POLYGALACEAE. — POLYGALA 161 



aureocauda Dunn (in Kew Bull Misc. Inform, 1911, 188), but from the descrip- 

 tions we strongly suspect that they should be referred to P. arillata, 



Polygala Wattersii Hance in Jour, BoL XIX, 209 (1881). — Hems- 

 ley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 63 (1886), quoad specimen Ichangense. 



Polygala Mariesii Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXIII. 61, t. 2, fig. b. 7-13 

 (1886). — Chodat in Mem. Soc. Pkys. Geneve, Suppl. No. VII. 102, t. 17, 

 f. 15-28 (Monog. Polygal.) (1891). — Franchet, PL Delavay. 77 (1889).— 

 Diels in Bot. Jakrb. XXIX. 426 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. BoL 

 ItaL n. ser. XVII, 408, 1910; XVIII. 125 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, in gorges and glens on cliffs, alt. 30- 

 1000 m., abundant, March 24, June 1907 (No. 29; bush 0.6-1 m., 

 flowers yellow); same locality, C, Morris] same locality, T. WatterSy 

 April 1880 (type, drawings of the type specimen seen); Wushan 

 Hsien, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 162); A. Henry (Nos. 2912, 

 1104, 1973); " Ou-pan-shan," alt. 600 m., March 1910, C. Silvestri 

 (No. 3073), Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, April 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 162). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, cliffs, alt. 

 1000-1300 m., June 1908 (No. 29^; bush 1 m., flowers yellow); without 

 precise locality, cliffs, alt. 1600 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped, No. 



June 



Yunnan 



Mengtsze, alt. 1800 m., A, Henry (No. 9395). 



Here may be added the description of a new species and a note on another 

 species of Polygala which were not collected during the Arnold Arboretum Ex- 

 peditions. 



Polygala caudata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Polygala Wattersii Hance in Jour. BoL XX. 3 (1882), non Hance in Jour. BoL 

 XIX. 209 (1881). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 63 (1886), quoad 

 specimen e Kwangtung. — Chodat in Mem, Soc. Phys. Genbve, XXXI. 

 No. II, 103, t. 17, fig. 29-30 (Monog. Polygal) (non Hance, 1881) (1893). 



Frutex 1-2-metralls, ramosus; ramuli juniores pills crispulis brevibus ad- 

 pressis flavescentibus vestiti. Folia subcoriacea, plerumque versus apicem ramu- 

 lorum cougesta, oblonga v. oblanceolata, rarius obovato-oblonga, caudato- 

 acuminata et apiculata, basi attenuata, margine leviter revoluta et plerumque 

 undulata, 3-12, plerumque 7-10 cm. longa et 1-3 cm. lata, glabra, supra 

 obscure flavo-viridia, subtus pallidiora, nervis utrinque 8-12 sub angulo fere 

 recto divergentibug leviter elevatis; petioli 5-10 mm. longi. Flores rosei (ex 

 Henry) circiter 5 mm. longi, in racemis terminalibus pluribus fere umbellatim 

 congestis subsessihbus multifloris 2.5-5 cm. longis dispositi; pedicelli 1-1.5 mm. 

 longi, bracteis minutis caducis suffulti; sepala 3 exteriora ovata, apice rotundata, 

 ciliolata, 1.5 mm. longa, interiora 2 petaloidea, obovata, obtusa, basi attenuata, 



mm 



longa; carina 5 mm. longa, crista peltata biloba lobis subacutis; ovarium com- 

 pressum, lateobovoideum; stigma bilobum. Capsula oblongo-obovoidea basim 



