` YXaNTHoPRYLLUM. . | POLYGALEJE. 39 
obovate or oblong, cuneate at the base, shortly petioled, obtuse or retuse, 
mucronate : racemes opposite to the leaves, many-flowered, at length nearly 
twice as long as the leaves: bracteoles small, persistent: ale ovate-orbicu- 
lar, membranaceous, mucronate, softly pubescent, about a half longer and 
broader than the capsule: carina cristate: capsule orbicular, nearly equal, 
softly pubescent especially on the edge, slightly margined, emarginate.— 
DC. prod. 1. p. 327; Spr. syst. 3. p. 164; Wight! cat. n. 139.—P. Ceylana, 
Heyne in Wall. ! L. n. 4183. 
An elegant species, resembling some of those from the Cape in its large 
flowers and ale. 
138. (13) P. ariliata (Ham. :) shrubby, erect; branches pubescent: leaves 
oblong, acuminated, on longish petioles, puberulqus beneath: racemes lax, 
many-flowered, terminal or opposite to the leaves and about as long, droop- 
ing: bracteoles caducous: alse obovate, obtuse, tapering downwards, glabrous: . 
carina cristate: capsule reniform, retuse, coriaceous: seeds globose, smaller 
than the large carunculus.—Ham. in Don. prod. fl. Nep. p. 199; Spr. syst. 
supp. p. 265 ; Wall.! L.n. 4191; pl. Asiat. rar. t. 100; Wight! cat. n. 138. 
Neelgherries. ee 
+139, (14) P. persicaricfolia (DC.?)—Wall. L. n. 4185. c. 
II. XANTHOPHYLLUM. Roxb. 
Sepals 5, deciduous, the two interior a little larger and more petaloid than 
the others. Petals 5, distinct: carina cymbiform, the two additional ones as 
large as the two upper. Stamens 8: two lower filaments united with the 
claw of the carina ; two distinct inserted opposite to the inner sepals; the - 
others attached one to each of the claws of the upper and lateral petals. 
Anthers opening by a pore. Ovarium shortly stalked, 1-celled, with two 
Opposite prominent lateral placentee, each bearing 2-6 pendulous ovules. 
Fruit between coriaceous and fleshy, indehiscent, globose, l-celled. Seed 
. Without a carunculus, solitary, attached laterally. Albumen none. Embryo 
transverse: cotyledons semiglobose, fleshy.—Trees. Leaves coriaceous, 
shining. Racemes axillary, supra-axillary, or terminal. 
k 140. (1) X. flavescens (Roxb. :) leaves elliptic-oblong, with a short blunt 
_ acumination, under side with two pores near the base: racemes axillary and 
. terminal: ovules 8—12.— Roa. fl. Ind. 2. p. 222 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 219; Wall.! 
L. n. 4198. ¢ ; Wight ! cat. n. 60.—Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 23. Malabar coast. 
Jackia of Blume appears identical with this genus, and perhaps J. excelsa, 
BL, is the same as the present species. 
Mee gg 
ORDER XVIIL—TAMARISCINEJE. Desv. 
_ Calyx 4—5-partite, persistent: wstivation imbricative. Petals 4-5, 
‘userted on the receptacle, marcescent: zestivation imbricative. Sta- 
mens equal to the petals in number, or twice as many, inserted on the 
margin of the torus, distinct or monodelphous. Ovarium 1-celled : 
style 3 or none: stigmas 3, distinct or united. . Capsule 3-valved, 1- 
celled, loculicide, polyspermous. Placentz sometimes only at the base 
of the capsale. Seeds erect or ascending, comose, Albumen 0. Em- 
bryo straight, with the radicle next the hilum.—Shrubs or herbs. 
Leaves alternate, like small scales. 
