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THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



twice as long as the leaf or more when fully grown, and many flower. 

 ed. The two inner large sepals (wings) are membranous-margined, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous and slightly longer than the capsule. The 

 capsule is small, slightly oblique, not margined, glabrous and rigidly 

 ciliated on the margin and emarginate. Seeds are oblong and stro- 

 phiolate without wings or sometimes the two arms with very obscure 

 wings. 



Fig. C„ p. 46, 1. branch, 2. a bit of a leaf with cilia, 3. a bit of 

 stem, (D) branch of the broad-leaved form. Text fig. 3. Parts of 

 the flower. 1. flower-bud, 2. open flower, 3. petals, stamens and ovary, 

 4. ovary, 5, fruit, 6. fruit cut open, 7. seed. 



This plant is described as Polygala ciliata (L) by Wight and 

 Arnott in their Prodromus Vol. I p. 38, and it is renamed as Polygala 

 bolbothric by Mr. Dunn (vide Kew. Bulletin No. 3, 1916, p63). The 

 name Polygala ciliata (L) could not be retained as this was applied to 

 a species of Salomonia by Linnaeus. Evidently the plant referred to 

 by Wight and Arnott in their Prodromus cannot be Polygala ciliata 

 L. and the synonym should be Polygala ciliata of W. & A. Pro- 

 dromus i.38. 



The form here described has long linear leaves and this was 

 abundant here. The other form which is more common has ovate or 

 obovate leaves. 



4. Polygala chinensis L. — This can be distinguished from the others 

 easily. The flowers of this species are yellow, the fruit is rounded, 

 broader than long, the seeds are ovate oblong, plumpy and the stro- 

 phiole is provided with well developed wings. 



Text fig. 4.— 1. flower-bud, 2. open flower, 3. petals and ovary, 

 4. fruit, 5 fruit cut open, 6. seed. 



