Poly gala.] xvi. TOLYGALE^. (A. W. Bennett.) 205 



pubescent, narrow-linear very rarely oblong or narrowed to the base, erect, or suberect, 

 margin often thickened or recurved, midrib strong. Flowers in. long, few, green, 

 erect, which gives a remarkable habit to the plant. Capsule as in P. chinensis but 

 usually hairy on the surfaqes as well as on the margins. The erect leaves and flowers 

 seem to afford a good character for this. 



** Bracts caducous (before flowering). Strophiole 3-appendiculate. 



14. P. sibirica, L. ; stems many slender ascending from a perennial 

 stock, leaves from orbicular to elliptic-lanceolate and linear shiiAig margins 

 often recurved, racemes axillary and extra-axillary sub-erect laxly few- or 

 many-flowered, outer sepals subequal oblong ovate or lanceolate, crest usually 

 large, wings obliquely oblong or obovate obtuse or acute, capsule rather 

 broadly winged glabrous not ciliate. DC. 'Prodr. i. 324 ; Ledeb. Ic.t. 448. 

 P. japonica, Houtt. Syst. 8, t 62, f. 1 ; DC- I.e. ; Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 

 181. P. vulgaris, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 277 (not of Linn.}. P. elegans, Wall. 

 Cat. 4186 ; Hassk I.e. 176. P. myrsinites, Royle III. t. 19 A. P. Khasiana, 

 Hassk. I.e. 176. P. monopetala, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 27 ; Polyg. sp. 

 3, Griff. ; Notul iv. 337 ; le. PL t. 597. 



TEMP, and SUBTROP. HIMALAYA, alt. 1--6000 ft. (8000 in Sikkim), from the Punjab 

 and N.W. frontier to Bhutan ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; NILGHIRI MTS. (var. 1) ; 

 CEYLON (var. 2). DISTRIB. China, Japan, Siberia. J 



Very variable, but quite distinct from any other Inaian species, usually best recog- 

 nised by the shining reticulate upper surfaces of the elliptic-lanceolate leaves, and 

 slender extra-axillary racemes, rather large (J-^ in.) and conspicuous erect flowers; but 

 all these characters are excessively variable. /Stems 3-1 8 in., pubescent. Leaves 5-3 in. 

 Racemes 1-3 in. ; bracts deciduous or persistent. Outer sepals short or long, obtuse 

 acute or acuminate. Wings straight or oblique, membranous or subherbaceous, obtuse 

 or acute, rarely acuminate. Capsules always glabrous, with a broader wing than in. 

 P. chinensis. Seeds pilose; strophiole with usually 3 short appendages. 



VAR. 1. ffeyneana, Wall. Cat. 4184 (Sp.) ; stouter, leaves linear oblong coriaceous, 

 midrib stout, margins usually strongly recurved, wings herbaceous acuminate, appen- 

 dages of the strophiole larger. W. & A. Prodr. i. 38. Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 

 160. Pulney and NILGHIRI MTS. Obviously a form of P. japonica, from which some 

 specimens are hardly distinguishable. 



' VAR. 2. macrolophos, Hassk. in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 167 (p.); stems 1-2 ft. very 

 slender, leaves 1-l^in. broadly elliptic or lanceolate subacute flat, nerves obscure, outer 

 sepals acuminate, wings herbaceous. P. glomerata and pedtmculosa, Thwaites Enum. 

 400 (not of Lour.). Ceylon, Adam's Peak, &c., alt. 4-7000 ft. A very large form, 

 quite unlike the usual states. 



15. P. telephioides, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 876; annual, stems prostrate 

 short leafy, leaves small glabrous often imbricate very thick obovate or 

 oblong obtuse or acute, flowers very small fascicled on very short extra- 

 axillary peduncles, outer sepals acute, wings herbaceous oblique acuminate, 

 capsule glabrous margined not ciliate. DC. Prodr. i. 332 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 i. 36? P. serpyllifolia, Poir. Diet. v. 499; DC. I.e. 326. P. buxiformis, 

 Hassk. in Miq. Mus. Eot. i. 161. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Carnatic, and Travancor ; CEYLON. DISTRIB. Indian Archi- 

 pelago, China, Philippines. 



Stems very many from an annual woody root, not exceeding 2-4 in. high in our numerous 

 specimens from various collectors ; pubescent. Leaves sessile, 4~2 i n -> margins usually 

 recurved, flowers -^ in. long. Capsule -^ in. long and broad, deeply notched, valves 

 margined. /Seeds minute, silky ; strophiole minutely appeiidagcd. A very distinct 

 species, easily recognised by its dwarf stature, the thick short leaves, small flowers and 

 fruit, and glabrous 'small capsule that is not winged. 



