24.2 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PLANTS 
seriatis approximatis petiolo triplo fere longioribus, sepalis margine 
sublanuginosis, ovariis glabris. 
Has. Mount Victoria, Hong-Kong. 
Frulex sarmentosus, glaberrimus. Rami teretes, tenuissimé striati. 
Folia 4—5 poll. longa, 15-18 lin. lata. Petioli 3 lin. longi. Pedicelli 8 
lin. longi. Sepala ovato-rotundata, 31 lin. longa. Petala lineari-oblonga, 
obtusa, 5 lin. longa. Stamina 20 circiter, longe exserta. 
This species belongs to the same section as C. Ceylanica and C. 
horrida, and will range along with C. guiniflora, DC. 
POLYGALACEJ. 
1. Polygala (Blepharidium) Lourerii, Gardn. et Champ. ; caule à basi 
subramoso suffruticoso erecto, ramis teretibus pubescentibus, foliis 
ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongis acutis apiculatis basi obtusis supra 
glabris retieulatis subtus puberulis breviter petiolatis, racemis late- 
ralibus et terminalibus multifloris folio longioribus pubescentibus, 
bracteolis linearibus decidius, alis ovatis obtusis glabris capsula 
orbiculata laté.alatà émarginata glabra pauld longioribus. 
Polygala Sibirica, var. B. Lour. Flora Cochin. Ed. Willd. p. 511. 
Has. Mount Victoria, Hong-Kong. 
Buff utex semipedalis et ultra. Folia 15 lin. longa, 6 lin. lata, supra 
viridia valde reticulata, subtus pallida, margine subrevoluta. Calycis 
sepala 2 exteriora oblonga, obtusa, glabra, margine ciliata. “ Corolla 
albicans, ad viridem declinans." (Lour.) Carina cristata. “Capsula 
suborbiculata, 3 lin. lata. Caruncula seminis pilosi brevior. 
That this is the P. Sibirica, var. B. of Lourero, there can be no 
doubt, though I cannot find that it has been taken up by any 
succeeding writer on Chinese botany. In habit it accords very much 
with specimens of the true Pol. Sibirica which I possess from the 
Herbarium of Pallas, but is more woody at the base, has larger leaves, 
broader and more obtuse sepals, a larger carina, and a broadly winged, 
not a simply margined, capsule. It is more nearly allied to P. Javana, 
DC., from which it is distinguished by the shape of its leaves, and the 
broadly winged glabrous capsule. De Candolle refers P. vulgaris of 
Thunberg’s Flora Japonica to P. Sidirica, perhaps correctly, at all 
events Thunberg’s phrase, “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis," separates it from 
the present plant. 
