60 XT. POLYUALACK^. 



2. Polygala erioptera, DC. Prodr. v. 1 (1824) p. 326, Annual, 

 6-15 in. high, usually branched from the base or nearl}' so ; branches 

 ascending, numerous, terete, pubescent or glabrescent. Leaves |-1| 

 by 72—4 i"-' ^'^^T variable in form, from oblong-obo\ate to very narrow 

 linear, narrowed at the base, apex rounded or subacute, sometimes 

 mucronate, clothed on both surfaces with minute simple hairs ; petioles 

 about 3I.,- in. long. Flowers yellow, in axillary or extra-asillary, very 

 short few-flowered racemes ; crest dorsal, of many bifid or linear fila- 

 ments arranged in 2 bundles ; pedicels slender, hairy, g in. long; bracts 

 minute, ovate, hairy. Outer sepals -^-^ in. long, ovate, pubescent. 

 "Wings g-i^ in. long, obUquely ovate-oblong, pubescent, a little longer 

 than the capsule, with a strong, green midrib and membranous, ciliate 

 margins. Capsules oblong-elliptic, not margined, pubescent, ciliate, 

 shorter and narrower than the wings, obliquely emarginate. Seeds 

 oblong, densely pilose ; strophiole galeate, horny, smooth and shining or 

 sometimes with a few hairs, obscurely 3-lobed. Y\. B. I. v. 1, p. 203; 

 Chodat, Monogr. Polygal. part 2, p. 342, t. 2^, figs. 1-4; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 124. Foh/gala VahUana, DC. Prodr. 

 V. 1, p. 326 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 13.— Flowers: 'Aug. 



Pretty common in Gujarat and Sind. Konkan : Sfockx] Deccan : dry fields near 

 Poona, Woodrow\ Gimarat : Broacb, Jf'oodrtW ; Ankleswar (near Broach), JVoodrow I, 

 Cooke ] Sind: Karachi, Dahelll; Jemadar ka Landa (near Kai-aclii), Stocks, 4711 — 

 DiSTKiB. Arabia, tropical Asia and Africa. 



The leaves of the Sind specimens are usually very narrow. 



3. Polygala elongata, Ehin, e.v Willd. Sp. PL v. 3 (1800) p. 879. 

 Annual, 6-18 in. high, erect or ascending ; branches slender, terete, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Leaves .f-lg by g-^ in., subsessile, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate. Flowers yellow, in lax supra-axillary racemes 

 3-9 in. long; crest of a single tubular appendage multitid only at the 

 apex; pedicels j^-^ in. long; bracts small, membranous, ovate, acute, 

 ciliate, persistent. Outer sepals yV in. long, lanceolate, acute, with 

 membranous, ciliolate margins. Wings i in. long, very oblique, ovate 

 or subfalcate, acute or mucronulate, a little longer than the capsule, 

 glabrous or shghtly pubescent, not ciliate. Capsules emarginate, very 

 unequal-sided, oblong, glabrescent, narrowly margined. Seeds pyriforui, 

 clothed with short, appressed, silky hairs ; strophiole 3-lobod, very 

 shortly appendaged, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 203; Chodat, Monogr. 

 Polygal. part 2, p. 387, t. 29, figs. 47-48 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 11 (1897) p. 124. Poh/(/ala campesiris, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. 

 Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 40 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 13.— Flowers: Aug.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : BalzcUl ; Mahvan, ex Bahdl in Hook. Journ. 1. c. ; Sawantwari, Cooke !, 

 Woodrow ! Kanara : Tinai (N. Kanara), Talbot ! ; Kanara, Thomson ! S. M. Country : 

 Badami, Woodrovj ; Bdgaum, 7^<7cA/c! 



4. Polygala chinensis, Liim. Sj). PI. (1753) p. 704. Annual, 4- 

 10 in. high, erect, branched from the base, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Leaves very variable, ^-Ij in. long, obovate, suborbicular or linear- 

 oblong, rather thick, coriaceous, glabrous, ciliate, mucronate; petioles 

 -jV in. long, hairy. Flowers yellow, fading to pink, in axillary or extra- 

 axillary, short, almost ca])itate, few -flowered racemes; crest of a single 

 tubular ajjpcndage multifid only at the apex; pedicels very short; 

 bracts small, membranous, oblong-ovate, acute, ciliate, persistent. Outer 

 sepals broadly ovate, acuminate, w ith broad, meinbranoiiis, ciliate margins. 



