Poryeata. POLYGALEA. 37 
petiole, obtuse, slightly mucronulate : racemes 3-5-flowered, very short, op- 
posite to the leaves or lateral: bracteoles minute, persistent: alæ nearly 
membranaceous with a green middle nerve, elliptical, villous, scarcely longer 
than the capsule: carina cristate: capsule oval, emarginate, softly villous on 
the edge, not margined.— DC. prod. 1. p. 326 ; Wight ! cat. n. 131.—P. tomen- 
tosa, Herb. Miss. ! ; Heyne! ; VaM.—P. serpyllifolia, Wight! in Wall. L.n. 
4173. a. (not Poir.) EET. 
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— Fruit about half the size of that of P. arvensis. 
129. (4) P. Rothiana (W. & A.:) stems herbaceous, branched from the 
base, rather erect ?, pubescent, terete below, angled towards the top: leaves 
glabrous, ciliated, paler beneath, narrow oblong or linear, obtuse, mucronu- 
late, very shortly petioled, upper ones distinctly 3-5-nerved, the lateral nerves 
close to the margin: racemes nearly capitate, 4-6-flowered, axillary or lateral, 
about 4-5 times shorter than the leaves: bracteoles minute, persistent : alee 
somewhat foliaceous, ovate, acuminated, longer than the capsule: carina cris- 
tate: capsule roundish, oblique, emarginate, glabrous, ciliated, margined.— 
Wight ! cat. n. 123.—P. procumbens £, Roth. nov. sp. p. 329; DC. prod. 1. 
p. 9326.—P. angustifolia, Heyne mss. (not Kunth.)—P. glaucoides, Wall.! L. 
n. 4171. c; Willd. sp. 3. p. 896 (not Linn.) — . i 
130. (5) P. Tranquebarica (Mart. :) stems herbaceous, branched from the 
e, procumbent, pubescent, scarcely terete below, angled upwards: leaves 
labrous, pubescent along the margin, paler beneath; upper ones oblong- : 
inear, narrow ; lower oblong or narrow obovate, obtuse, mucronulate, pe- 
tioled: racemes short, 3-5-flowered, opposite to the leaves and about half as 
long: bracteoles minute, persistent: ale with a membranaceous margin, 
ovate, aeuminated, glabrous, ciliated below, the length of the capsule: carina 
cristate: capsule roundish, oblique, emarginate, glabrous, ciliated, not mar- 
gined.—DC. prod. 1. p. 832; Wight! cat. n. 126, 135.—P. brachystachya, 
DC. prod. 1. p. 326. ; 
This is one of the states referred by Dr Wallich to P. arvensis, but is, we 
think, quite distinct. Here the ale are rather more oblique than in the other 
allied species, but not so much so as to form part of the character. 
131. (6) P. rosmarinifolia (W. & A.:) stems suffrutescent or herbaceous, 
branched, pubescent, terete ; branches long, twiggy, angled towards the top : 
leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent, particularly on the margin, paler be- 
neath, oblong-linear, obtuse, mucronulate, shortly petioled: racemes short, 
1-3-flowered, axillary or above the axils, not above half the length of the 
leaves: bracteoles minute, persistent: ale nearly membranaceous, ovate, 
_ acute, scarcely longer than the capsule: carina cristate : capsule poni 
_ Oblique, emarginate, glabrous, densely ciliated, not margined.— Wight ! cat. 
. ^. 124, 133. b (a younger state), 140.—P. tranquebarica, Wight! in Wall. 
L. n. 4169.— Asewalendan Hills and Cunnewaddy near Dindygul. ` , 
If P. theezans of Linnceus be really a Polygala, this may be that species ; 
but we incline to the idea that he took it up on Burmann’s authority ; and 
while the figure in Burm. Zeyl. (tab. 85) is probably Zonidium enneaspermum, 
De Candolle states that the description in Burm. Ind. appears to belong to a 
Species of Leptospermum.* 
132. (7) P. triflora, (Linn.:) annual: stems nearly simple, erect, terete, 
with a RA ea lave glabrous, linear, mucronulate, d 
petioled : racemes 1-5- (usually about 3-) flowered, axillary or above the m 
about half the length of the leaf: bracteoles minute persistent: ale am ra- 
naceous with a middle green nerve, elliptical, scarcely longer than the cap- 
sule, pubescent, ciliated: carina cristate: capsule oblong, nearly even, scarce- 
ly margined, emarginate, pubescent, ciliated —DC. prod. 1. p. 333 ; Spr. syst. 
x i which Leptosp. amboinense, DC. 
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