Polygalacese. 
87 
— Lateral nerves of the wings faintly branched, not anas¬ 
tomosed or scarcely so, i. e. united with the middle nerve by 
a scarcely visible vein.* Type of P. amara . . 7 
4. Ls rather firm, the lower ones (below the point whence 
the fl.-bearing stems spring) larger ’than the others, 
rather crowded in a rosette; stems, beneath the rosettes, 
leafless. FIs almost as large as in P. vulgaris, of a fine 
blue.—Calc, hills in the Jura; Pruntrut, Fleurier. 5 
calcarea F. Schultz, 295. 
— Lower ls relatively broader, but shorter than the upper 
ones, not in a rosette ...... 5 
5. FIs rose-coloured, large; wings8 — 10mmlong, duringtheir 
entire development round-oval. P. nicseensis Riss. var.? 
See N. Beitr. Ill, 4. IY, 2.—Yal Calanca, Tess. Southern 
side of the Simplon. 6 . . . Corsica Bor. 296 
— FIs distinctly smaller; wings 5-6mm long, elliptic 6* 
6. Middle bracts longer than the pedicel of the newly- 
opened fl., exceeding the buds before the full develop¬ 
ment of the raceme, and so giving the top of the young- 
raceme a conic, hairy appearance- FIs often rose-colour¬ 
ed, gen. more numerous than in the following. Wings with 
feebler net-veins, the middle nerve gen. only branched in 
its upper third part.—Pasturages, wood-sides; distrib. 5, 6 
comosa Schrank. 297. 
— Middle bracts scarcely as long as the pedicel of the 
newly-opened fl , not reaching beyond the buds, the end 
of the raceme consequently obtuse, not hairy. FIs most 
often blue.—b. 2 )sei( doalpestris Gren. Racemes shorter, 
denser.—As the last; distrib. 5, 6 . vulgaris L. 298. 
7(3). Lower ls shorter than the others, not forming a 
rosette. Herb not bitter. FIs distinctly smaller than in 
the last. (Wings 4—5 mm.)—Alp., subalp. and Jura, es¬ 
pecially on calc. 6 . . . alpestris Rchb, 299. 
— Lower ls much larger than the others, obovate, obtuse, 
in a rosette ........ 8 
8. FIs almost as large or still larger than in P. vulgaris, 
gen. of a beautiful blue. Wings as broad or broader 
than the capsule. Herb bitter which, together with the 
the not, or only slightly, anastomosed nerves of the 
wings, distinguishes this species from 295.—Calc, moun¬ 
tains of Austria and Hungary; I have not yet seen a 
specimen in Switz ! 5, 6 . . * amara Jacq, 300. 
— FIs distinctly smaller (wings 3—4 mn), blue, reddish, 
or whitish. Wings always narrower than the capsule U 
9. Racemes many-fld, more or less elongated. Herb gen. 
bitter. P. amara auct. plur. non Jacq., uliginosa Rchb. 
—Dry or damp pasturages up to the Alp. 5, 6 
austriaca Crantz. 301. 
