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ENUMEBATION OF 



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[Pol^ffcilacece, 



3, D. lunata, Ham. (DC, Prod. i. 319.)— c.p. 2553. 



Hab. Common in the most elevated districts of the island. 



XIX. POLTGALACE^. 



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1. POLYGALA, Lin. 



1. P. telephioides, WiUd. (W. 

 Hab. Colombo, Haragam, etc. 



•c.p. 1080. 



2. P. rosmarinifolia, W. et A. Prod. i. 37 (non Eck. et Zejh.). 

 Var. a. mucronafa (c.p. 715 et 1083) ; foUis glabris vel parce pubes- 

 centibus, 6ra<;ieoZw longe mucronatis. 



- Var. /3 ^uherula (c.p. 1082) ; foliis pubescentibus, hracteoUs raro 

 mucronulatia . 



Hab. Not very common, but generally distributed, occurring from 

 the level of the sea up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



I have hitherto been disposed to consider vars. a and & distinct species,' but they 

 resemble each other so closely in most respects that it is perhaps hardly safe to sepa- 

 rate them on account of such trivial differences as the greater or less pubescence of 

 the lohage, or the bracteoles being macronate or otherwise. 



P. 



3. P. elongata, Klein, in WiUd. Sp. ili. 879 ;. DC. Prod. i. 332. 

 denstflora, Blume, Bijd. 59.— (c.p. 7, 260, et 592.) 



Var. ^.Mrsutula.—P. Ursutula, Am. Pug. 4 (322.)— c.p. 1079, 1081. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



This is a very variable species, especially in the form and hairiness of the leaves 

 and length of the racemes. The flowers, which are of a bluish or a purple colour • 

 are very uniform in size and structure throughout the several varieties. The narrow 

 border of the capsule is pubescent with curved hairs, and with these are frequently 

 intermixed straight, longer hairs. Var. /3 occurs on banks at Newera Ellia, and is only 

 a stunted form of the plant. 



4. P. Javana, DC. Prod. i. 327 (W. et A. Pr( 



Var. /3. angustifoUa : foliis lineari-oblongis. 

 ^Hab. Var. a, north of the island, Gardner. 

 Gardner, and Matturatte. 



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C.P. 184. 



Var. ^, Balangodde, 



fe ^" ^^^^''\^' ^^l^^'^l- 325— P. oligopJrylla, DC, 1. c.-c.p. 3550. 

 Hab. iVilgaUa, in the Badalla District ; amongst high grass, rare. 



A^A f;fr"***' ^"^^^ ^^' ^* ^- I'^o'i- J- 39; E. W. Icon. 946.)- 

 434 et 517, • ' 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



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2. SALOMONIA, Lour. 



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c p^'l086^^°°^'^°"^' ^^' "^''*''^" '• ^^* ^^- ^^I>i'>'^<'^b"'^ Wall. Cat.) 

 Hab. Swampy ground in the south of the island. ' 



AT.fl'i; J" ^r^"'""' r^.^u- ^T'' «^™5""'g Hermann's Herbarium in the British 

 Museum, informs me that this plant is there called Folygala ciliata. 



2. S. cordata^n Puglllus, 4 (322.)-^. cordata et 5^.' olcnmta, 

 Wight, Hlust 49 et 50. t. 22 B, etc.— c.p. 2906. 

 Hab. Similar places with the preceding 



