0b . POLYGALACE.E. 
Stam. 8, cupula hypogyna ovarii basin cingit. Capsula 
obcordato-reniformis, marginata carnosa, purpurea, bilo- 
cularis, bivalvis. 
Semen 1 cuique loculo, pendulum, arilla maxime cupulata 
superne fissa aurantiacea semen dimidio exsertum, globosum 
membrana duplex. Radicula brevissime supera. Cotyledones 
carnose plano-convexa accumbentes. 
Has. In humidis Cherra Poonjee : Oct. 11th, 1835. 
2. Polygale sp. Pl. DXCVII. Itinerary Notes, p. 170, no. 
867. (The anatomy only.) 
1. Alabastrum. | 
2. Flower. : 
3. Do. one of the ale removed, 4 shews the insertion of 
.. one of the upper petals. 
. 4. Flower laid open longitudinally, ale and posterior sepal 
removed. 
5. Carina and petals, or rather corolla, sepals removed. 
6. Alternation of parts. 6a. Portion of the middle lobe of 
the carina or crest, some of the partial processes have no 
vessels. 
7. Stamina. : 
8. Pollen in the dry state. 8a. Do. in water. 
9. Pistillum. 
10. Ovary long section of, wall of one cell cut away- 
ll. Apex of style shewing the two stigmata. 
12. Stigma from a young bud, 12. Some more advanced. 
13. Ovulum. 
14. Long section of pistilla, shewing the mode of fecunda- 
tion, one ovulum displaced, remains attached by the 
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oyau. 
15. Pollen with their boyaux. 
16. Ovulum with a mass of boyaux. 
2 l7. Long section of the ovulum shewing that the boyau 
reaches the nucleus, 17a. Do. 175. Apex of the nucleus, 
