,] XVI. POLYQALE^. (A. W. Bennett.) 207 



data, Am. Pug. Ind. 4 ; Wight III. i. t. 22 C ; Thwaites Enum. 22 (fioool. 

 synom.); Hassh. in Mia. Ann. Mm. Lugd.-Bat. i. 145. ? S. angulata, Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 539. Polygala ciliata, Linn. 



Ceylon, in swampy ground. 



Stouter than S. cantoniensis. Stem erect, glabrous, furrowed, scarcely winged. 

 Leaves small, strongly ciliate. Flowers crowded, small, pink, sessile. Sepals lanceo- 

 late, ciliate. Capsule small, broader than long, with a row of red filiform teeth. Seeds 

 black, shining, with a small membranous strophiole. — Wight and Arnott are in error 

 in taking Linnseus's Polygala ciliata for a true Palygala. The specimen in Herb. 

 Burraan. in the British Museum, clearly shows it to be a Salomonia, and identical with 

 Arnott's S. cordata. 



3. S. oblong'lfolia, J)C. Prodr. i; 354 ; leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceo- 

 late not ciliate, teeth of capsule filiform. Hassh. in Miq. Ann. Miis- Lugd.- 

 Bat. i. 147 ; Am. Pug. Ind. 4 ; Deless. Ic. Set. iii. t. 19. S. sessiliflora, 

 Ham. in Don Prodr. 201. S. obovata, Wight III. i. t; 22 B. S. canarana, 

 rigida, 1 Horneri, ? uncinata and 1 setosa-ciliata, Hassk. I.e. 147, 148, 149. 

 ? S. stricta, 8ieb, et Zucc. Abh. d. h. baier. Ahad. d. Wiss. iv. 2, 152. S. lep- 

 tostachya, WaM. Gat. 4193. Polygala canarana and Arnottiana, Hassk. I.e. • 



SuETEOP. Himalaya, from Nipal to Sikkim ; Khasia Mts. ; Easterk and WestekN' 

 Pesinsulas ; Ceylon. — Distkib. Malayan Archipelago, Australia. 



A simple or branched annual. Leases larger than in S. ciliata, sessile, not cordate, 

 margins with a few long distant hairs. Bracts linear, often persistent a!t time of 

 flowering. Flowers crowded, small, pink. Sepals nearly equal, lanceolate, slightly 

 ciliate. Lateral petals much shorter than keel. Capsule small, with a row of red teeth. 

 Seeds black, shining, not strophiolate. — Very near the last, but probably distinct. 



4. S. edentula, DC. Prodr. i. 334 ; stem much-branched winged, 

 leaves cordate-triangular very shortly petioled, capsule scarcely toothed. 

 Hassk. in Miq. 4nn. Mm. Lugd.-Bat. i. 146 ; Wall. Cat. 4194. S. petiolata, 

 Ham. in Hon Prodr. 200. 



Nipal, Wallich. 



A low, glabrous annual. Spikes lax Ijelow, denser above. Flowers minute. Bracts 

 minute, deciduous. Sepals very small, ovate. Lateral petals broad and nearly as 

 long as the galeate keel. Capsule very small, membranous, not ciliate, minutely 

 toothed. Seeds black, shining, not strophiolate. 



Sect. IL Bplrhizanthes, Blume (gen.). Parasitic ; leaves or re- 

 duced to scales. 



5. S. apbylla, Griff, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 342. S. parasitica, Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 538. S. teneila, Hooh.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 158.' 



Malacca and Tenassebim, (?rt^<A.— Disteib. Borneo. 



A brown parasite, associated with Thismia Brwnoniana and a Bwmannia (Griff.). 

 Stem 3-6 in., ascending, sparingly divided. Leaves reduced to a few distant brown 

 scales. Spihes numerous, elongated, very dense. Bracts minute, persistent after 

 flowering. Flowers minute, brown. Sepals distinct, broadly ovate. Capsule mem- 

 branous, broader than long, not ciliate. Seeds minute, black, with a small appendicu- 

 late strophiole. 



3. SECUBXDACA, Linn. 



Shrubs, almost always scandent. Flowers in terminal or axillary usually 

 compound racemes. Sepals deciduous, 2 inner {wings) larger and petaloid. 

 LaUral petals nearly or quite distinct from the galeate crested keel, superior 

 petals 0. Stamens 8, filaments united ; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing by 



