PoLYGALA.] CAEYOFRYLLEM. 63 



J-2 in. long, from orbicular-oblong or obcordate to narrow-linear, rather 

 thick and coriaceous, glabrous ciliate hoary or pubescent ; petioles 

 very short. Racemes short, dense-flowered, truncate, axillary or extra- 

 axillary. Flowers \-\ va.. long, horizontal or pendulous. Outer se'pals 

 small, ovate. Wings very oblique, acute. Crest of corolla often small. 

 Capsule suborbicular, shorter than the wings, notched, narrowly winged, 

 ciliate. Seeds silky. Strophiole with 3 very short appendages. 

 Dehra Dun, Moradabad, Agra, Bundelkhand. Distrib. : Plains of 

 India from the Punjab to Burma, and through C. and S. India to 

 Ceylon ; also in Australia. The plant is eaten during famine times in 

 Western India. 



4. P. telephioides, Willd. 8p. PI. m, S76 ',W.^ A. Prod. 36; F. B. I. 



i, 205 ; Watt E. D. 



A dwarf prostrate perennial herb, 2-4! in. high, with many short thick 

 prostrate or ascending pilose branches from a woody rootstock. Leaves 

 small, sessile, crowded, about ^ in. long, obovate or oblong, obtuse or 

 acute, very thick, margins usually recurved. Flowers very small, 

 fascicled on short extra-axillary peduncles. Outer sepals acute- Wings 

 herbaceous, oblique, acuminate. Capsule -^ in., broadly ovoid, deeply 

 notched, glabrous, not winged. Seeds very small, silky, Strophiole 

 minutely appendaged. 



Delhi (Eoyle), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Distrib. : S. India and Ceylon 

 to Malay Archipel., China and the Philippines. 



5. P. glomerata. Lour. Fl. Oochinch. 426 ; F. B. I. i, 206. 



Stems many, l-2ft. high, densely pubescent, erect or ascending from 

 a woody stock. Leaves l|-25 in. long, broadly ovate or oblong to elliptic- 

 lanceolate and linear. Racemes scattered, extra-axillary, very short, 

 2-3 fld. Flowers drooping, 5-J in. long, green. Outer se^pals acuminate, 

 ciliate. Wings herbaceous, hatchet-shaped, accuminate and awned. 

 Crest very small. Capside narrowly winged, strongly ciliate. Seeds 

 large, obovoid, silky. Strophiole with. 3 short appendages. 



Oudh (P. B. I.) . Distrib. : Sikkim, Assam, Khasia Hills, Burma, Malay 

 Archipel., and China. 



XV.-CARYOPHYLLEJE. 



Heebs, rarely undershrubs. Branches opposite, usually thickened 

 at the joints. Leaves opposite, entire or serrulate, often connate. 

 Stipules scavious or 0. Flowers rarely 1-sexual. Sepals 4-5, free 

 or connate, imbricate in bud. Petals 4-5, rarely 0, usually inserted 

 on a hypogynous ring. Stamens 8 or 10, rarely fewer, inserted with 

 the petals ; anthers 2-celled. Disk small and annular, or elongated 

 into a gynophore, or broken up into glands. Ovary free, 1-celled, 

 ot imperfectly 3-5-celled ; styles 2-5, free or connate ; ovules 2 or 



