POLYGALEiE. 
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brevissime pedicellati, sparsi, duplo majores quam in praecedente ; pedicellis basi tribracteatis; bracteis 
deciduis ; exteriore ( fig. 12. i 3 .) majore, lanceolata, acuminato-subulata, carinata, ciliata, ~ lineaj longa ; 
duabus interioribus ( fig. 10. 11» ) dimidio brevioribus, exteriori contrariis, ovatis, acutis, planis, tenuis¬ 
sime membranaceis , albidis, apice subciliatis. Calyx ( fig. 7. ) pentaphyllus, irregularis, glaber, per¬ 
sistens, albidus?; foliolis ( tribus) exterioribus ovatis, acutis, subuninerviis, concavis; duobus superioribus 
approximatis, insequilateris ; inferiore duplo majore, aequilatero, interioribus triplo breviore; foliolis ( duobus) 
interioribus (lateralibus) oblongis, apice obsolete emarginatis et externe, infra apicem, mucrone adnato 
instructis, basi angustatis, concavis, venosis, patentibus, corolla longioribus. Petala [fig. 5 . ) tria, hypogyna, 
glabra, persistentia, albida?, ope tubi staminei usque ad medium connata [fig- 6.), persistentia; in¬ 
termedium apice reniforme, galeato-concavum, dorso cristatum, genitalia includens; duo inferiora parum 
longiora, oblonga, apice rotundata, plana, tenuiter membranacea, obsolete venosa; crista bipartita; laciniis 
planiusculis, crassiuseulis, irregulariter trilobis. Stamina octo, subaequalia. Filamenta in tubum connata, 
apice capillacea et libera, glabra; tubus per dorsum petalis adnatus, antice apertus. Anther® [fig- 8 . 9.) basi 
affixae, erecta;, uniloculares, apice late hiantes et cornucopiae referentes, albidae, glabras. Ovarium (fig- if- ) 
superum, sessile, subrotundum, compressum, apice emarginatum, glabrum. Stylus brevis, adscendens, 
glaber, deciduus. Stigma magnum, obliquum, membranaceum, urceolato-concavum, apice appendiculatum, 
basi parum productum, crassiuseulum, rotundatum et papillosum; appendice terminali, stipitata, capitelli- 
formi, papilloso-plumosa, geniculato-inilexa, tardius erecta (?). Capsula (fig- i 5 . 16. ) ovato-subrotunda, 
dissepimento contrarie compressa, apice emarginata, hinc et inde sulco longitudinali notata, laevis, glabra, 
punctis glandulosis conspersa, membranacea, virescens, calyce et corolla persistentibus vestita (fig- 1 • 2.), 
illo dimidio brevior, vix lineam longa, bilocularis, margine utrinque longitudinaliter dehiscens; loculi rnono- 
spermi; dissepimentum angustum, tenuissimum. Semina (fig- 17- 18.) infra apicem suspensa, axi centrali 
affixa, pendula, oblonga, teretia, basi rotundata, apice umbonata et arillo instructa, fusco-nigra, retrorsum 
pubescentia. Arillus in summo semine sequitans, profunde bipartitus, membranaceus, albidus; laciniislineari- 
oblongis, subfalcatis, pendulis, parum remotis, semini adpressis ipsoque brevioribus. Integumentum crusta- 
ceum, fragile. Endospermium (fig- 19.) ellipticum, albidum, carnosum, tenue, apice areola minuta fuscescente 
instructum et mucronulatum. Embryo (fig- 21. ) in axi cndospermii (fig- 20.) ipsoque parum brevior, 
obverse clavatus, teres, utrinque obtusus, albidus. Radicula supera, longitudine cotyledonum. Cotyledones 
subrotundae, plano-convexas, radicula vix latiores. 
4- POLYGALA LONGicAULis. f 
P. glabra; caule elongato, erecto, simplici vel superne ramo instructo, 1 - 2-stachyo; foliis 
sparsis, valde remotis, linearibus, glanduloso-punctatis; spicis subrotundis, densi floris; floribus 
cristatis, glandulosis; seminibus conicis, retrorsum sericeo-pilosis. 
Crescit in Regno Novce Andalusice , prope coenobium Caripense , locis aridis , ait. 400 
hex.y item in ripa fluminis Magdalence, juxta urbem Honda Novo- Granatensium , 
ait. 1 3 o hex. o Floret Majo , Septembri. 
Radix perpendicularis, fibris obsita, albida. Caulis erectus, simplex aut superne ramulo instructus, angu¬ 
latus, glaber, 16-20-pollicaris, inferne foliis paucis obsitus, superne subaphyllus. Folia sparsa, rara, brevis¬ 
sime petiolata, linearia, acuta, submucronata, integerrima, uninervia, plana, crassiuscula, punctis glandulosis 
conspersa, glabra, viridia, subconcoloria, 6-9 lineas longa, dimidiam lineam lata. Spica in apice caulis soli¬ 
taria, abbreviata, densillora, subrotunda, vix semipollicaris. Flores pedicellati, sparsi, solitarii, densi, vix 
magnitudine floris P. vulgaris; pedicellis sesquilineam longis, glabris, basi tribracteatis et articulatis. Bracte® 
albida;, glabrae, persistentes !; exterior ovata, acuminato-subulata, concava, ad carinam glandulis 5 aut 6 
croceis notata, pedicello quadruplo quintuplove brevior; duae interiores exteriori contrariae, breviores, ovata;, 
acuminatae, planiusculae, eglandulosas. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, tenuissime membranaceus, persistens ; 
foliola (tria) exteriora ovata, acuto-mucronata, concava, albida; duo superiora approximata, dorso glan¬ 
dulis 4-5, geminatis croceis punctiformibus notata; inferius duplo majus, basi glandulis duabus croceis 
notatum; foliola (duo ) interiora (lateralia) inferiore triplo-longiora, petaloidea, oblonga, acuto-mucronata, 
basi parum angustata et obliqua, trinervia, plana, rosea, patentia, longitudine corollae. Petala tria, hypo¬ 
gyna, ope tubi staminei in tubum longum, lateribus compressum, antice longitudinaliter fissum connata, 
apice libera, glabra; petalum superius apice subrotundo-reniforme, galeato-concavum, dorso cristatum, 
roseum, glandulis croceis densissime obsitum; petala inferiora superiore parum longiora, tenuissime mem¬ 
branacea, oblonga, acuta, apice glandulis nonnullis minutis croceis conspersa, albida, conniventia; crista 
irregulariter flabellato-subsexfida ; laciniis crassiuseulis, petala lateralia subsequantibus, linearibus, extimis 
