Maocarpus.] tiliacejE. 43 



pitted outside. Seed usually 1 only. — E. serratus, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iii. 264, but probably not of Linn. 



Hongkong, Champion, also in Khasia. The species of Elaeocarpus with fringed petals, 

 run very much one into another, but this is certainly nearer to the Indian E. lancecefolius 

 than to the true E. serratus. The leaves are still more narrowed at the base, and the flowers 

 rather smaller than in the Khasia specimens. 



2. E. chinensis, Hook. fil. A small tree. Leaves stalked, oblong or 

 nearly lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 3^ in. long, obtuse, slightly toothed, silky- 

 hairy when young, at length glabrous and shining. Flowers rather small, 

 dioecious, in axillary or lateral slightly tomentose racemes, 1 to 1£ in. long. 

 Sepals 4, acute, scarcely 2 lines long. Petals about as long, slightly tomen- 

 tose, obtusely toothed or very shortly lobed. Stamens about 8, without 

 points or beards. Ovary pubescent, 2-celled, with 2 pairs of collateral sus- 

 pended ovules in each cell. — Friesia diirtensis, Gardn. and Champ, in Kew 

 Journ. Bot. i. 243, and iii. 264. 



Woods of the Happy Valley, Champion, Wright. Not as yet gathered out of the island. 



Order XXI. POLYGALACE^. 



Mowers irregular. Sepals 5, imbricate in the bud, the 2 innermost usually 

 larger and petal-like. Petals 3 or 5, usually adhering at the base to the sta- 

 minal tube; the lower one or keel concave, enclosing the stamens and pistil; 

 the 2 upper ones connivent, the 2 lateral ones small or wanting. Stamens 8, 

 rarely 4, hypogynous ; the filaments united in a tube open on the upper side. 

 Anthers erect, 1- or 2-celled, each cell opening by a pore at the top. Ovary 

 free, laterally compressed, 2-celled or rarely 1 -celled; the partition at right- 

 angles to the sides, with 1 or rarely 2 superposed ovules in each cell. Style 

 single, entire or 2 -lobed at the top. Fruit either a capsule opening loculici- 

 dally, or an indehiscent nut, samara, or drupe. Seed pendulous, having fre- 

 quently a caruncle at the hilum, with or without albumen. Embryo straight 

 in the axis. Radicle superior. — Herbs or undershrubs, rarely climbers or 

 shrubs. Leaves usually alternate, simple, undivided, and entire, without sti- 

 pules. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes or racemes, rarely solitary or 

 paniculate. 



A rather numerous Order, ranging over the warmer and temperate regions of the globe. 



Ovary 2-celled. Capsule thin and flat. Herbs or shrubs. 



Sepals nearly equal. Anthers 4. Flowers very small .... 1. Salomonia, 



Two sepals large and petal-like. Anthers 8 2. Polygala. 



Ovary 1-celled. Fruit winged, indehiscent. Tree or tall climber . 3. Secukidaca. 



1. SALOMONIA, Lour. 



Sepals nearly equal. Upper and lateral petals nearly equal ; the keel larger, 

 slightly 3-lobed. Anthers 4. Ovaiy 2-celled. Capsule thin and flat, obcor- 

 date, usually ciliate, opening at the edge. Seeds without a caruncle. — Small 

 slender herbs. Flowers very small, in terminal racemes or spikes. 



A genus of very few species, all from tropical Asia. 



Leaves slightly stalked, broadly cordate or orbicular \. S. cantoniensis. 



Leaves sessile, oblong 2. S. oblongifolia. 



