-04 xvi. POLYGALEJE. (A. W. Bennett.) [Pohjgala. 



Gibs. Fl. Bomb'. 13 (not of Benth.}. P. macrostackya and eumekes, Hassk. 

 I.e. 171, 172. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan southward. CEYLON. If'/ 

 Stems 6-10 in., branching from the base, glabrous pilose or pubescent. Leaves ^-2^ 

 by : V-| in., acuminate, margins thickened, cost a prominent beneath, upper surface 

 often shining. Racemes 3-5 in., laxly manj-flowered. Flon-i-i-* ,1 in . yellow; ped' 

 slender; bracts minute. (>itt< r xrjmJx sube(]iial ; wings equalling the corolla, falcate, 

 obovate or hatchet-shaped, acute obtuse or acuminate. ('n/jtl<'. didymons, narrower 

 upwards, na'Vowly winged, notched, glabroue ! >ns ; strophiole . galeate, apj- 



dages 3, very small. P. Wiyhttami is tlu; narrower leaved form. 



12. P. chinensis, Linn. ; annual, erect or diffuse, leaves from orbi- 

 cular-oblong or obcordate to narrow linear, racemes short axillary ami 

 extra-axillary dense-flowered, flowers horizontal or pendulous, outer sepals 

 small ovate, wings very oblique acute. 1'. arveusis, \\'il/<l. f ^/>. 1*1. iii. ,s7<> : 

 DC. Proi/r. i. 32 ; Roscb. /'/. ///</. iii. 218: 1C. <(- A. Prodr. i. 36 ; - 

 En inn. 4m. j i 1 . prostata, Wilht. I.C. MMi ; DC.lc. 3:53. P. Kotliiana. W.&A* 

 Prodr. i. 37; ll<ix*k. in .I//'/. Aim. .I/"*, i. lr>i'. P. Tranquebarica, 

 lMrt. ex lib. }\"i<il<t. 13', ; )!'.,( A. I'rodr. i. 37. 1'. -laucoides, ]Yi, l i l 

 Wall. Cat. 4171 (iu*rfLvMl.\ 1 ( . gTandillora, //A. II7;////. ; ll'////. Cat 4115. 

 P. brachystachya, />(/. ?.c. 326 //-/ o/ 1 Blume). P. prociunbens, y ( V^. /. 

 *S>*. 3^J); />C'. fcc. 3^n. P. epgua, Haetk. I.e. 173. 



Throughout India, from the I'CN.IAH to PKCJU, and in the Wi>ri:i:.\ PKMNSULA, and 

 CEYLON. DffiTBiB. Tn.p. Asia and Australia. 



A most variable, usually procumbent, leafy, rather stout herb: 3-10 in. high, glabrous 

 or pubescent. J^c/trcs excessively variable, ^ "2 in. long, sometimes (juiie obconlai' 

 Others almost Orbicular, rather thick and corian ,iate, lioary. or ]>ubt s- 



OeDt, margins Usually flat, Opaque. A 1 -"-/ ///i.s much shorter than the leaves, trim 

 almost capitate. J-'loirrrx ', \ in. long. M7////. longer than the Ulborbicular notched 

 ciliate narrowly winged capsule, gn-.'ii. fa I . acute, margins niembj-an.nis. 



Cnxf of corolla often small. >'?'/* silky; strophiole with )} very short append 

 Linna'us having doi-ribed the cre.-t as unbearded, this wa- not identified by D(i ( 'aiulolle 

 with Willdenow's c//Tr//.s'/y, but was placed in another section of the genus. The : 

 inens in the Linn. Hei!>. are however decisive. It is linked by cither intermedia 1 

 mimicking forms with various oiii 



VAK. tri/for/i, Linn. (N/>.)> racenn-s el,,n^ate. sometimes twin- as long as the ! 

 lax-flowered. P. multibracteata, \\'H. Oat. 4174. P. ramoRa, lib. Wight ; Wall. Oat. 

 4177. P. ciliata, lib. H'tt/.'tt. P. Rleinii. Mia. \. 158. Chietly 



in the Western Peninsula. 



YAK. l>rtt<-liii*t<i<-l,,i<i. Illume I'.ijd. ;">',) ( !<}>., not of !>'' ', stems v-ry slender j>r. 

 leaves very narrow glabrous, lacmirs very .slender few-llowered, flowers minute, ^ in. 

 long. 7A/x>/,-. ///. Miij. A mi. J///.S-. i. i:.7. Ma'acca, (Jrill\:h. Western Peninsula ?- 

 (P. glabi-a, J/cf/ne In ll< !!>. \Viijlit.} (Java). Perhaps a distinct species, the llower- 

 remarkably small and the habit is peculiar. 



13. P. rosmarinifolia, W. & A. Prodr. i. 37 ; annual, stems many 

 slender erect or decumbent, leaves narrow linear, racemes axillary and 

 extra-axillary short erect few-flowered, flowers shortly pedicelled erect, 

 outer sepals acute, wings obliquely obovate acuminate, capsules ciliate. 

 Thw<titt's Knum. 22, 400. P. Tranquebarica, }\'i<//tt in \\'<tll. Cat. 41 ('!>. 

 ?P. Arnottiana, titeud. Nomend. 370; llfixxk. iu Miq. Ann. Ainu. i. \M. 

 P. triflora, llassk. I.e. 175 (not Linn.}. P. linarifolia, Heyne according to 

 ll<ixxk. I.e. 



Southern parts of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



/Stems many troai the root, 4-18 in., twiggy, pubescent. Leaves ^-2 in., glabrous or 



