^anthophyllum.] xvi. poLYGALEiE. (A. W. Bennett.) 209 



and insertion. Fruit 1-celled, indehiscent, 1-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous, 

 estropMolate.— DisTRiB. Species about 15. Most abundant in the Archi- 

 pelago and Malacca; a few species are Continental Indian, and one is 

 N. Australian. 



* Ovules 4^8, rarely more (8-14 in X. affine). 



1. X. flavescens, Roxh. Cor. PI. iii. t. 248 ; leaves coriaceous elliptic- 

 lanceolate not glaucous beneath yellow-green when dry, panicle diffase 

 closely pubescent, sepals unequal, ovary and style strigose, fruit glabrous. 

 W. & A. Prodn-. 39. X. paniculatum, Miquel FL. Ned. Ind. Suppl. i. 393. 

 X. Arnottianum, undulatum, and Koxburghianum, Wight III. i. 50 ; Bed- 

 dame Flor. Sylvat. {Anal.) t. 3. — liheede Hort. Malah. iv. t. 23. 



EastBenqal; Silhet, and Chittagong. Western Pekihsula. Ceylon. — Distbib.' 

 Sumatra, Java. 



A timber tree. Leaves 4-7 by lJ-3 in., shining above, less so and veins much reti- 

 culated beneath, with 5-7 principal nerves on each side, and more or less scattered 

 perforated glands (which are sometimes abspnt) at the axils of the nerves or elsewhere. 

 FVmers ^-\ in. long, yellow ; pedicels very variable, ^| in. Sepals unequal, subor- 

 bicular, finely tomentose. Ovary globose, densely strigose ; ovules 4, 2 erect and 2 

 pendulous, or more numei'oua and subhorizontal. Fruit globose, | in. diam., and up- 

 wards, walls very thick, green. — Very variable. I am unable to distinguish between 

 Roxburgh's ^ouesceBS and virens, both usually having pitted glands on the leaf beneath, 

 except by the long pedicels of the latter, the Ceylon specimens of which have 4 ovules, 

 and the Silhet ones usually the same, whilst the Peninsula ones vary 4-9, and Suma- 

 tran specimens are 4-ovuled. 



Vab. 1. flavescens proper ; leaves broad, panicle close axillary or terminal, pedicels 

 short, ovules 4^12. Chittagong and Western Peninsula (Sumatra, Java). 



Vab. 2. angustifoUum, Wight 111. 50, t. 23 {sp.) ; leaves narrower, ovules usually 4. 

 Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 3. 



Vak. 3. virens, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 248 (sp.) ; panicles short supra-axillary, pedicels 

 very slender, ovules 4. X. flavescens, Boxh. ? ; Wight I.e.; Beddome Fl. Sylvat, Anal. 

 Gen. t. 3. Ceylon, Silhet; Paupanassum hills (Travancor ?), alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. 



2. X. affine, Korth.in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 271; leaves coriaceous oblong- 

 or elliptic-lanceolate not glaucous beneath yellow-green when dry, panicles 

 axillary and terminal diffuse tomentose, sepals unequal, ovary glabrous, 

 style strigose. X. flavescens, Wall. Cat. 4198, not of Jioxb. 



Easteen Peninsula ; Tenasserim to Malacca and Penang, Wallich, &c. — Distbib. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



So like the X. flavescens, that the larger leaves, rather larger flowers, more tomen- 

 tose calyx, and glabrous larger ovary, alone distinguish it in the dried state. The 

 ovules vary from 8-14, and thevfruit is quite glabrous, green, globose and thick- 

 walled. 



3. X. glaucum, Wg,ll. Cat. 4199 ; branches very slender, leaves usually 

 membranous elliptic or lanceolate acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves very 

 numerous 8-10 on each side, panicle large open lax, branches long tomen- 

 tose, calyx pubescent or tomentose, ovary and style strigose, fruit glabrous. 

 HassL in Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 193. 



Eastebn Peninsula ; Eangoon and Tenasserim in moist places. 



A small tree; branches terete, very slender, dark red-brown, glabrous. Leaves 

 3-4 by 1-lJ in., rather abruptly acuminate, quite glabrous, finely reticulate ; petiole 

 slender, ^ in. Panicle 1 ft., 'with long spreading very slender tomentose simple 

 branches. Flowers \-\ in. diam., and slender pedicels putescent, pale when diy. 

 Ovary sessile, covered with dense strigose hairs, ovules 4. Fruit much smaller than 

 in X. flavescens, J-J in. diam., quite smooth and glabrous. — Easily distinguished by its 



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