Pittosporum] XI. PITTOSPORACE .E 43 



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from the Jumna eastwards, in Sikkim 

 5,000-S.Oi ifj ft- Kliasi hills. Shan hills. Upper Burma. Western Ghats from the Konkan 

 to the Nilgiris. Fl. January-June. 



3. P. mlghirense, Wight et Am.: Wight 111. t. 70. Nilgiris, Sigur, Bolampatty 

 valley, Palni hills. A shrub or small tree. Fl. J in. long, in slender glabrous 3-8 

 flil. corymbs, often several from one leaf axil. Capsule somewhat compressed, J in. 

 long, seeds 6. -1. P. humile, Hook. fil. & Thorns. Khasi hills. A small much-branched 

 shrub. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2 by £ in. Fl. J in. long, in short, fasciculate, 

 few fid. racemes. 5. P. glabratum, Lindl. Khasi hills. Manipur, China. A small tree. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2—1 in., pale beneath. Fl. $-§ in., pale yellow, in lax 

 terminal corymbs. Capsule 1 in. long, ovoid-oblong, S-valved. 



B. Branclilets tonientose, leaves hairy beneath. 



G. P. eriocarpum, Royle ; Brand. P. Fl. 19. Tern. Muda tumri, North- 

 West Provinces. 



A small tree with spreading branches. Branclilets, leaves and inflorescence 

 yellowish-tomentose. Leaves 3-8 in., secondary nerves 8-16 pair. PI. j in., 

 pale yellow, in short compact terminal panicles. Sepals lanceolate, densely 

 toinentose. Capsule tomentose, \ in. diam., valves thick, woody, broad-ovate. 



Outer N'orth-West Himalaya, .lumiin to Sai'da, 3,000 U.r.OO ft. Fl. March. April. 



7. P. dasycaulon, Miguel. <l<ijHii>uli,Max. Evergreen Ghat forests from the Konkan 

 to Travancore. Leaves 3-5 in., glabrous when full grown, except along midrib, 

 secondary nerves not conspicuous. Fl. J in., in dense terminal panicles, sepals 

 ovate, filiate. Capsule A in. diam. 8. P. ferrugineum, Ait. : Kurz, F. Fl. i. 78. Tena>- 

 serim, Malabar, Malay Peninsula. A spreading, much-branched tree. Branchlets, 

 young leaves and inflorescence rusty-pubescent. Fl. \ in., in lax pedunculate com- 

 I nd corymbs, sepals narrow acuminate. 



Ordeb XII. POLYGALACEvE. Gen. PL i. 134. 

 {Polygalece. > 



Herbs, rarely trees or shrubs, erect or scandeut. Leaves alternate, simple, 

 quite entire. Stipules 0. Fl. zygomorphic, bisexual, 3-bracteate. Sepals .">, 

 as a rule free, the 2 inner larger, petaloid (wings). Petals 3-5, unequal, the 

 lowest concave, generally keel-shaped. Stamens t-8, filaments usually united 

 into a sheath, anthers mostly opening by terminal pores. Ovary 1-3-celled, 

 sfj'le generally curved. 



Herbs or erect shrubs, capsule 2-valved . . . I. Polyqala. 



Trees or erect shrubs, fruit indehiscent, not winged . 2. X\m 'hvllum. 



Climbers, fruit Indehiscent, winged . . . .3. Secubidaca. 



I. POLYGALA, I. inn.: PL Brit. In.l. i. 200. 



Mostly herbs, a few shrubs. Sepals often persistent, the 2 inner petaloid. 



Petals 3', united at the base with the staiuinal sheath, the lowest keel-shape I 

 and generally crested. Stamens S. filaments united in their lower half into a 



split sheath. Ovary 2-celled, one ovule in each cell. Capsule 2-valved, 

 2-seeded. Species 450, in both hemispheres, chiefly in wanner regions. 



I. P. arillata, Hamilton: Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. LOO; Wight Ic. t. 946.- 

 Syn. Chamcebuxus arillata, Eassk. ; Kurz, P. PI. i. 79. 



A large shrub, attaining 12 ft., young shoots puliescent. I .eaves membranous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, 1—6 in., petiole \ -}, in. PI, 1,-J in., yellow and purple. 



Capsule coriac 9, \ in. diam., rugose when dry. S I- globose, nearlj covered 



with ;i llesliy orange-coloured arillus, e\a IliumillOUS, cotyledons fleshy. 



