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117. P. exserta, sp. nov. Annua tenuis erecta glaberrima sim- 
plex vel supra parce ramosa 11.5-21.5 cm. alta. Caulis teres vel 
supra subangulatus non alatus. Folia omnia alterna linearia mu- 
cronata crassiuscula sessilia 3-16 mm. longa 0.25-0.5 mm. lata. 
Racemi densiflori 1-(demum)4 em. longi, bracteis et floribus in- 
ferioribus deciduis. Flores rosei 5.5-6.5 mm. longi. Sepala albida 
oblonga obtusa inferiora breviora. Alae roseae oblongae submu- 
cronatae 3-nerviae 5 mm. longae 1 mm. latae. Carina angusta ad 
6.2 mm. longa, apice flavido-brunnea; crista e lobis 1-jugis ovato- 
lanceolatis obtusiusculis porrectis integris constans. Capsula an- 
guste oblongo-ovata albida anguste marginata ad septum glandu- 
loso-punctata 3.5 mm. longa ad 1.2 mm. lata. Semen conicum 
sericeo-comosum 1.1 mm. longum. Arillus ad 0.3 mm. longus, lobis 
2 linearibus appressis. — Trrn1pap: Fort George, 12 Sept. 1847, 
Crueger (K); savanna de Arito, July 1848, Wm. Purdie 121 (K); 
without locality, 1877-80, Fendler 267 (GK: TYPE coLL.); without 
locality, Crueger (G). — The Crueger plant (hb. Kew.) was in- 
cluded in P. longicaulis by Grisebach. All the specimens in hb. 
Kew. are labelled P. adenophora DC. by Bennett, but that is a 
South American species with a several-lobed crest.—T.2. Fic. 71. 
> 118. P. vartasmis HBK. Erect slender annual, ‘sparsely 
branched, 1.7-6 dm. high, the stem angled, obscurely pedicellate- 
glandular especially below. Leaves all alternate, linear, AR 
late at the acute or acuminate apex, revolute, punctate, l-nerv: 
Stas 3.5-9 mm. long, 0.4-0.7 mm. wide, on petioles 0.5 soiik 
long. Racemes somewhat dense, conic-capitate, 3-7 mm. long, 7 
mm. thick, the axis becoming 1.5-7 em. long; pedicels 0.6-0.8 mm. 
long. Flowers white or purplish, 2.7-3.6 mm. long. Upper sepals 
ovate, blunt, with 2-3 basal glands, 1.5-1.9 mm. long; the lower 
ovate, obtuse, with several dorsal glands along costa, 1-1.4 mm. 
long. Wings elliptic, rounded or rarely bluntly mucronulate at 
apex, cuneate scarcely clawed at base, 3-nerved, more or less gland- 
bearing along costa, 2.7-3.6 mm. long, 1.4-2.1 mm. wide. Keel 
2.7-3.6 mm. long, gland-bearing; crest of 3-4 pairs of lobes, the 
posterior lanceolate, simple or bifid, the anterior linear, deeply 
-forked or entire. Upper petals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 
equalling keel. Capsule ovate-oblong, obtuse, bearing about two 
rows of oval glands each side of septum, 2.6-3.2 mm. long, 1.2-1.3 
mm. wide. Seed conic, silky-comose, 2.7 mm. long (including 
