384 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1gas 
Polygala densiflora Blume Bijdr. (1825) 59; Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. 
Hist. Nat. Geneve 31° (1898) 380. 
Luzon (Pangasinan), Golo, Mindanao (Lanao), B. S. 30060 Fénix, 28479 
Ramos & Edano, Clemens 36, Merrill 11541. On open grassy slopes; rare. 
India to southern China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. 
Local name: Malamani (Pang.). 
POLYGALA JAPONICA Houtt. Handleid. 10 (1779) 89, t. 62, f. 1; DC. 
Prodr. 1 (1824) 324; Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 
31° (1893) 353; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 
106; Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gén. Indo-Chine 1 (1909) 255. 
Polygala luzoniensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 202. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Lepanto), Mindanao (Bukidnon). On open 
grassy slopes, altitude 700 to 2,400 m. Japan and China, Formosa, Celebes. 
POLYGALA LONGIFOLIA Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1904) 501; Chodat in 
Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 31 * (1893) 358; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 451; Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo 
Chine 1 (1909) 257. 
Polygala leptalea DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 325. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya), Culion, Mindanao, (Cotabato), Vano- 
verbergh 1745, B. S. 20135 McGregor, 41331 Ramos, Copeland. In open 
grasslands, ascending to 1,300 m; rare. India to Indo-China, Java, and 
tropical Australia. 
POLYGALA PERSICARIAEFOLIA DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 325, var WALL- 
ICHIANA Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 31° (1893) 
331; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 106. 
Polygala septemnervia Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
202. 
Luzon (Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Cavite), Merrill 4401, 4263, Williams 
959, B. S. 1849 Mangubat. On open grassy slopes, altitude 500 to 1,800 m. 
India to southern China; Timor; with some forms in tropical Australia. 
POLYGALA POLIFOLIA Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 101; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 14. 
Polygala warburgii Chodat in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 13 (1891) 346, Mem. 
Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 31” (1893) 315, t. 27, f. 9. 
Polygala telephioides F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 14; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 95, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 51. (2) 
non Willd. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Bontoc, Lepanto, Tarlac, Rizal), 
Semirara, Mindanao. In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes; to 
be critically compared with P. telephioides Willd. Marianne Islands, Am- 
boina, New Guinea. 
POLYGALA TRIPHYLLA Ham. in D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1825) 200; 
Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genéve 31* (1893) 41; Merr. 
& Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 106. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Mindanao (Bukidnon). In open grasslands, 
ascending to 1,300 m; rare. India to southern China and Japan. 
