POLYGAL A. 
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erectis, subfastigiatis, ramosis. Folia sparsa, brevissime petiolata, late linearia, acuto-submucronata, basi 
acutiuscula, integerrima, plana, obsoletissime reticulato-venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, membrana¬ 
cea, punctis glandulosis subrotundis opacis aut subpellucidis conspersa, glabra, satiate viridia, subtus vix 
pallidiora, 6- io lineas longa, i- i4 lineas lata. Spicie in apice ramulorum solitariae, rarius laterales, erectae, 
laxifloree, sesqui-aut 5 -pollicares, graciles; rhachi angulata, tenuissime hirtella. Flores pedicellati, sparsi, 
solitarii, magnitudine floris Polygalae austriacae ; pedicellis 4 lineae longis, capillaceis, glabris, basi articulatis et 
tribracteatis. Bkacte® glabrae, acuminato-subulatae, albidae, caducae; exterior ovata, concava, pedicello lon¬ 
gior; interiores dimidio breviores, oblongae. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, persistens; foliolis (tribus) exte¬ 
rioribus obtusis, concavis, viridibus, margine roseis ; duobus superioribus oblongis, approximatis, 
subenerviis; uno inferiore parum longiore, subrotundo-ovato, obsolete trinervio, lateralibus duplo breviore; 
foliolis ( duobus) interioribus (lateralibus) oblongis, obtusis, basi cuneato-subunguiculatis, trinerviis, 
planis, roseis, corollam aequantibus, patentibus. Petala tria, hypogyna, glabra; superius ope tubi 
staminei inferioribus usque ad medium adnatum, apice subrotundo-reniforme, galeato-concavum, roseum, 
genitalia includens, dorso cristatum; petala duo inferiora oblique oblonga, apice angustata et obtusa, obso¬ 
lete trinervia, tenuissime membranacea, albida, superius superantia. Crista irregulariter flabellato-9-io- 
flda, rosea; laciniis crassiusculis, linearibus, extimis multo latioribus. Stamina octo, aequalia, in petalo 
superiore latentia ipsoque breviora. Filamenta in tubum connata., apice libera, capillacea, alba; tubus sta¬ 
mineus dorso adnatus, antice apertus. Antiier® basi affixae, erectae, subclavata;, apice late apertae et cornu- 
copiae referentes, albidae, glabras, uniloculares. Ovarium superum, sessile, subrotundum, apice emarginatum, 
dissepimento contrarie compressum, glabrum, viride, biloculare. Ovulum 1 in quolibet loculo. Stylus ter¬ 
minalis, subadscendens, brevis, glaber, deciduus. Stigma magnum, in galea petali superioris reconditum, 
bilabiatum; labium superius galeato-concavum, membranaceum, apice appendiculatum; appendice capi- 
telliformi, adscendente, plumosa; labium inferius brevius, reflexum, rotundatum, papillosum. Capsula; 
pendulas, calyce persistente vestita; ipsoque breviores, ellipticas, apice emarginatas, dissepimento contrarie 
compressas, hinc et inde sulco notatae, laeves, glabrae, virides, membranaceae, biloculares, margine utrinque 
longitudinali ter dehiscentes, -f lineae longas; loculi monospermi; dissepimentum angustum, tenuissimum, 
apice utrinque tuberculo croceo pro insertione seminum instructum. Semina oblonga, cylindracea, basi rotun¬ 
data, apice acutiuscula, infra apicem affixa et arillata, atro-fusca, retrorsum pubescentia, loculum omnino 
replentia. Arillus membranaceus, albidus, bipartitus, pendulus ; laciniis linearibus, subfalcatis, approximatis, 
semini adpressis ipsoque parum brevioribus. Integumentum crustaceum, fragile. Endospermium semini con¬ 
forme, carnosum, albidum, adbasim tuberculo minuto fusco (chalaza) instructum. Embryo axilis, rectus, teres, 
utrinque obtusus, albidus, inversus, endospermio parum brevior. Radicula supera. Cotyledones plano- 
convexae, radicula vix latiores. 
10. POLYGALA asperuloides. ^ 
P. caulibus fasciculato-esespitosis, diffusis; foliis oppositis, ternis-senis, oblongis aut lan- 
ceolato-oblongis, glabris, pellucido-punctatis ; spicis terminalibus, lateralibus alaribusque, 
gracilibus, laxifloris; floribus cristatis, glandulosis; seminibus oblongis, retrorsum sericeo- 
pubescentibus. 
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Caules fasciculato-caespitosi, diffusi, ramosi, quinquangulati, angulis membranaceis, glabriusculi aut 
pilis minutissimis scabriusculi, virides, 9-12-pollicares ; ramis alternis aut oppositis, patentibus, simpli¬ 
cibus aut iterum ramosis, quinquangularibus, glabris. Folia opposita aut saepius verticillata ( terna-sena ), 
brevissime petiolata, oblonga aut lanceolato-oblonga, acuto-mucronata, basi cuneata, integerrima aut 
obsolete denticulata, plana, obsolete venosa, membranacea, glanduloso-punctulata, punctis magis minusve 
pellucidis, glabra, laete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 6-12 lineas longa, 2-4 lineas lata. Stic,® terminales et 
laterales aut alares, solitariae, pedunculatae, erectae, graciles, laxiflorae, subpollicares. Flores sparsi, breviter 
pedicellati, approximati, magnitudine praecedentis, rosei; pedicellis basi articulatis et tribracteatis; 
rhachi glabra, tuberculis floriferis denticulata. Bracte® lineari-subulatae, glabriusculae, deciduae; exterior 
pedicellum superans; laterales multo minores. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, persistens; foliola (tria) exte- 
rioria virescentia, subciliata; duo superiora approximata, lanceolato-oblonga, acutiuscula, dorso lineis 
duabus glandulosis parallelis notata; inferius paulo longius, ovatum, obtusum, concavum, basi glandulis 
duabus oblongis instructum; foliola ( duo) interiora maxima, alaeformia, petaloidea, unguiculata, ovato- 
elliptica, apice rotundata, plana, supra unguem lineis duabus glandulosis parallelis notata, inferius duplo 
superantia, corollam aequantia. Petala tria, hypogyna, glabra, ope tubi staminei usque ad medium 
