Piitosporum.] xir. pittospore^. 137 



fragrant. Sepals lanceolate pubescent. Petals linear, tips recurved, 

 pubescent. Ovary cylindric, tomentose; style excentric. Stigma 

 bilobed. Capsule orange coloured. Seed black, aril red. Hah. 

 Dry gravelly spots usually near the sea. Common. Singapore, 

 Johor, Paliang, Malacca, Bindings, Penang, Lankawi isles, Kelantan, 

 Pulau Adang. Distrib. Carimon isles, Burma to Malay Archi- 

 pelago and Australia. Native names : Suroras ; Giramong ; Chem- 

 purei Ikan; TrangNok; Bunga Sapong; Pulai Puak. 



(2) P. reticosum Rid I. 



A small tree 10 to 15 ft. tall, bark pale. Leaves opposite, rigid 

 sub-coriaceous glabrous lanceolate, pale beneath ; nerves impressed 

 above, strongly reticulate above and beneath, 2 in. long, 1-25 in. 

 wide; petioles pubescent -i in. long, ultimately glabrous. Fruit 

 oval -25 in. long on a slender peduncle 1-5 in. long. Stigma bilobed, 

 lobes globose. Hab. Pahang in thickets on the Padang at 5000 

 to 6000 ft. altitude (Robinson, Ridley). 



No flowers of this plant have been seen, but in its stiff reticulate leaves it is 

 quite distinct from any species known. 



Order XIII. POLYGALACE.E. 



Herbs, erect or scandent shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate 

 rarely whorled, reduced to scales or o, simple entire. Stipules o. 

 Flowers irregular bisexual 3 bracteate. Sepals 5 unequal, 2 inner 

 often petaloid. Petals 5 or 3 unequal, inferior usually keel-shaped 

 (keel) . Stamens 8 (rarely 4 or 5) hypogynous, filaments united, rarely 

 free ; anthers opening by terminal pores (rarely by slits) . Ovary free 

 I- to 3-celled; style curved. Stigma capitate. Ovules i or more 

 in each cell, anatropous. Fruit 2-celled, 2-seeded, locuhcidally 

 dehiscent or indehiscent, i-seeded or of 3 indehiscent carpels. 

 Seed strophiolate albuminous. Species 500, the whole world 

 except New Zealand. 



Herbs or rarely erect shrubs. Capsule dehiscent. 



Stamens 8, 2 interior sepals petaloid . . . i . Polygala 



Stamens 4 to 5, leafy annuals . . . .2. Salomonia 



Stamens 4 to 5, leafless parasites . . .3. Epirhizanthes 



Climbing shrub; fruit a i -celled, indehiscent 



samara ....... 4. Securidaca 



Erect trees or shrubs. 



Stamens 5 united ; fruit of 3 samaras . . 5. Trigoniastrum 



Stamens 8 distinct ; fruit a drupe or berry . 6. Xanthophyllum 



1. POLYGALA, L. 



Herbs or rarely shrubs. Sepals persistent, inner 2 larger, 

 petaloid. Petals 3, united at base with the staminal sheath, the 

 lower one keel-shaped and often crested (the keel). Stamens 8; 

 filaments united for the lower half into a split sheath. Ovary 



