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lata, cristam amplam multiramosam gerens ; vagina staminea 

 lata, petalis lateralibus medio adnata; ovarium glabrum, breviter 

 stipitatum, stylo complanato valde arcuato. Capsula deest. — 

 P. Loureirii, Gard. et Champ, in Hook. Knr Journ. Hot. i. 

 (1849) p. 242, pro parte, non P. sibirica />, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 426; P. elegans, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 44, pro parte. 



Hongkong (Champion] Wright] Lamont]). Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb Kew. 



It is singular that this very distinct speeies should have been 

 confused with P. sibirica in both Champion and Wright's col- 

 lections, especially as we have seen no other specimens of either 

 species from Hongkong. Gardner and Champion's description 

 is in part a fusion of the characters of the two ; whilst in 

 Bentham's description the differential characters are neglected. 



P. hongkongensis is readily distinguished by the obsolete 

 venation of its glabrous leaves : and it also differs in its horned 

 outer sepals and free keel-petal. 



5. Polygala Mariesii, Hemtl, n. sp. (Plate II. B. figg. 7-13.) 

 Frutex fere omnino glaber, ramis teretibus gracilibus, apice 

 tantum foliiferis, cortice albicante. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, 

 elliptico-lanceolata, 2-4 poll, longa, usque ad 1 poll, lata, utrinque 

 longe attenuata, apice cuspidata, subsinuata, subtus pallidiora, 

 venis transversis primariis utrinque circiter 10 prope marginem 

 anastomosantibus. Flores, ut videtur, flavi, circiter 9 lineas longi, 

 longiuscule pedicellati, racemosi, raeemis in apicibus ramorum 

 aggregatis quam folia brevioribus, bracteis minutis cito deciduis ; 

 sepala 3 exteriora suborbicularia, ciliolata ; pepala 2 interiora 

 petaloidea,obovato-oblonga, obscure ciliolata, petala fere aequantia; 

 petala lateralia truncata cum carina usque ad cucullum connata ; 

 carina breviter cucullata, dorso crista incrassata vel subcarnosa, 

 bisaccata munita ; ovarium glabrum, breviter stipitatum, disco 

 cylindrico. Capsula compresso-clavata, seminibus pilosis. 



HrPEH : Ichang Gorge (Maries] A. Henry \). Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Allied to P. Wattersii, Hance, which has very much smaller 

 flowers and veinless leaves, and to P. karensium, Kurz, which has 

 a branched crest. 



6. Polygala sibirica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 702 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i p. 324; A. W. Benn. in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 277 , Hance in 

 Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 257. 



