84 POLYGALEZ (Harv.) [Polygala. 
. alee cordate-ovate, oblique, obtuse ; lateral petals 2-lobed, both lobes 
the capsule. (Sp. 6-15). 
_virgate branches ; leaves alternate, lanceolate or linear, obtuse or acute, 
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acute and cuspidate. Thunb. / Cap. p. 554. DC. Prod. 1. p. 323. 
E. § Z. No. 153.and 154/ BP. Eckloniana, Presl ! ; at ee 
Has. Kamiesberg, Drege! E. & Z./ Gauritz river, HZ. & Z.! (Herb. Thunb., ~ a 
T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Nearly allied to P. pintfolia, but with squarrose leaves, white-woolly branches, &c. 
Much branched, 2~3 feet high, with the aspect of a Phylica. Flowers a palish 
purple, often turning green when dry. 
5. P. peduncularis (Burch. Cat. 5163.) ; scabrous or glabrous, shrub- aa 
by, with angular branches ; leaves alternate, occasionally sub-opposite or 
ternate, approximate, spreading, linear, with revolute margins, mucronate, 
obtuse at base ; racemes lateral and terminal, few-flowered, conspicu- 
ously pedunculate ; peduncle angular, spreading, pedicels as long as the 
flower ; bracts persistent, swbulate, acute ; alee cordate-ovate, oblique, — 
obtuse or sub-acute ; lateral petals deeply bilobed, both lobes obtuse 
and nearly equal. DC. Prod. 1. p. 323 (not of E. & Z.) sae 
Var. «. scabra; stems hispidulous; leaves scabrous above. Drege — 
7188! P. rosmarinifolia, E. & Z.! 155. (pro parte) P. hispidula, Presl. 
Var. 9. glabra; stem and leaves glabrous, the latter sometimes — 
narrow-oblong. P. intermedia, Drege! (not of E. & Z.) P. rosmari- — 
nifolia BE. & Z. (p. parte.) aa ee 
Has. Outeniquaberg, 3000ft., Drege. / Zeekoevalley, F. & Z./ B. between Picke- 
nier’s Kloof and Markuskraal, 1~1500ft. January. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
An erect, sparingly branched shrub, 1-2 feet high, with virgate branches. Ra- 
cemes mostly lateral, 2-6-flowered, on widely spreading peduncles 1-2 inches long 
the flowers resembling those of P. myrtifolia and equally large. Our var. a., ap- 
pears to agree exactly with P. peduncularis, DC. ; var. 8. may be that author's P. 
intermedia. Its leaves are longer and sometimes much broader than in var. a., and 
it looks sometimes suspiciously like P. myrtifolia, but differs from the narrowest 
leaved varieties of that species by the revolute leaf-margins and long peduncles. — 
The lower leaves are often deflexed. s 
Group 3. Virears. Virgate shrubs or under-shrubs, sparingly 
branched, with scattered, mostly linear or acicular leaves. Racemes 
terminal, many-flowered (rarely few-flowered), lengthening during an- 
thesis. Flowers large or mediocre, crested ; the alee much broader than 
6. P. bracteolata (Linn.) ; glabrous or pubescent, suffruticose, with 
or cuspidate, flat, with a thickened or slightly reflexed margin ; racemes 
rminal, many-flowered ; pedicels longer than the flower ; bracts linear 
or lanceolate, persistent, the lowest longest ; alee broadly ovate, acute or 
acuminate ; anterior sepals ovate ; lateral petals cuspidate, minutely 
eared at base. DC. Prod. 1. p. 322. Bot. Mag. 345. Drege, No. 7195, 
7196! Zeyher 1940! Burm. t. 73. f. 2, and 5. Thunb. ! Cap. p. 555: 
hes «. Yacemosa; glabrous, or nearly so ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; 
racemes elongate. P. bracteolata, H. & Z.! 159. P.Burmanni,E.&Z.! 
160 (not of D.C.) and P. intermedia, E. & Z. 158. P. subulata, E.Mey! a 
Var. 8. umbellata ; pubescent or villous ; leaves lanceolate or ovato- 
lanceolate, the margin conspicuously reflexed ; racemes usually short 
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