Xantiiopyllum. 
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POLYGALACEAË. 
Ua siiprema saepe 2 approximata vel subo2)posi(a elliptica vel rarhis ovata 
vel ohlongo-elliptica abrupte ohtuse acuminata hasi suhrotundata rarissimo 
acuta vel cuneata ima contracta, coriacea margine subreflexa, glaherrima 
supra iiitida, costa media siihtus et in sicco supra pro^ninente nervis lateralibus 
tenuibus inaequidistantibus (> — 8 arcuatis et reticulato-conjtinctis, in sicco 
supra laxe subtiis dense reticulato-venosu venis mme vulde prominentibus 
nunc (in foliis magis coriaceis) subohtecfis, poris oblongis paucis subtus varie 
dispersis saepe ad basin nervorum inferiormn (nunquam in petiolo), raro 
defidentibus imtructa, 90—160—190-220 mM. Ionga 37- 80—90 lata 
(6213 ?). PetioU carnosiiU subteretc'^, in sicco valde rugulosi supra stilcafi 
6 — 14 mM. loiigi. Paiiiculae 2)aHci-r(imosae brcviter pedtincnlati supra 
medium siniplices ramis elougatis ererto-patentibus folia saepius stqierantes 
axillares et terminales interdum inimerosae ad apices ramulorum umbella- 
tae, corymbos sessiles a}nples terminales effbrmcmtes, tomenfosae. Pedicelli 
floribus breviores (4—5 mM. longi) crassiusculi singuli vel fasciculati, 
ima basi bracteolis 1 vel 2 parvis cum bractea deciduis instructi. Flores 
mediocres (10 — 12 mM), carina riolarea excepta albi exsiccando faves- 
centia; sepala late ovata acutiuscula vel obtiisa fiavido-viridia tomenfella 
3—4 mM. lata et longa, 2 inferiora (lateralia) paullo longiora siibrari- 
nata. Petala 9 — 11 inM. longa, anterius (carina) ex.tus app)resse hirta, 
cetera glabra vel extus parum pilosa oblongo-spathulata concava lateralia 
paullo latiora albida postica angustiora intus luteomaculata. Stamina 2 
anteriora (carinales) ima basi inter se et cum carina connata vel sublibera 
(s2)ec. hort Bog.) omnia infra medium dilatata et longe hirtella apice subu- 
lata glabra infra a)itheram parvmn barbafala, 4 epipetala pctalis basi magis 
minusve adnata ; discus 8-aiigularis plane-cupularis. Ovarium subaureum, 
cum stijlo ciirvafo, apice interdum glabro, strigosum ; ovula 4. liacca glo- 
bosa, glabrescens in sicco subrugulosa + 20 mM. diam. pericarpio carnoso- 
scleroso, 2 mM. crasso, in sicco fragili-crnstaceo. Semen fructui conf orme, 
lateraliter affixum, paree albuminositm integumento crassiusculo, (0.25- - 
0.4 mM.) e strato externo fenui carnosulo, interno duro pallisadeo coiiipo- 
sito, in sicco tenerrime crustaceo, raphe laterali, in chalazam ramosam 
pertensa. Embrijonis transcersi radicula parva conica, cotyledones superpo- 
sitae crassae cordatae rotundatae, subinaequales altera magis convexa, altera 
concava 10 mM. diam. 
Obs. Xanthoplujll um vitellinum Nees ludit foliis oblongis et oblongo- 
lanceolatis basi acufis vel attenuatis saepe muximis, usque 250 mM longis 
75 latis densissime reticulafis (X longifolium (Bh.) Hassk ! 1) sed vix 
1) Minus recte a Ciiodat cum A'. adeiiopodiiin confusum. 
Meded. PI. XXXIII 19a 
