Polygala.] xvi. POLYGALE^E. (A. W. Bennett.) 203 



bracts subulate, wings broad-obovate. Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. t. 184 ; Cat. 

 4185; Hassk. in Mig. Ann. Mus. i. 176; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afric. i. 129. 

 P. Wallichiana, Wight 111. i. t. 22 A. P. granulata, Hassk. Lc. 179. P. Bu- 

 chanani, Ham. in Don Prodr. 199. 



TEMP, and SUBTROP. HIMALAYA, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; from Simla to E. Nipal. KHASIA 

 MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft. ; WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Dekkan to Travauuor. DISTKIB. , 

 Trop. Africa and Australia. 



An erect or ascending slightly pubescent very much branched slender herb, 6-16 in. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., flaccid, hardly petioled. Racemes 1-2 in., slender, lax-flowered. 

 Flowers \ in. long ; bracts small, subulate, pedicels curved. Wings orbicular-obovate 

 or elliptic, obtuse, rather longer than the elliptic notched ciliate capsule. /Seeds villous; 

 strophiole small, galeate. 



9. P. erioptera, DC. Prodr. i. 326 ; annual, erect or decumbent, leaves 

 linear linear-oblong or obovate, racemes axillary or extra-axillary few- 

 flowered, wings obliquely oblong, with, a strong green midrib. Wall. Cat. 

 4173 A ; Delets. Ic. tiel. iii. 1. 15. P. Vahliana, DC. I.e. 326 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 i. 366. P. obtusata, DC. Lc. P. tomentosa, Vahl ex Heyne mss. P. triflora, 

 Oliv. FL Trop. Afric. i. 128 (not of Linn.). 



The PUNJAB; SCINDE; BEHAR; the WESTERN PENINSULA ; AVA ; BIRMA. DISTRIB. 

 Arabia, trop. Asia and Africa (St. Vincent, introduced?). 



Very variable in habit ; branches numerous, erect or spreading from the base, stout 

 or slender, 4-10 in. high. Leaves g-1 in. long, from obovate or almost obcordate to 

 very narrow-linear, fiacemes very short, |~4 in., few-flowered. Flowers -J in. ; 

 pedicels slender; bracts minute. 1 Wings always membranous in fruit, glabrous or 

 pubescent, longer than the ovate notched pubescent capsule. /Seeds densely hairy ; 

 strophiole raleate and inappendiculate. Aden specimens have the root so woody as to 

 appear perennial. 



ttt Herbs. Wings herbaceous. Strophiole in- or 3-appendiculate. 



10. P. glaucoides, Linn, (not of Wight) stems wiry pubescent ex- 

 cessively numerous from a perennial stock, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, racemes extra-axillary with slender peduncles 2-3-flowered equalling 

 the leaves or shorter, outer sepals acuminate, wings oblong acute. DC. 

 Prodr. i. 326; Wall. Cat. 4171. ? P. confusa, Hassk. I.e. 165. 



CEYLON ; on banks at Newera Ellia. 



Stems 4-8 in., pubescent or pilose. Leaves ^- in., glabrous or pilose, usually mu- 

 cronate. .Saceraes about equalling the leaves. Flowers |- i in. long ; pedicels slender, 

 sometimes longer; bracts subulate. Outer sepals subequal ciliate; wings green, 

 oblique. Capsule broadly obcordate or didymous. Seeds somewhat curved, slightly 

 hairy ; strophiole half the length of the seed, 3-appendiculate. The two following forms 

 of this plant are probably distinct species. 



VAR. 1. hirsutula, Am. Pugill. 4 (sp.) ; leaves broadly elliptic-ovate acute flat opaque. 

 .P. elongata /3 hirsutula, Thwaites Enum. 22. P. hypoglauca, Hassk. in Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. i. 169. 



VAR. 2 ; leaves linear-oblong acute shining nerved. P. rosmarinifolia and mucro- 

 nata, Thwaites Enum. 22. P. arvensis /3, Thwaites I.e. 400. 



11. P. elongata, Klein in Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 879 ; annual, erect or 

 ascending, slender, leaves linear or linear-oblong obtuse acute or nmcro- 

 nate, racemes extra-axillary many- flowered longer than the leaves, outer 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate, wings very oblique. Wall. Cat. 4168 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. 322; W. & A. Prodr. 38 ; Thwaites Enum. 22; Hassk. in Miq. 

 Ann. MILS. i. 172. P. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4190; W. & A. Prodr. 3s ; 

 Hassk. Lc. P. campestris, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 40 ; Dalz. & 



