82 POLYGALEZ (Harv.) [ Polygala. 
Racemes lateral, patent or reflexed ; leaves acute at both 
ends, lanceolate. 
Decumbent ; branches angular ; leaves linear lanceo- ise 
late ; ale oval-oblong, acute ; capsule obcordate ... (29) illepida. 
Erect ; branches filiform ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 
pungent ; ale ovato-lanceolate, acute ; capsule oval- 
oblong... on (30) amatymbica. 
B, Herbaceous plants, with minute flowers in terminal spiked-racemes. 
Leaves linear, obtuse ; bracts oval ; carina longer than the 
petals ; capsule obcordate stcccatei ae Sc oes 
Leaves linear-subulate, acute; bracts subulate; carina : 
shorter than the petals; capsule orbicular ... ... ... (32) capillaris. 
Group 1. Oppositirotiz, Shrubs, with opposite leaves. (Sp. 1)- 
1. P. oppositifolia (Linn.) ; glabrous or pubescent, shrubby ; leaves 
opposite, subsessile, spreading or reflexed, cordate or ovate or acuminate, 
mucronate ; racemes subterminal, few-flowered, the pedicels much 
longer than the ovate, keeled, one nerved bracts ; ale broadly elliptic- 
ovate, oblique, mucronulate ; anterior sepals ovate, obtuse ; lateral pe- 
tals bilo the posterior lobe earshaped, reflexed, the anterior deltoid 
or cuspidate ; capsule obcordate. DC. Prod. 1. p. 322. 
Var. a nummularia; glabrous ; leaves sub-orbicular, cordate at base, 
mucronulate. P. nummularia, Burch. DC. l.c. BE. & Z. | 131. 
Var, 8. cordata ; glabrous or downy ; leaves broadly cordate, acute, 
or acuminate. P. cordifolia, Thunb. E. & Z.! 133. P. attenuata, 
Todd. E. & Z.! 134. P. Zeyheri, Spreng. E. & Z. ! 135: 
_ _ Var. y. cuspidata ; glabrous ; leaves cordate, cuspidato-acuminate ; 
branches more or less 4-angled. P. tetragona, Burch. DO. l.c. £. & Z.! 
132. 
Van. 2. trigonoides ; glabrous ; leaves large, broadly ovate or sub- 
triangular, acute. P. oppos. var. trigonoides, E. Mey. ! : 
Var. «. latifolia ; pubescent ; leaves broadly ovate, cuspidate-acum- 
nate. P. latifolia, Ker. Bot. Reg. 645. HE. & Z.1136. : 
Var. %. borboniefolia ; pubescent ; leaves ovate, acute. P. borbont- 
efolia, Burch. DC. l.c. E. & Z, 1 138. 
Var. 7. rhombifolia; glabrous or pubescent ; leaves rhombic ovate, 
trapeziform or ovato-lanceolate. P. oppositifolia, BE. & Z! 137. Drege! 
_ & var. trapeoides, E. M.! P. rhominfolia, E. & Z.! 139. P. macran- 
tha, Ture. Anim. p. 75. 
~ Var. é, lanceolata ; glabrous ; leaves lanceolate ! P. glauca, E. Mey.! 
(pro parte ). 
Hap. Subalpine woods and scrubs, from Swellendam eastwards to Port Nataland 
A ‘tall, slender, shrub, with brillian fl fre- 
Bs asap) ah ith conspicuous, brilliant e flowers ; 
quently ciate inves re extrmaly vase sean shape, andthe 
besoreflm 7 reduced under two principal forms or races, namely, 
thous ith eat and he wh nt rhombi lene Acard say of 
further reduced to a single species," Testi has convinced me that all may 
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