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China, and aft'onliiii;' to J'orlics and llcniNlcv troin Soiitlicin (liina to llu- lOasti-ni 

 Himalayan rt-jiion .soiitliwaid tlirouuli tlic Malayan IN-ninsula. Kiiii.'.'"' liowever, 

 does not record the species from the .Malayan I'diinsiiJa. 



Poiygala luzoniensis Mcnill sp. nov. 



A ])('i'('nnial hci'l), jjrosti'atc, hi-aiu-luMl fi-om the hasc. the hi'aiichcs 

 slender. |)iil)esceiit. lU to ;!(» cm. loiiii'. Jit'a\es ()l)liin^-(i\ ate. aeiite. lii-iii, 

 1 to 1..") cm. I()n<i\ .") mm. wide of less, the l)ase ohtiise ov rounded, raix'ly 

 .suljaciite. the potioU' vei'v slioft, mai'^ins somewliat feciii'MMl. the nei'Ncs 

 3 to 4 on each si(h' of (lie midfih, not pfomineiit. ,L;lahi-oiis of sliii'litly 

 piilx'scent on the midrih on l)otli suffaces. Flowefs in shoft few llow- 

 orc'd axilhifv racemes, the hraets small, caducous. Outer sepals suh- 

 equal, 2 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, their margins with few hairs, the inner 

 sepals j)etaloid, elli])tical-ol)long, hyaline. foun(h'(K .") mm. long, 3 mm. 

 wide. 7-nerved from the base, the reticulations not anastomosing, ghi- 

 l)rous, all persistent in finiit. Corolla about 5 mm. long, slightly pubescent 

 1)(do\v. the latefal ]ietals coiniate for "i mm., the free portions ohhing. 

 obtuse, 3 mm. long. 1 mm. wick'. Keel calyptrate, quite entire, crested, 

 the crest 1.5 mm. long, many chd't, purplish. Staminal tube, free jjortion, 

 l.T) mm. long, tlie (ilameiits united thfouglioiit. the anthers si'ssile on the 

 end of the tube, oblong, about 0.4 mm. long. Ovary glabrous ; style 

 curved. 2 mm. long, glabrous; stigma lateral. Fruit ilattened, orbicular, 

 5 mm. in diameter. glal»roiis. memhranous. ret ictdate-veined. somewhat 

 emarginate, the wing 1 mm. wide. Seed obovoid, 2 mm. long, brown, 

 uniforndy hut not densely \illous, the stro])hiole with three hyaline 

 a])[)endages, one '! mm. long, the other two about 1 mm. long. 



Luzon, I'roviiice of Beiiguet, liaguio (o Amliuklao ( 4."5()S Merrill) Octolicr. I'.tO.'). 

 On dry l)anks in grass lands at an altitndc of ahoiU 1,()()0 m. 



Poiygala septemnervia Merrill s|). nov. 



.\n erect or suherect much branched annual herh 20 to .30 cm. Iiigh. 

 with small ix'fsistent bracts, and palmafely l-iierMMl. strongly reticidately 

 veined orhicuhir-o\ ate to suhellipl ical inner sepals. branches moi'e or 

 less pilose. Jit-aNcs lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate oi' linear-lanceolate, 

 2.5 to () cm. long. '■'> to 7 mm. wide, memliraiious. the margins usually 

 stronglv revolute, apex and base acute, with \\'\\ scattered hairs on the 

 upper sui-face and margins, the lateral nei'M's ohscure; petioles about 

 1 mm. hmg. K'acemi's axillary ami terminal, few or many llowei-ed. 

 the llowcrs noilding. the axis slightly pubescent, the pedicels slender 2 

 to 3 mm. long, hi'acts persisteid. lanceolate, acuminate. puh<'>cent. about 

 1 mm. long. Sepals strongly ret icniate-xcined, the three outer ones 

 somewhat uneipial, oiihuig lo elliptical o\ate, obtuse, 2 to 'j..') mm. long, 

 theii- margins miiiute|\- ciliale. the two inner ones petaloid, suhoi'liicular 

 o\ate In suhell ipt ical, rounded, I mm. long in anihesis, ."> to 1 nnu. huig 

 in fruit, niemhranoii.-, -trongly palmatelv i-ner\e<l, the i-el iculat ions 



'■■ .Matciial for the J''lora of the .Mala\ai; l'<i,iii>nla |1SS!I|. 



