Polygala.] xvi. POLYGALEiE. (A. W. Bennett.) 201 



Sdbtrop. and Temp. Himalaya, from Nipal eastward, alt. 2-6000 ft. Kfasia Mts., 

 ■alt. 4-5000 ft. Western Peninsdla, Ava, Ceylok. — Distrib. Malayan Archipelago, 

 S. China. 



An erect pubescent or nearly glabrous shrub, 4^8 ft. Leaves 4-6 by j-24 in., lan- 

 ceolate obovate-lanceolatB or elliptic-oblong, acumiaate ; petiole J-^ in. Fhuiers ^ in. 

 loug, in usually panicled racemes ; bracts linear, deciduous. Sepals very unequal, ca- 

 ducous, upper very concave, 2 lower small, ovate; wings very large, ovate, red-purple.' 

 Corolla yellow ; keel amply crested, united to the lateral petals for half their length. 

 Capsule i-| in., broad-reniform, rather ileshy, rugose when dry. Seeds large, globose ; 

 cotyledons fleshy. 



Sect. II. Herbs. Flowers small. Calyx deciduous after flowering. Keel 

 not crested. Seeds albuminous. 



2. P. triphylla, Ham. in Don Prodr. 200; annual, glabrous, leaves 

 spathulate or elliptic long-petioled, racemes terminal many-flowered 



Temp. Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from Sirmore to Sikkim. Khasia Mts., Griffith; 

 Central India, Vicary; A.WA. and Birma, Wallich. 



Stem slender, 2-10 in., erect or ascending, weak. Leaves J-2i in., membranous, 

 glabrous, obtuse or subacute, contracted into the petiole. Macemes 1^-2 in., slemler. 

 Flowers ^ in., secund; biacts deciduous. Outer sepals small, ovate, acute; upper 

 larger ; wings petaloid, elliptic, equalling the corolla. Keel hooded, with 2 inflated 

 terminal lobes ; lateral petals narrow. Capsule fi^-i i"-! orbicular, entire, narrowly 

 winged. Seeds black, slightly hairy ; strophiole galeate, with 2 minute appendages. — ■ 

 Capsules in some (diseased ?) Moulmein specimens, with unequal lobes, and irregular 

 much-veined wings. 



Vak. 1 . triphylla proper ; leaves small orbicular or spathulate, flowers pink. Royle 

 lU. t. 19 D. P. hyahna, WaU. Oat. 4181. Semeiocardium Hamiltonii, Hassh. in Miq. 

 Ann. Mua. Bot. i. 151. 



Vae. 2. glaucescens, Wall. Cat. 4182 (Sp.) ; leaves much larger 1-2 in. elliptic, 

 flowers yellow. P. furcata, Soyle 111. t. 19, B. Semeiocardium hyalinum and glauoes- 

 . cens, Rassk. I.e. 



Sect. III. Herbs, sometimes woody at the base. Calyx persistent. Keel 

 crested. Seeds albuminous. 



* Bracts persistent, at least till the flower expands. 



t Undershrubs. Racemes axillary. Wings petaloid, membranous. Stro- 

 phiole 2-appendicidate. , 



3. P. javana, DC. Prodr. i. 327 ; stems closely pubescent, leaves obovate 

 or obovate-lanceolate mucrona,te, racemes many-flowered, bracts triangular- 

 ovate, wings triangular. W. & A. Prodr. i. 38 ; Thuiaites Enum. 22 ; Hassh. 

 in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. i. 180. P. ceylanicB, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4183. 

 !P. tinctoria Vahl ; Hassk. I.e. 181. 



Westers Penihshla and Ceylon. — Distrib. .Java. 



A much branched undershnib; branches stout, strict, erect or spreading, leafy. 

 Leaves f-l^ in., usually obovate and apioulate, iinely pubescent on both surfaces; 

 petiole very short. Racemes ^-3-4 in., sessile, stiff, few- or many-flowered, densely 

 pubescent. Flowers J-^ in. long ; pedicels pubescent ; bracts small, ovate. Outer 

 semfe subequal ; wings broadly triangular-ovate, angles rounded, exceeding the orbi- 

 cular notched pubescent shortly stipitate capsule. Seeds very hairy; strophiole galeate, 

 appendages ovate, equalling the seed. 



4. P. crotalarioides, Ham. in Don Prodr. 199 ; stems villous with 

 spreading hairs, leaves elliptic or oblong-obovate apiculate hairy ciliate, 



