolla subviolacea vel rosea). 
Radix a Kaffiriis contra morsuram serpentium adhibetur et sec. Mac Owen 
instar Rad. Ipecacuanhæ (Hb. Schinz). Tyson 2082, in Grignaland orient. inter fru- 
tices montis Malowe altit. 1000 m. 
Var canescens. 
Foliis magis ovatis, subobtusis, caulibusque pilis adpressis canescentibus. 
Kalffiria inter gramina ad Perie Mont. Mac Ow. 666 G. leg. Murray. 
P. HISPIDA, DC. (Burch.) 
Folia hirsuta ; racemi subdensiflori; sepala elliptica; alæ ellipticæ nervis paucis 
anastomosantibus ; crista e phalangis duabus 3-4 fidis, laciniis sublatis emarginatis 
formata ; petala superiora spathulata obtusa, carinam æquantia; semina ovoideo- 
sphærica, glabrescentia ; arilli lobi laterales semen longitudine æquantes vel supe- 
rantes, lineares, pendentes. 
In DC. Prodr. p. 323 ; Harv. et Sond. FI. Cap. I, p. 91 ; P. lanata E. M. 
Tab. nostra XXX, fig. 19-21. 
Radix sinuosa descendens, lignosa, subsimplex. Caulis simplex vel basi ramosus, 
adscendens erectus, rarius superne ramosus, teres, 15-30 cm. longus, pilis patulis 
longissimis haud densis hirsutissimus. Folia formæ variæ, prorsum orbicularia, 
elliptica, lanceolata vel lanceolato-linearia, breviter petiolata, juniora pilis nume- 
rosis tomentosa, dein pilis longis mollibus hispida, haud mucronata, °/,, *!, "*/,,°7/ 
mm. Racemi terminales, juveniles vix comosi, sublaxiflori, graciles, 4-6 em. longi, 
A em. lati. Bracteæ persistentes lanceolato-acutæ, subscariosæ, intermedia fere du- 
plo longior, glaberrimæ, pedicello duplo breviores. Pedicelli glaberrimi, fere 2 mm. 
longi, demum recurvi. Flores ca. # mm. longi. Sepala exteriora subæqualia, gla- 
berrima, obtusa, orbicularia vel lata elliptica, nervis 3 notata. Alæ ellipticæ 1"/, lon- 
giores quam latæ, apice rotundatæ nec emarginatæ nec apiculatæ, glabræ, nervis in 
sicco conspicuis, parce anastomosantibus, carinam cristatam æquantes, leviter ungui- 
culatæ. Carinæ unguiculum sensim in limbum concavum adscendentem transiens. 
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Crista cca. 8 lobata summam carinam prorsum amplectans, filamentis sublatis 
