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3. Securibaca. Stamens 8, united ; frnit an 1-celled indeliisccnt samara. 



Trib. II. XANTIIOrilYLLEyE. Albumen none. Petals and stamens tree. Fruit 

 globular, indeliiscent. 



4. Xantiiophyllum. Petals 5. Stamens 8. Ovary almost 1-cclIcd, with several 

 ovules. 



Polygala, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Subg. 1. Blepharidiam. The 2 inner sepals (wings) persistent, petaloid or herbaceous. 



* Wings herbaceous or green, sepal-like, not or with a narrow hyaline 



margin, acute or acuminate. 

 Erect, stout, 1 to 2 ft. high ; bracts fallen before flowering. Flowers small, white with 

 purple tips ; capsule ciliate, ... ... • ... ...P. glomerata. 



Small, a few in. high ; flowers and bracts as in preceding ; capsule glabrous, not ciliate, 



... P. telephio ides. 



Small ; flowers yellow or orange-yellow with dull orange tips ; bracts persistent during 



flowering, ... ... ... ... ...P. Chinensis. 



* * Wings petal-like and coloured, blunt and often mucronate. 



O Stems terete. 

 Wings about a lin. long, usually puberulous ; capsules oblong, puberulous, not margined, 



...P. erioi^tera. 

 Wings about 3 lin. long, puberulous; capsules almost orbicular with narrow ciliate. 



margin, ... ... ... ... ...P. crotalarioides. 



O O Stems sharply angular. 

 Erect, glabrous ; leaves linear ; flowers small, in terminal and lateral racemes, P. leptalea. 

 Subg. 2. Semeiocardium, Zoll. Calyx deciduous after flowering. Keel not crested. Seeds 



alb^^minous. Flowers small. 

 Capsules not nerved, almost rotundate, not winged, ... ...P. glaueescens. 



Capsules strongly nerved, oblong, the membranous borders produced wing-like at the 



summit, ,. ... ... .. ... ...P. cardiocarpa. 



Subg. 3. Chamcebuxus , Toui^nef, Calyx deciduous. Keel crested. Albumen none. 



Flowers rather large. Perennials or shrubs. 

 Flowers pale-lilac ; keel-crest 2-lobed, the lobes entire, ... . . .S . vanenosa. 



Flowers pale-lilac ; keel-crest 2-lobed, the lobes many-cleft : capsules membranous ; stro- 



phiole minute, ... ... ... ... ...P.Karensium. 



Flowers yellow ; keel-crest 2-lobed, the lobes many-cleft ; capsule coriaceous ; strophiole 



very large, ... ;. ... ... ...P. arillata. 



1. P. GLOMEEATA, Lour. M. Coch. II. 518 ; Miq. Fl. Iiid. Bot. 1/2. 

 125 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 206. 



Hab. Frequent in deserted hill-toungjas and pastures of the Martaban 

 hills, up to 4000 ft. elevation. FL Febr. March ; Fr. March. 



2. P. TELEPHioiDES, Willd. sp. pi. III. 876 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 205. 

 Hab. Rare in the Eng forests of the western slopes of the Pegu Yoma 



as for instance about Myodweng. Fl. Jan. 



Hardly more than a stunted variety of the former. 



3. P. Chinensis, L. sp. pi. 989; DC. Prod. I. 331 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 

 201. (P. arvensis, Willd. sp. pi. III. 876 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 218). 



