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The leaves of this species are 7-8 inches long, and 2 broad within 
two inches of the apex, whence they taper gradually to the base. The 
inner petals are singularly marked with the figure of a heart. This is 
a small tree: whether P. fruticans of DC. is distinct, the description 
of that species is too short to enable me to decide. 
POLYGALACE. 
POLYGALA. 
P. campestris ; 4—5-uncialis annua glauca, caule erecto tereti pubescente 
basi parce ramoso, ramis adscendentibus, foliis subsessilibus glabris 
linearibus basin versus attenuatis apice mucronulatis marginibus 
recurvis, floribus inferioribus 1-92 solitariis extra-axillaribus tri- 
bracteolatis cernuis, superioribus racemosis multifloris, racemo supra- 
axillari rarissime oppositifolio folio unciali 3—4-plo longiore, alis 
foliaceis oblique ovatis mucronulatis capsula longioribus, sepalo 
supremo ciliato, carina cristata, capsula subrotunda obliqua emar- 
ginata margine ciliata. 
P. Wightiane affinis, sed caules et racemi semper pubescentes, et 
flores inferiores in caule solitarii.— Crescit in planitiebus graminosis 
provincie Malwan; /f. Junio, Julio. Flores lutei. 
CAPPARIDEA. 
CAPPARIS. 
C. formosa ; fruticosa parva erecta inermis, foliis ovatis vel oblongis 
utrinque acutis vel lanceolatis junioribus membranaceis tomento 
stellato facile detergibili vestitis veteribus coriaceis glabris reticulato- 
venosis nitidis 5 poll. longis 2-23 poll. latis, pedunculis corymboso- 
racemosis pauci-(5—6)-floris: in ramorum et ramulorum axillarium 
summitate, pedicellis pollicaribus bracteisque subulatis ferrugineo- 
tomentosis, floribus amplis (diametro 5 poll) speciosis pallide 
ceruleis, petalis planis sub anthesi patentibus duobus inferioribus 
ita adpressis ut in labellum amplum coalita videntur et corolle 
tripetaloideze speciem exhibent, labello basi macula flava pubescente 
discoidali notato, filamentis petalisque szequilongis, ovario oblongo 
tomentoso.—Fructum non vidi. Crescit in umbrosis provincie 
Canara ; ff. Aprili. 
This is the most beautiful and showy Capparis with which I am 
