

XII, POLYaALACEiE 



[Polygala 



Outer Himalaya from Nepal eastwards, 2,000-7,000 ft. Kliatsi^ liiUb, Upper Burma, 

 Hills ot the western coast. Fl. June-August. Ceylon, Malay Arcliipelago, China. 



2. P, Karensium, Kurz {Chamabuxus KarensiuMj Kurz, F. Fl. i. 79), is a i»iiiall glab- 

 rous shrub, frequent on the hills east of Toungoo, 4,000-6,000 ft. Leaves lanceolate, 

 pale beneath, narrowed into a petiole J-1 in. long. Fl. white, with pale lilac tips, in 

 tohort unilateral racemes. Capsule J in. diam., membranous. Seeds obovate, silky. 



2. 



XANTHOPHYLLUM, Eoxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 208. 



Trees or shrubs^ leaves turning yellow in drying. Sepals 5, nearly equal. 

 Petals 4 or 5; unequalj zygomorphiCj the lowest keeled. Stamens 8, dibtinct, 

 partly attached to base of petals. Disk annular, often lobed, hypogynoiis. 

 Ovary 1-ceiled. Fruit indehiscent, 1-celled. Seed without albumen j ariiliis 

 none. Species 40, from India to New Gu.inea and tropical Australia. 



A. Flowers mora than ^ in. long, ovules 4-14. 



1. X. fiavescens, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 284; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 81.— Syn. A". Apuot- 

 fiamtmj Wight ; Bedd. Manual t. 3. Vern. Mitttei, Tarn. ; Thifpyu^ Burm. 



A large glabrous evergreen ti*ee. Leaves coriaceous, 4-7 in. Secondary 

 nerves 5-7 pair, finely and conspicuously reticulate veins between them. FL 

 \-\ in. long, yellow, m axillary or terminal panicles. Sepals finely tomentose. 

 Ovary densely strigose, with pliiricellular hairs. The number of ovules varies 

 from 4-12 (the forms X angtostifolmm, Wight 111. 50 t. 23, and A", rirms^ 

 Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 284; Kurz, F. FL i. 81, have only 4 ovules). Fruit irlobose, 

 I in. diam., olive green, walls very thick.' 



West side of the peninsula, from the Nilgiris boutliwards, Silhet, Chittagong hills, 

 Lower and Upper Burma. TL February-May. AlsoCeylon, Java, Suniatx^a. ""2. Xaffine, 



Korth. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 82. 

 Tenabserim, Malay Peninhu- 

 la. A shrub or tree. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, sepals to- 

 mentose, ovary glabrous, 

 ovules 8-14. 



B. Flowers less than 

 J in. long, ovules 4. 



3. X. glaucum, Wall.; 

 Ku.rz, F. FL i. 81. Vern. 

 lliitpijUjIjower, ThitKmj- 

 in, Upper Burma. 



A glabrou^s evergreen 

 tree. Leaves chartaceoxis, 

 glancouy and opaque be- 

 neath, reticulate veinH dis- 

 tinct. Fl. wliite, l-^l in. 

 long, in large lax, slightly 

 piibescent paniclej*, ovary 

 with 1-celled hairs. Fruit 

 glabrous, verrucose, J-|in, 

 diam. 



Upper and Lower Burma^ 

 in moist places, often fonning 

 strips of pure shady forest. 

 FL March, April. Malay 

 Peninsula. 



4 X andamanicuin, King, 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. vol. y. 

 1. 161. Andamans. A small 

 tree. Leaves thinly corisofr- 



Fig .IB. — Seouridaca tavoyana, Wall. J. 



