. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 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, i
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 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 albumenj ariiliis none. Species 40, from India to New 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.; Kur
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