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duiicles. I have seen at Kew a specimen from Hainan labelled P. pauciflorum. 

 The specimen is quite in accord with the present plant. 



Pittosporum daphniphylloides HAYATA Materials for a Flora of 

 Formosa p. 34. Leaves petiolate, oblong or obloug-oblanceolate, abruptly 

 acute at tlie apex, abruptly attenuate at the base, 15 cm. long, 4|- cm. broad, 

 subentire on the margin, or obscurely repaudate, coriaceous, primary lateral 

 veins 10-15 on both sides, spreading from the costa at an angle of 60, 

 veinlets reticulate, impressed on the upper surface, but elevated on the lower 

 surface costa impressed above, elevated below, petioles 2.V cm. long. Racemes 

 clustered on the apex of the branches, or paniculate. Capsules globose, <> 

 mm. in diameter mucrouate at the apex, 2-valved, dehiscent, valves thick 

 coriaceous 10-15-seeded. Seeds augulate, compressed, 3 mm. long, 2-J- mm. 

 broad, smooth, reddish. 



HAB. Taito, Dakmisha. 



This is near P. floribundnm W. et A. ; but differs from it by the fruits 

 and leaves. There is at Kew a specimen exactly like this, labelled Pittos- 

 porum sp. (China, WILSON, No. 3233). 



Polygalese. 

 Polyyala LrsN. 



Dicliotomous Key to the Formosan Species. 



Leaves much larger, longer than 10 cm P. arcuata. 



Leaves rather small, 2-3 cm. long (1). 



(1) Plant erect very small, less than 12 cm. high . P. Tatar inow'd. 



Plant larger, procumbent at the base or erect, more than 15 cm. high. 



Flowers glomerate P. glomerata. 



Flowers racemose P. japonica. 



Polygala arcuata HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 54. Quite glabrous, 

 except young branches which are slightly pubescent ; stem lignified, mostly 

 simple, not branched. Leaves petiolate, blade membranaceous somewhat 

 thick, elliptical lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 10 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, base 



