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Polygala Linn., Sp. Pl. 701. 1753. Gen.Pl.ed.5:851.1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:468. 1867; A.W. Bennett in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:200-206. 1872; Chodat in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, 31:(2, No. 2): 1-500.1893; Post, Fl. Syr. Pales. and Sinai, 120.1896; Cook, Fl. Bomb. 1 (1) :59.1901; Collett, Fl. Siml. 42.1902; Kashyap, Lah. Dist. Fl. 35.1936; Parsa, Fl. Ir. 1:971.1951; J. Cullen in Davis, Fl. Turk. 1:533.1965; Jafri, Fl. Kar. 189.1966; Adema in Blumea 14:253-356.1966; J. McNeill in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 2:231.1968.
Annual or perennial herbs, glabrous or ± pubescent with simple unicel¬lular upcurved hairs. Leaves usually alternate, exstipulate. Racemes terminal or lateral. Sepals 5, usually persistent. Petals 3, ± united below. Stamens usually 8, ± united into a staminal sheath and adnate to the petals. Ovary 2-locular, ovule one in each loculus. Capsule 2-seeded, loculicidal, compressed. Seeds ± pilose, strophiole usually 3-lobed.
A large and difficult genus of about 600 species, distributed throughout the world except New Zealand, Polynesia and arctic zone; represented in West Pakistan by 8-10 species, unevenly distributed throughout the country, greater concentration of species being found in the Punjab and Kashmir.
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Leaves petiolate, petiole 3-10 mm. Sepals deciduous.
Keel split at top, not crested. Capsule rugose |
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Polygala tatarinowii |
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Leaves subsessile, petiole 1-2 mm. Sepals persistent. Keel not split, crested. Capsule not rugose |
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| 2 (1) |
Racemes predominantly lateral, shorter than leaves.
Bracts persistent. Strophiolar append-ages 3, minute
Or 1/3 as longs as the seed |
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Racemes predominantly terminal, longer that leaves.
Bracts caducous or deciduous, strophiolar appendages
2, minute or if 3 then 1/2 to 2/3 as long as the seed |
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| 3 (2) |
Plant villous with long straight and short curved hairs. Left margin not recurved. Outer sepals very unequal; Upper twice as large as the lower. Strophiolar appendages 1/3 as long as the seed |
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Polygala crotalarioides |
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Plant + pubescent with short curved hairs. Leaf margin recurved. Outer sepals + equal or upper slightly larger Than the lower. Strophiolar appendages minute |
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| 4 (3) |
Leaves mucronate. Racemes dense, + truncate. Inner
Sepals falcate. Capsule glabrous with cilialate margin |
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Polygala arvensis |
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Leaves obtuse or acute. Racemes lax, not truncate. Inner sepals not falcate. Capsule pubescent with long Apical and marginal hairs |
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Polygala erioptera |
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| 5 (2) |
Inner sepals falcate. Strophiolar appendages 3, 1/2
to 2/3 as long as the seed |
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Polygala sibirica |
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Inner sepals not falcate. Strophiolar appendages 2, Minute |
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Racemes dense. Upper sepal twice as large as the Lower; veins of lateral sepals not anastomosing. Anthers Sessile. Capsule wing 1-2 mm |
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Polygala hohenackeriana |
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Racemes lax. Upper sepals slightly larger than the lower; veins of lateral sepals anastomosing. Anthers Not sessile. Capsule wing 0.5-0.75 mm |
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Bracts and sepals glabrous. Lateral petals much shorter than keel. Seed not crowned with bulbous hairs, trophiole 3-lobed |
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Polygala abyssinica |
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Bracts and sepals hairy. Lateral petals equalling or longer than keel. Seed crowned with bulbous hairs, strophiole 2-lobed |
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Polygala irregularis |
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