234 BENGAL PLANTS. 
62. Polygala Linn. 
with alternate leaves. 
Sepals aig 
leoneuke connate for their lower half i Sa sheath ; sues | a 
with dehiscence porous. Ovary 2- ete: ; ovules in each cell q 
solitary, pendulous. Fruit a 2-celled, loculicidal capsule, with one : 
seed in each cell. Seeds albuminous, almost always strophiolate. 
Calyx deciduous; keel petal not crested ; bracts caducous ; strophiole of 
seed with two sm rani peandners. flowers very small, yellow; leaves large, 
membranous (1-2 in. long) tri bulla var. glaucescens. — : 
Calyx persistent ; ak petal crested ; bracts persisting till the flowers — 4 
open; leaves herbaceous 
Racemes axillary or te axillary ; bracts pad tos 
Racemes dense-flowered, shorter than the leav ith ‘ 
Stems woody below; wings obovate, stance. ous, petaloid, w# 
rounded tips, twice as long as capsule; capsule broader than long, 
notched, ciliate; seeds hairy, strophiole with pis sm: a ‘unl 
dages ; Mates large (1°5-2 in. long) ........eeeeeneeeere | 
Stems herbaceous ; wings not much longer than caps ae A 
Wings obliquely oblong, membranous, petaloid, hairy; ott 
ovate, notched, aets seeds densely silky, strophiol on 
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Wings very zal acute, herbaceous, gi:trous; se } 
suborbicular, notched, glabrous except the ciliate margiD; 
sparsely hairy, strophiole with 3 very short appendages a idee 
ue, 
Racemes lax-flowered, longer at the ae Noe bes obliq > 
herbaceous; capsules di idymou 
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winged, glabrous; seeds siidta, ‘scbohiel ee wi mt 
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Racemes terminal, dense- flowered ; bracts twice as long a5 — 
petaloid, membranous, glabrous, obovate rine aia. en 
twice as long as the suborbicular winged capsu wleptalt 
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97. Poty@ata TRipHynta Ham. var. GLAUCESCENS | Hook f . 
Thoms. ; F. B. I. i. 201. 
Chota Nagpur, on most of the higher h a 
A weak erect or ascending herb with — stems. k D. 
98. Potyeana CROTALARIOIDES Ham.; F, B, I, i- 201;.25", 
1065, 
