Polygala.} POLYGALEZ (Harv.) 91 
pidulous, filiform, much branched ; leaves alternate, elliptical or oblong, 
the uppermost linear, obtuse, tapering into a short petiole, puberulous 
or glabrescent, with recurved edges ; racemes lateral and terminal, 3-4 
Jiowered, erect ; pedicels as long as or longer than the flower, clavate, 
erect ; bracts minute, obtuse, ovate, persistent ; alee broadly ovate, ob- 
tuse, submucronulate, corolloid, ant. sepals oval, obtuse ; keel crested, 
lat. petals obcordate, deeply cloven ; capsule obcordate. Drege No. 7191, 
7192. 
Ml ace Los Tafelberg, Tambukiland, 6-7o000ft., Drege / (Herb. Hook., Sond., 
nth. 
3-6 ae high, densely tufted, fastigiate. Racemes very lax and few-flowered, 
with long pedicels. Alz whitish, with green veins. Resembles S. tria, but 
differs in the ale and petals, &c. Drege’s 7192 from Klein Bruintgeshoogte 3—4000ft. 
has narrower leaves, and is nearly glabrous, but otherwise very similar. The pedicels 
are deflexed in fruit. 
24 P. hispida (Burch. in DC. Prod. 1.p. 323) ; whole plant softly vil- 
lous ; root woody ; stems numerous, ascending or decumbent, subsim- 
ple ; leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, the lower oval or ovate, the | 
upper lanceolate or linear, flat, midribbed ; racemes terminal, many- 
lowered, elongating ; bracts ovate-acuminate, membranous, reflexed, 
persistent ; pedicels shorter than the flower ; ale obovate, very obtuse, 
ant. sepals broadly elliptical, 3-veined ; keel small, amply crested, lat. 
petals spathulate ; capsule obcordate. HL. & Z. No. 171. P. lanata, £. 
Mey. ! and P. erubescens, E. Mey. ! (dwarf). Drege No. 7190. 
Var, 8. declinata ; decumbent, less hairy, the lower leaves roundish 
or oval, the upper obtusely ovate. P. declinata, H. Mey. 
Has. Among shrubs on mountain sides in Uitenhage, Albany and Caffirland, 
£. &Z./&c. Vanstaaden’s Berg, Zurreberg and Bothasberge, Drege! var. B. be- 
tween the Omsameaba and Omtendo, Drege/ (Herb, T.C.D., Hook., Sond). 
Stems 8-12 inches long or more, numerous, spreading from a robust crown, The 
whole plant is clothed with long, silky, spreading hairs, which are sometimes very 
copious (as in P. Janata, E. Mey.) and sometimes shorter and fewer. Var. 8. has 
much broader and more obtuse Tatts than usual, but is connected with a. by aed 
intermediate forms. The ant. sepals are twice as broad as pet amen r 
flowers are small and greenish, perhaps flesh-colour when fresh. P. scens, E. Mey.! 
appears to be merely a starved form of this plant. 
25. P. Ohlendorfiana (E. & Z. 170) ; whole villous, root woody ; 
stems numerous, filiform, subsimple ; leaves alternate, on short petioles, 
ovate, obtuse or subacute, thin, midribbed ; racemes lateral and termi- 
nal, elongating; bracts small, ovate-subulate, membranous, persistent ; 
pedicels shorter than the flower ; alee clawed, broadly ovate, obtuse, ant. 
sepals elliptical, obtuse, concave ; keel very short, amply crested, lat. 
petals obcordate, clawed ; capsule obeordate. P. ovalis, H. Mey. ! P. to- 
mentosa ? BE. & Z.! (non Thunb.) 
Has. Mountains of Caffraria, £. & Z./ Katberg, 4-soooft., Drege. Nov.—Dec. 
(Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
The stout and woody root throws up a tuft of slender, threadlike stems, simple or _ 
branched. Leaves 4—} inch long, thin and flexible. Flowers pale, greenish or perhaps 
flesh coloured. Racemes few or many-flowered. The wings are longer than the 
= Very nearly allied to P. hispida, but with flowers, differently shaped 
