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mously branched ; in the other, the root is 
at least two years old, and the stems dif- 
fi 
use, as in our specific character: of both, 
the leaves and whole habit are as slender 
This variety is therefore intermediate be- 
tween P. spadicea and P. corymbosa, and 
seems almost to unite the two species: we 
have, however, referred it to the former, 
as the first-year's growth of a perennial 
or suffrutescent plant, cannot adequately 
display its true appearance. Dr. Wa 
lich's P. densiflora is composed, not only 
of our var. y. here figured, but also of 
P. corymbosa ; both occur promiscuously 
under the same letters. It is almost im- 
possible to extricate satisfactorily the con- 
fused synonyms of Willdenow, Schultes, 
and Sprengel, from their characters being 
partly compounded of their own observa- 
tions, and partly of the description given 
by others of probably a different species : 
upon the whole, however, we consider 
these Botanists to have applied the name 
spadicea, to the Linnean corymbosa,—and 
vice versa. De Candolle's definition is 
quite distinct, though not sufficiently com- 
prehensive, from the defective suite of spe- 
cimens he must have examine 
Fig. 1. Cluster of Flowers. 2. 3. Single Flowers. 
4. Capsule cut open :—maguified. 
POLYGALA JAVANA. 
Tas. VII. 
Suffruticosa diffusa molliter pubescens vel 
subtomentosa, ramis i 
reviter merg 
tis, racemis suboppositifoliis multifloris 
am fere duplo superantibus, brac- 
teolis minutis persistentibus, alis late 
. Ovatis mucronulatis membranaceis mol- 
. liter pubescentibus capsula dimidio lon- 
gioribus atque latioribus, carina cristata, 
capsula orbiculari subequali emarginata 
leviter marginata ad marginem precipue 
molliter pubescenti. 
Polygala Javana, De Cand. Prod. v.1 
INDIAN BOTANY. 
p. 927. Spr. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 164. 
Wight, Cat. n. 139. 3 
Polygala Ceylana, Heyne in Wall. List, 
Suffrutescent. Branches long, slightly — 
branched, diffuse, terete below, angled to- 
wards the extremity, covered, as well as 
the leaves and the other parts of the plant, 
with much soft pubescence, or as it may 
be called short tomentum. Leaves scat- 
tered, cuneate-oblong or obovate, obtuse 
or slightly retuse, mucronulate.  Pettoles 
very short. Racemes lateral, on the op- 
posite side from a leaf and a little above 
it, at first short, afterwards elongating to 
almost twice the length the nearest 
leaves. Bracteas and bracteoles persist- 
ent, small, ovate, pointed. Flowers pedi- 
celled, the lower ones in each raceme 
often caducous. Calyx irregular: sepals 
five; the two lowest the smallest, oblong, 
herbaceous; the uppermost a little larger, 
but similar to the lower ones: the lateral 
ones, or ale, are roundish-ovate, acute, 
membranaceous, pale  yellowish-brown, 
veined, softly pubescent. Corolla scarcely 
coloured, irregular: petals three; the two 
upper inserted between the ale and the up- 
per sepal, oblong-lanceolate, with a short 
bent back spur on the margin, about the 
middle; the lowest one cucullate, spurred 
on each side below the middle, bearing be- — 
low the apex on its back a large lobed and 
multifid crest, of a fine red colour. Stamens : 
eight, united into a sheath that adheres with 
the claws of the petals; filaments distinct 
at the apex. Anthers one-celled, opening 
by a terminal pore. Ovary free from the 
calyx, compressed, pubescent, two-celled, © 
the one cell opposite to the upper sepal 
the other between the two lowest sepals 
Ovules solitary in each cell, pendulous; . 
Style simple, curved. Capsule two-celled, - 
two-seeded, opening at each margin, and 
hence loculicidal, nearly orbicular, emar- 
D 
principally pubescent; sometimes it i$ 8 | 
little oblique, sometimes equal-sid 1d 
This is most allied to some of the be 
species of the genus in its large flowers 
and ale, I have not seen De Candolle’ 
