Poly gala.] xiii. polygalace^. 139 



yellow-edged. Capsule reniform bilobed nearly -25 in. across. 

 Hab. Rocky places on mountains 4000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan; Gunong Benom (Barnes). Selangor, Semangkok; 

 Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). 



var. major Ridley. Leaves 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles i in. 

 long; raceme 9 in. long. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 



(4) P. brachystachya Bl. Bijdr. 59; King, I.e. 131. 



A slender erect or prostrate herb. Branches puberulous angled 

 above, 4 to 6 in. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate bristle-pointed 

 glabrous, -4 in. long, -05 in. wide. Racemes slender 2 in. long 

 axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels nearly as long as flowers. Flowers 

 •15 in. long yellow. Petaloid sepals obovate oblong. Petals small, 

 keel narrow at base, apex suddenly dilated trilobed. Capsule sub- 

 orbicular emarginate, edges ciliolate. Hah. In turf, roadsides, 

 and grass plots. Singapore, grass plots in the Gardens ; Macpher- 

 son Road. Pahang, Pulau Tawar. Malacca. Sungei Bharu Ulu ; 

 Chabau. Tringganu (Yapp). Distrib. Java and Sumatra. Use: An 

 antidote for snake-bite. 



(5) P. cardiocarpa iC«f^, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. (2), 293; 

 Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 16. 



A slender herb branched erect, glabrous 6 in. or more tall. 

 Leaves ovate obtuse i to 2 in. long, 'i in. wide narrowed to the 

 petioles "5 in. long. Spikes slender 2 in. long. Flowers very numerous 

 •I in. long, yellow. Sepals 4 ovate rounded, outers larger. Petals 

 oblong-ovate, keel not crested broad, ovate, tip prolonged. Cap- 

 sule heart-shaped refuse, wings ribbed. Seed elliptic black pustu- 

 late; caruncle small black. Hab. On limestone rocks. Selangor, 

 top of Batu caves rocks. Lankawi Islands (Curtis). Perak, Goping 

 (Kunstler). Distrib. Siam and Tenasserim. 



King's plant identified as P. triphylla var. glaucescens is this species. 

 Its capsule is not entire, but emarginate, and the flowers are yellow. 



2. SALOMONIA, Lour. 



Small leafy annuals. Flowers minute in dense terminal spikes, 

 pink. Sepals nearly equal, 2 inner somewhat larger. Petals 3, 

 united at the base with the staminal tube, lower keel-shaped 

 galeate not crested. Stamens 4 or 5 ; filaments united into a sheath 

 for half their length. Ovary 2-celled with one ovule in each cell. 

 Capsule compressed laterally, 2-celled loculicidal, edges toothed. 

 Seed not or hardly strophiolate. Species about 8, east tropical 

 Asia and Australia. 



Leaves ovate, cordate, petioled , . . . (i) S. cantoniensis 



Leaves sessile, elliptic . . . . . . (2) S. oblongifolia 



Leaves sessile, amplexicaul, edges ciliate . . • (3) S. ciliata, 



(i) S. cantoniensis Lour. Fl. Cochinchine 14; King, I.e. 132. 

 A branched annual about 6 in. or less tall. Branches winged. 



