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Poli/ffala.] 



XVI. POLYGALE^. (A. W. Bennett) 



I?03 



5i^?^ ^^^ulate, wings broad-obovate. Wall. PI As. Ear. ii. t. 184, Gat. 



p w'lv , ^'- ^^^ ^^'1^ ^^^^^' ^"^' i- 176; Oliver Fl Trop. Afrk. i. 129. 

 ^ Wallicliiana, Wight III. i. t, 22 A. P. granulata, Ilassk. U 179. P. Bu- 

 chanani, Ham. in Bon Prod. 199. 



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• lEsip. ana buBTROP. HiMAT.AVA, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; from Simla to E. Nipal. 

 M3., alt 2-4000 ft.; Western Peninsula, from the Dekkan to Truvancor.- 



Trop. Africa and Austral 



Khasia 



DlSTRlB. 



r elliptic, obtuse, rather longer than the elliptic notched ciliate capsule. Setd^ villous; 

 strophiole small, galcate. . 



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li ^' ^■. ®^*®P*era, DC. Prodr. i. 326 ; annual, erect or decumbent, leaves 

 ^lear linear-oblong or obovate, racemes axillary or extra-axillary few- 

 nowered, wings obliquely oblong, with a strong green midrib. Wall Cai. 

 Kkia'J^"^^^^' /c. M. iii. t. 15. P. Valiliana, DC. I.e. 326; W. d: A. Prodr. 

 i\r ni^J^^^^^'"^^^^ ^G. Ix. p. toinentosa, Vahl ex Heme mss. P. triflora, 

 ^i''^' n Trop. Afric. 1128 {not of Linn.). 



•The Ptjjfj^^B . Scixde; Behar ; the Western Peninsula ; Ava ; Birma.— Distrib. 



™ia, trop Asia and Africa, (St. Vincent, introduced?), 

 or I ^J^^'^'^^l^ 1*1 li^l^it ; branches numerous, erect or spreading from the base, stout 

 verv^" ' ^-10 in. high. Leaves i-1 in. long from obovate or almost obcorJut.* to 

 ^7 »>arrow-linear. Macpm.pn vprv Rh..rf, i_l in fnw-flou'ored. Flowers J~i in.; 



rons or 



Seeds densely hairy ; 

 Aden specimens have the root so woody as 



Arab' 



PeJio \'^^^? J "^^''* ^"^^^^^^^ very short, J-4 in., few-flowered. Flowers J 

 pube f i" ' bracts minute. Wings always membranous in fruit, glab 



stronh'^r i ^^^' ^^'"* ^^® ^^*^*^ notched pubescent capsule, 

 toann Saleate and inappeudiculate.— Aden specimens ha" 



appear perennial. 



ftt 



10. 



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Wings herbaceous. Strophiole in- or Z-appendicidaie. 



ceJ; 1 ' ffiaucoides, Linn, {not of Wight); stems wiry pubescent ex- 

 Mvejy numerous from a perennial stock, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 

 the 1p extra-axillary with slender peduncles 2-3 tlowered equalling 



VrJ^'^^^^^ shorter, outer-sepals acuminate, wings ohlonsr acute. DC 

 J^r. 1. 32(5; Wall. Cat. 4171. IP. confusa, HasiJc. I.e. 



,£?"!' ."'i ^^n'^s at Newcra Ellia. 



80tae*tim ^f ^'"^s'about equalling the leaves. 

 »"metime8 longer: hmnt.. ..,k„i 



blung acute. 

 165. 



oUiquc. 



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cronat^ ^ '°-' Pw^'cscent or pilose. Leaves l-f in., glabrous or pilose usually nui- 

 "«. iiacf-rr,.. „ij^jut equalling the leaves. Flowers i-j in. long; pedicels si. nd r, 



oer; bracts subulate. Outer setnds subefpial, ciliate ; win.L^s grecu, 

 hair'v .. ^'y?*"^ broadly obc(,rdate or didymous. Seeds somewhat curved, bliglitly 

 of xli .''"^f'^'ole liHlf the"leni;th of the seed, 3-appendicuIate.— The two following forms 



n>H pant are probably disdnct species. 

 f.eloL; Tf'.''"^«. Aru. PugiU. 4 {sp.) ; leaves broadly elliptic-ovate acute flat opaque. 



^■w-i 169™'^"'''' ^^'^""'^^^^ -^'"«'»- 22; P. hypoglauca, /i«*-*fc. tn ^^^H- -■!««• 



"ata 77;,' .fa^^ linear-oblong acute shining nerved. 

 ^' -"Waives ^nww. 22. P. arvensis jS, Thwaites I.e. 



aJend^; ^^P'^ffata. ^^^m m r^7^d ^S^o. Fl. iii. 879 ; annual, erect or 



P. rosmarinifolia and mucro- 



400. 



^^■i^d:. 



r ^^17i P. Wightiaua, Wall Cat. 4190; Jf. ^.f*-/''^J^''' ^^ / 

 ^•?r P, campestris, i)a/2. z;2 Hook. Kew Journ. Bat. u. 40 ; Datz. ct- 





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