FLORA OF ADEN. 
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Distribution : — Bengal, Punjab, Central and Southern Arabia, Upper 
Egypt, Nubia, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Kilimaudjaro, Darfur, Kordofan, 
Senegambia, Cape Yerd Islands. 
Note Schweinfurth (in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 1899, Append. II, 297) 
makes of his Aden specimens the variety : var. perennis, with the 
following characteristics : Ci Parte inferiori lignescens foliis canescentibus 
oblongo-obovatis, oblongis vel linearibus obtusis, racemis ab initio 
paucifloris, demum cum rachide ecrescente alis viri dibus obovatis 
puberulis ciliatis 5-6 mm. longis. Semine 25 mm. longo, arillo 05 mm. 
non attingenteP 
2. Polygala Tlmrmaimiana Chodat Monogr. Poly gal. p. 346. 
Description : — Perennial, woody ; stem hard ; branches erect, simple or 
few-branched, cinerascent ; branchlefcs short. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 
canescent, obtuse, petiolate, about J inch long or shorter, about J inch 
broad, all subequal. 
Racemes very short, numerous, superaxillary, few-flowered, often 
shorter than the leaves or scarcely longer. Bracts subequal, minute, 
subpersistent, much shorter than the pedicels. Pedicels pubescent* 
Sepals with membranous margins, pubescent or hirsute, subuneqnal. 
Wings elliptic, subunequilateral, with prominent nerves, ciliate on back 
and margin; slightly shorter than the corolla. Keel united at the base 
with the staminal sheath, galeate, appendiculate ; crest showy, multifid 
with many linear filaments ; upper petals for the greater part free, 
bearing a horn-shaped lobe on one side, not strongly ligular-ob ovate. 
Ovary, style, stigma and stamens as in P. erioptera. 
Capsule elliptic, emarginate, or obovate-cuneate, with the margin 
long-ciliate, shorter and narrower than the wings. Seeds similar to those 
of P. erioptera . 
This species differs from P. erioptera by its habit, the smaller and 
thicker leaves, and the shape of the upper petals. 
Locality : — Gravelly slope of the Shum Shum Range (Ellenbeck, 
Hildebrandt). Endemic in Aden. 
3. Polygala chiiiensis Linn. Sp. PI. (1,753) p. 704 ; Hook. EL 
Brit. Ind. I, 204 ; Chodat Monogr. Polygal. part 2, 385, t. 29, fig. 
45-46. Cooke FI. Bomb. Pres. I, 60. 
Polygala arvensis Willd. Sp. PI. III. 876 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 
PI. 11 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. El. 12. 
Polygala Rothiana W. & A. Prodr. 37 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. 
El. 13. 
Polygala triflora Linn. Sp. Pl., 705. 
