MILLINGTONIEiB — ^SCULACE^E — POLYGALACEiE. 97 



\, p. 102 ; — W. and A. I. c.) b Madura, Khassya Mountains, Nepal. 

 Fl. minute, yellow, Feb. and March ; fr. July and Aug. 



2. pinnata, Roxb. (/. ind. \,p. 104; — ed. Carey, ],jo. 103.) b Silhet. 

 Fl. small, white.— In H. C. G. 11. April. {Roxb.) 



3. pungens. Wall, b Neelgherries, Nepal, Khassya Hills. 



* M. dilleniafolia. Wall, b Simla. Nepal. — M. Arnottiana, Wight, ill. 1, 

 t. 53. b Ceylon. Neelgherries. 



ORDER LIX.— .^SCULACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 84. 



THE HORSE-CHESNUT TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, of 4 genera, and 14 species : 9 from N. America ; 

 2 from Nepal and the Khassya Mountains ; 1 from N. India ; (DC) and 2 

 of unknown origin. — " The bulky seed of Pavia indica, containing a large 

 proportion of fecula, though combined with some bitter principle, is eaten 

 in the Himalayas, as those of the Horse Chesnut {Msculus Hypocastanum, 

 L.) have been in other parts of the world, in times of famine." (Royle.) 

 The bark of the latter has been used as a febrifuge, but with little success. 

 Pavia, Boerh. (DC. pr. ],p. 598.) 



1. indica, Colebr. L. b Kemaon, Sirmore, Gurhwal, Kunawar ; alt. 

 8000—10,000 f. 



2. khassyana, (P. punduana, Wall. Cat.) b Khassya Mountains ; alt. 

 4500 f. — Does not exist at Pundua, (Griff.) Both of these trees 

 have been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



* Pavia macrostachya. Herb. amat. t. 212. (Macrothyrsus }) B Banks 

 of the rivers of Georgia. 



ORDER LX.— POLYGALACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 84. 



THE MILK-WORT TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely climbing or arboreous, ranged under 15 genera. 

 DC. pr. and Spreng. syst. enumerate 92 species for S. America, Mexico 

 and the W. Indies ; 22 for N. America ; 11 for Europe ; 10 for New Hol- 

 land and Van Diemen's Land ; 4 for Guinea ; 3 for Siberia ; 2 for Japan ; 

 2 for China ; 1 for Arabia ; 1 for Madagascar ; 1 for the Canaries ; and 1 

 for Armenia. The S. African forms amount to 100, (Harvey) ; and the E, 

 Indian to 49. Of the latter, our materials furnish 29 of Polygala ; C 

 of Salomonia ; 1 1 of Xanthophyllum ; 1 of Soulamea ; and 2 of Securidaca ; 

 — all, with a few exceptions, inhabiting mountainous or hilly places in Ne- 

 pal, the Khassya Mountains, both Peninsulas of India, Ceylon, Java and 

 the Moluccas. 



