CONSPECTUS POLYGALAKUM EUROP.EARUM. 277 



Figs. Schreb., Dec, t. 10; Kegel, PL Radd., t. vii., f. 14; 

 Buxb., Cent., t. Ixx., f. 2 (teste DC.) 



Rossia meridionalis, Bosnia et Turk. ; necnon in Armenia, 

 Asia Minore, Syria, Persiaque. 



A suftruticose i^lant, the short wir}^ branches rising from a very 

 woody root-stock ; the leaves much broader than in any species 

 belonging to Sect. 1. The flowers about the size of P. comosa, 

 but much paler ; the whole of the corolla sometimes persistent till 

 the seeds are ripe. This is the only species of the section with 

 sessile anthers, except the nearly allied P. Holicnackeriana , which is 

 widel}^ distributed through Western Temperate Asia, and should 

 be looked for in South-eastern Europe. 



B. Filaments partiall}' fi-ee. Wing-sepals petaloid or herbaceous. 



Perennial. 



a. AriUode 3-appendiculate. 



15. P. siBiRicA, Linn., Sp., 987; DC, Prodr., i., 324; Led., Fl. 

 Ross., i., 269; .Gmel., Fl. Sib., iv., 64; Boiss., Fl. Or., i., 

 470 ; Hook., Fl. Brit. Ind., i., 205. P. caulibus numerosis, 

 virgatis, erectis vel subdecumbentibus ; foliis nitidis, lau- 

 ceolatis vel ovalibus, vel infimis suborbicularibus, margine 

 jjIus minus incrassatis ; racemis axillaribus vel extra-axil- 

 laribus, laxis ; bracteis lanceolatis, deciduis vel subpersis- 

 tentibus ; floribus longe pedicellatis ; sepalis exterioribus 

 lanceolatis, subasqualibus ; alls oblique lanceolatis, basi 

 angustatis, quam corollam brevioribus, subherbaceis ; petalis 

 lateralibus angustis, quam carinam ^Dulchre ciliatam bre- 

 vioribus ; carina lobis lateralibus magnis, rotundatis ; stylo 

 curvato, elongato ; capsula glabra, late alata ; seminibus 

 pilosis ; arillodii tribus appendicibus quam semen multo 

 brevioribus. 



Syn. P.japonica, Houtt., Syst., 8; DC, Prodi*., i., 324 ; Hassk. 

 in Miq. Ann. Mus., i., 181 ; Benth., Flor. Austr., i., 139. 

 P. vulgaris, Thunb., Fl. Japon., 277 (non Linn.) P. elegans, 

 Wall., Cat., 4186; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus., i., 176; 

 Benth., Fl. Hongkong, 44. P. Loureiri, Gard. et Champ, in 

 Kew Journ. Bot., i., 242. P. myrsinites, Royle, HI., t. 19 A.' 

 P. Khasiana, Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus., i., 176. P. niuno- 

 jietala, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot.. Polygala, sjj. 3, Griff., 

 Not., iv., 337. P. vero7iica, Muell., PI. Vict., i., 184. P. 

 tenuifoUa (var.), Willd., Sp., iii., 879 ; DC, Prod., i.," 324. 

 P. Heyniana (var.), Wall., Cat., 4184 ; W. & A., Prodr., i., 

 38; Hassk. in Miq. Ann., Mus., i., 160. P. niacrolophos 

 (var.), Hassk., /. c, 167. P.glomerata (var.), Thw., Enum., 

 400 (non Lour.) : P . pediinculosa (var.), Thw., Enum., 400. 



Figs. Led., Ic. FL Ross., t. 448 : Gmel., FL Sib., iv., t. 32; 

 Rcgel, PL Radd., t. vii., L 23, 25, 26 : Houtt., Syst., t. Ixii., 

 f. 1 ; Royle, 111., t. 19 A ; Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot., t. 27 ; 

 Griff., Ic, t. 697 : Regel, PL Radd., t. vii., f. 21, 22 (var. 

 iissuriensis) ; f. 24 (var. tenui folia). 



