POLYGALEAE Juss. 
(Auctore E. T. Steudel.) 
COMES PERMA Labill. Endl. gen. n. 5649. 
Meisn. gen. pag. 23. (20.) 
§. 1. Erectae. 
or. Foliis angustissimis subconvolutis vel linearibus. 
* Bracteis (in omnibus demum deciduis) ante anthem 
f lores super antibus. 
1. Comesperma lon^ifolia Steud. caule (basi) fm- 
tescente ramoso vel subsiniplici glabro sursum diviso ra- 
cemifero; foliis sparsis non approximatis linearibus an* 
gustissimis margine revolutis elongatis (pollice longioribus) 
acutiusciilis glabris ; racemis elongatis multifloris laxis. 
bracteis setaceis flores (nondum evolutos) superantibus. 
labio medio acuto integro lateralibus breviore. % 
Tn arenosis sylvae prope Limekiln distrietus Perth, 29. Nov. 1839. Herb. 
Preiss. No. 2359. 
Radix valida, crassa, perpendiculariter descendens, parce fibrosa; caulis 
basi sufl’rutescens , divisus vel simplex, interne cicatricibus foliorum notalns. 
teres, uti tota planta glaberrimus, mox foliatns, sursum in ramulos racemi- 
feros divisus; folia sparsa, angustissima, pollicaria et ultra, patentia, sub- 
arcuata, margine revoluto carinata, linearia, apice acutiuscula, basi in petiolum 
brevissimum attenuata; ramuli in apice caulis subumbellato- aggregate basi 
foliati, mox racemiferi; vacant inaequales, fructiferi demum elongaU(«*' 
pollicares) simplices; flores in pedicellis I y 2 lineas longis; bracteae tenuissniie i 
setaceae; fructus basji in stipitem attenuati, apice ad latera obtusi, medio | 
breviter mucronulati, semina unilateraliter membranula pellucida tenui mar* 
ginata. 
1. Comesperma corniculata Steud. caule erecto froti- 
culoso glaberrimo vix striato tereti inferne cicatricibus lolio* 
rum deciduorum notato caeterum nudo, superne ramoso; ra* 
mis angulatis foliatis; foliis sparsis in ramulis confertioribus 
linearibus margine revolutis abbreviates (4-6 lineas longis) 
obtusiusculis; racemis terminalibus, bracteis setaceis; alis 
corollam superantibus lobo corollae medio postice cor* 
niculato. % 
In glariosis sylvaticis circa Wuljenup ditionis Plantagenet, 14. Oct. 1840. 
Preiss. 2360. 
Radix subsimplex fibris tenuibus; caulis fruticulosus, teres, * urS |! in *| | !jJ 1 
ramulis angulatus; ramuli sparsi vel subumbellato -congesti ; folio. 10 • ’ 
margine subrev oluto, bisulcata, 4-6 lineas longa, unam lata, basi in pc 
