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Tolygala.\ 



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



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putescentj narrow-linear very rarely oblong or narrowed to the base erect, or suberect, 

 margin often thickened or recurved, midrib strong. Flowers | in. long, few, green, 

 erect, which gives a remarkable habit to the plant. Capsule as in P. cliinensis but 

 uauany hairy on the surfaces as well as on the margins. — The erect leaves and flowers 

 seem to afford a good character for this. 



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Bracts caducous (before flowering). Strophiole S-appendiculate. 



14. P. sibirica, L. ; stems many slender ascending from a perennial 

 stock, leaves from orbicular to elliptic-lanceolate and linear shining margins 

 often recurved, racemes axillary and extra-axillary sub-erect laxly few- or 

 jnany-flowered, outer sepals subequal oblong ovate or lanceolate, crest usually 

 ^rge. wings obliquely oblong or obovate obtuse or acute, rapsule rather 

 broadly winged glabrous not ciliate. DC. Prodr, i. 324; Ledeb. Ic. t. 448. 

 i^. japonica, HoutL Syst, 8, t. 62, f. 1 ; DC. Ic, ; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mm. i. \ 

 181. P. vul<^aris, Thunb. FL Jap. 277 {not of Linn). P. elegans, Wall 

 Cff^. 4186 ; Hassk. Ic. 176. P. myrsinites, Boyle III t. 19 A. P. Khasiana, 

 na^^. Ic. 176. P. monopetala, Gamh. in Jacq. Voy. Bot i. 27 ; Polyg, sp. 

 3, Grif. ; Notul. iv. 337, Ic. PL t. 597. 



Temp, and Subtrop. Himalaya, alt. 1-6000 ft. (8000 in Sikkim), from the Punjab 

 and N.W. frontier to Bhotau ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft.; Nilgiiiri Mts. (van 1); 

 CEYLON (var. 2).— DiSTRiB. China, Japan, Siberia. 

 , Very variable, bnt quite distinct from any other Indian species, usually best recog- 

 nised by the shining reticulate upper surfaces of the elliptic-lanceolate leaves, and 

 Slender extra axillary racemes, rather large (^-A in.) and conspicuous erect flowers ; but 

 ^1 these characters arc excessively variable.— >§^e77?5 3-18 in., pubescent. Leaves i-2m. 

 ^cemes 1-3 in.; bracts deciduous or persistent. Oater sepals short or long, obtuse 

 acute or acuminate. Wings straight orobliciuc, membranous or subherbaceous, obtuse or 

 ^?ie, rarely acuminate. Capsules always glabrous, with a broader wing than m P. 

 - fiiiiensts. Seeds pilose ; strophiole with usually 3 short appendages. 



-* vxi^ onupnioie larger. — yk\ dj j3l. x'rour. i. oo. siussk. *« -i«t(^. xj.ii,i>. ^•^■- ^ •- 

 ■Pulney and NiLonmi Mrs. Obviously a form of P. japonica, from which some 



specimens are hardly distinguishable. 



Rlon^*' 1 '^^^^^^^^^phos, Hassle, in iViiq. Ann. luus. i. xu# v^/^-y ' -^ \ " 



3^^ i-li in. broadly elliptic or lanceolate subacute ^^\^^-^^''%,''^y?^^^^^^^ 



macrolophos, Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 167 (^jo.); stems 1-2 ft. very 



f acuminate, wiugs herbaceous. P. glomerata and pcJnnculosa, Fhwaites Eitum 

 ^J''''^ of Lour.). Ceylon, Adam's Peak, &c., alt. 4-7000 ft.-A very large form, 

 ^«'te unlike the usual states. 



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ihl^ 1^- telephioldes, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 876 ; annual, stems prostrate 

 off 1^' ^^'"^^es small glabrous often imbricate very thick obovate or 

 " ong obtuse or acute, flowers very small fascicled on very short extra- 

 c^:,^'^ peduncles, outer sepals acute, wings herbaceous oblique acuminate, 

 ^-apbule glabrous mnrrr;,n^^ i..+ ^^i;„f„ nh Pr-nrh- i ^:\-2: W. (k A. Prrxir. 



ns margined not ciliate. DC. Prodr. i. 332 ; W. f A. Prodr. 

 Sassi: •"•^^'■P^'lli^^li-'^- P^^'^ ^^'^t- v- 499: DG. Lc. 326. P, buxiformis, 



1. 36 ? >. 



Peki^ot'? Peninsula, Carnatic and Travancor; Cetlox.— Distrib. Indian Archi- 



o em, very many from an annual woody root, not exceeding 2-4 in. high in our numerous 

 Sr ^"^ ^^'■'«"« collectors ; pubescent. Leaves sessile, i-f m margins usually 

 »>arSi ^"^r' ^V in. long. Sapsule ^\ in. long and broad, deeply notched Talves 

 "Pecfef !• m'^'^* °^i'"^te, silky ; etrophio^e minutely appendaged.-A very dist.nc 

 C and'^'ft '^"""S^^^'^ by its dwarf stature, the thick sliort leaves, small dowers and 

 ' g'abrons small capsule that is not winged.' 



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