Polyffala.] xvi. polygalek. (A. W. Bennett.) 303 



bracts subulate, wings broad-obovate. Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. t. 184 ; Gat. 

 4185 ; Eassk in Mig. Ann. Mus. i. 176 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afric. i. 129. 

 P. Wallichiana, Wight III. i. t. 22 A. P. granulata, Hassh. I.e. 17a P. Bu- 

 chanani, Ham. in Don Prodr. 199. 



Temp, and Sdbtrop. HiMALArA, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; from Simla to E. Nipal. Khasia 

 Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft. ; Westkks Peninsula, from the Dekkan to Travaocor. — Distrib. 

 Trop. Africa and Australia. 



An erect or ascending slightly pubescent very much branched slender herb, 6-16 in. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., flaccid, hardly petioled. Racemes 1-2 in., slender, lax-flowered. 

 Flowers | in. long ; bracts small, subulate, pedicels curved. Wings orbicular-obovate 

 or elliptic, obtuse, rather longer than the elliptic notched ciliate capsule. Seeds villous; 

 strophiole small, galeate. 



9. P. erioptera, DG. Prodr. L 326 ; annual, erect or decumbent, leaves 

 linear linear-oblong or obovate, racemes axillary or extra-axillary few- 

 flnwered, wings obliquely oblong, with a strong green midrib. Wall. Gat. 

 4173 A ; Deleas. Ic. Sel. iiL 1. 15. P. Vahliana, BO. I.e. 326 ; W.& A. Prodr. 

 i. 366. P. obtusata, DG. I.e. P, tomentosa, TaM ex Heyne mss. P. triflora, 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afric. i. 128 (not of Linn.). 



ThePoNJAB; Scinde; Behae; the Western Peninsula. ; Ava; Bibma. — Distrib. 

 Arabia, trop. Asia and Africa (St. Vincent, introduced?). 



Very variable in habit ; branches numerous, erect or spreading from the base, stout 

 or slender, 4r^lO in. high. Leaves J-1 in. long, from obovate or almbst oboordate to 

 very narrow-linear. Maeemes very short, J-4 in., few-flowered. Mowers J-J in. ; 

 pedicels slender; bracts minute. Wings always membranous in fruit, glabrous or 

 pubescent, longer than the ovate notched pubescent capsule. Seeds densely haii-y ; 

 strophiole faleate and inappendiculate. — Aden specimens have the root so woody as to 

 appear perennial. 



ttt Herbs. Wings herbaceous. Strophiole in- or Z-appendictilate, 



10. P. ^laucoides, Linn, (not of Wight} ;; stems wiry pubescent ex- 

 cessively numerous from a perennial stock, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, racemes extra-axillary with slender peduncles 2-3-flowered equalling 

 the leaves or shorter, outer sepals acuminate, wings oblong acute. DC. 

 Prodr. L 326; Wall. Gat. 4171. ? P. confusa, Hassk. I.e. 165. 



Ceylon ; on banks at Newera EUia. 



(Sienw 4-8 in., pubescent or pilose. Leaves J-f in., glabrous or pilose, usually mu- 

 cronate. Racemes about equalling the leaves. Flowers \-~ in. long; pedicels slender, 

 sometimes longer; bracts subulate. Outer sepals subequal oiliate ; wings green, 

 oblique. Capsule broadly obcordate or didymous. Seeds somewhat curved, slightly 

 hairy ; strophiole half the length of the seed, 3-appendiculate.— The two following forms 

 of (fis plant are probably dislinct species. 



Vak. 1 . hirsutula, Am. Pugill. 4 (sp.) ; leaves broadly •elliptie-ovate acute flat opaque. 

 P. elongata /3 hirsutula, Thwaites Emim. 22. P. hypoglauca, Hassk. in Miq. Ann. 

 ■Mm. i. 169. 



Vak. 2 ; leaves linear-oblong acute shining nerved.' P. roamarinifolia and mucro- 

 nata, Thwaites Envm. 22. P. arvensis /3, Thwaites I.e. 400. 



11. P. elongrata, Klein in Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 879 ; annual, erect or 

 ascending, slender, leaves linear or linear-oblong obtuse acute or mucro- 

 nate, racemes extra-axillary many-flowered longer than the^ leaves, outer 

 sepals lanceolate acuminate, wings very oblique. Wall. Gat. 4168 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. 322: W. & A. Prodr. 38; Thwaites Fnum.22; Hassk. m Miq. 

 Ann. Mm. L 172. P. Wightiana, Wall Gat. 4190; W. & A. Prodr. 38: 



. U. P. eampestris, Balz. in Hook. £ew Journ. Pot. h. 40 ; Dak. & 



