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POLY GALE2E. 
denticulata, obsolete venosa, nervo medio subtus prominente , crassiuscula, glabra, juniora utrinque 
puberula, l®te viridia, subtus vix pallidiora, 1 5 - iS lineas longa, 7-74 lineas lata. Petioli sesquilineam 
longi, semiteretes, viscosi, puberuli, basi articulati. Stipulie null®. Pedunculi terminales, tardius laterales, 
breves, bifidi, distachyi, angulati, viscosi, puberuli. Spicie erectae, oblonga, multiflorae; altera 8-9 lineas 
longa; altera duplo triplove brevior. Flores (fig. 2. 5 .) brevissime pedicellati, sparsi, solitarii in singulo 
rhachis dente, approximati, magnitudine floris Polygal® vulgaris, resupinati; pedicellis 4 line® longis, 
puberulis, basi bracteatis (?) et cum rhachi articulatis. Calyx (fig. il \.) pentaphyllus, resupinatus, c®ru- 
lescens, deciduus; foliola (tria) exteriora parva, ovata, obtusa, concava, ®qualia, glabra, ciliata; duo 
superiora, unum inferius; foliola (duo) interiora (lateralia) maxima, al®formia, petaloidea, obovato-subro¬ 
tunda, apice rotundata, basi subunguiculata, concava, glabra, obsolete trinervia, basim versus subciliata, 
corollam ®quantia, patentia. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, irregularis, resupinata; petalum superius 
{fig- 12. 1 5-3 maximum, subrotundo-obovatum, brevissime unguiculatum, galeato-concavum, apice emar- 
ginatum, obsolete nervosum, glabrum; petala duo inferiora breviora, difformia, subrhomboidea, hinc, 
margine inferiore, rotundata, in ligulam cultriformem basi tortam producta, inde, margine superiore, fila¬ 
mentis adnata {fig. 4-)> interne plica transversa sacciformi instructa, superne, praesertim interne, pilosa; 
petala duo lateralia minuta {fig. 1.), squam®formia, oblonga, tenuissime membranacea. Stamina octo, 
hypogyna, subaequalia, arcuata, in petalo superiore recondita ipsoque parum breviora. Filamenta mem¬ 
branacea, uninervia, connata, superne libera et capillacea, glabra; tubus stamineus lateribus compressus, 
externe, ubi petalis lateralibus adhsret, longitudinaliter apertus, apice piloso-ciliatus. Antheiue 
{fig. 5 . 6.) oblong®, basi affix®, erect®, uniloculares, glabr®, apice hiantes. Ovarium {fig. 7.) superum, 
sessile, disco carnoso obliquo suffultum, oblongum, lateribus compressum, l®ve, glabrum, uniloculare 
(fig. 8.) ; ovulum {fig. 10.) solitarium, oblongum, lenticulari-compressum, l®ve, glabrum, infra apicem 
affixum, pendulum (fig. 9.). Stylus terminalis, arcuatus, crassiusculus, glaber, stamina ®quans, infra apicem 
dente instructus. Stigma laterale, subglobosum, glandulosum. Fructus (fig. n.) ellipticus, nudus, disco 
persistente suffultus, lignoso-coriaceus, obtusus, rugulosus, exsuccus, unilocularis,monospermus, non dehis¬ 
cens, magnitudine grani cannabis. Semen (fig. i 5 .) oblongum, acutum, infra apicem suspensum, ad ven¬ 
trem sulco longitudinali et ad basim macula fusca notatum, l®ve, glabrum, fuscescens. Integumentum 
simplex, tenuiter membranaceum, intus substantia tenuissima carnosa (endospermio? ) vestitum, Endosper- 
mium nullum. Embryo (fig. 16. 17.) inversus, lutescens. Cotyledones carnos®, oblong®, obtus®, plano- 
convex®. Radicula parva, subrotunda, obtusa, supera. Plumula inperspicua. 
g. MONNINA LIGUSTRIFOLIA. "f" 
M. fruticosa; ramulis foliisque tenuissime puberulis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi 
angustatis, reticulato-venosis, membranaceis; pedunculis subtristachyis. 
Crescit in Regno Quitensi , prope pagum Ayavacce , ait. i/poo Tiex. ]F> Floret Augusto. 
Frutex orgyalis; ramis sparsis, erectis, teretiusculis, l®vibus, glabris; ramulis junioribus angulatis, 
puberulis. Folia sparsa, breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata , acuta, basi angustata et in petiolum decur¬ 
rentia, integerrima, plana, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio subtus prominente, membranacea, utrinque 
tenuissime puberula, supra Iste viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora, 2-24 pollices longa, 6-9 lineas lata. 
Petioli semiteretes, puberuli, 1-2 lineas longi, basi articulati. Pedunculi terminales, tardius laterales, 
tristachyi, rarius axillares monostachyi. Spicie erect®, 2-24 lineas long®; rhachi angulata, puberula. 
Flores pedicellati, sparsi, solitarii, resupinati, magnitudine floris Polygal® vulgaris; pedicellis dimidiam 
lineam longis, puberulis, basi tribracteatis et articulatis. Bracteie cadue®; exterior ovata, acuta, 
concava, uninervia, puberula, lineam longa; du® interiores triplo breviores, exteriori contrari®, 
oblong®, acut®, ciliatae, albid®, diaphan®. Calyx pentaphyllus, deciduus; foliola (tria) exteriora 
parva, subrotundo-ovata, obtusa, concava, glabriuscula, ciliata, c®rulescentia; duo superiora basi 
obliqua, trinervia; inferius paulo majus, quinquenervium; foliola (duo) interiora (lateralia) maxima, 
petaloidea, subrotunda, concava, brevissime unguiculata, flabellato-7-nervia, glabra, violaceo-c®rulea, 
corollam ®quantia, patentia. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, irregularis, decidua; petalum superius maxi¬ 
mum, subrotundum, galeato-concavum, multinervium, apice obsolete quadrilobum, glabrum, stamina 
includens ; petala duo lateralia minutissima, subrotunda, squamul®formia; petala duo inferiora difformia, 
concava, hinc (margine inferiore) rotundata, apice in ligulam oblongam obtusam adscendentem angustata 
et carinato-contigua, inde (margine superiore) filamentis adnata, obsolete trinervia, utrinque, pr®sertim 
interne, pilosa ibique, versus medium, plica transversa sacciformi instructa. Stamina octo, hypogyna, 
sub®qualia, curvata, in petalo superiore recondita ipsoque parum breviora. Filamenta apice libera et 
