20 The Philippine Jowmal of Science isis 



Staminodes 0.5 mm long or less, or sometimes obsolete, the 

 petals then with an evident gland in the median portion. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province (Dinagat Island), For. Bur. 26985 Ponce, 

 July 22, 1917, in thin poor soil on semi-open slopes, altitude about 20 

 meters. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Tetractomia tetrandra 

 (Roxb.) Merr. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 76 (1917) 87 {T. rox- 

 burghii Hook, f.), from which it is distinguished especially by its differently 

 shaped leaves which are broadly rounded at their apices. 



POLYGALACEAE 



POLYGALA Linnaeus 



POLYGALA CARDIOCARPA Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 41" (1872) 

 293; Gagnep. in Lecomte Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1899) 253. 



Negros, near Dumaguete, Eskridge s. n., 1913, with the Visayan name 

 chicate. 



This species, previously reported only from Burma and Indo-China, 

 is allied to Polygala triphylla Ham. The Philippine specimen agrees closely 

 with duplicates of Thorel's Mekong collections cited by Gagnepain as 

 representing Kurz's species. 



POLYGALA ELONGATA Klein in Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1806) 879. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Tanculan, \BMr. Sci. 26016 Fenix, 

 July 12, 1916, in open grasslands: Cotabato District, Makar, Copeland s. n., 

 December, 1911. 



This species is reported only from India. The identification of the 

 above specimens has been made entirely from the descriptions; they seem 

 to conform more closely to the form described by Hasskarl as Polygala 

 eumekes which Chodat has reduced to Polygala elongata Klein as forma 

 heyneana (Wall.) Chodat. 



HIPPOCRATEACEAE 



HIPPOCRATEA Linnaeus 

 HIPPOCRATEA MEGALOCARPA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis coriaceis, integris, ellipticis ad 

 late ellipticis, apice rotundatis vel brevissime abrupte obtuseque 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis; capsulis oblongo- 

 ellipticis circiter 10 cm longis et 4 cm latis, seminibus 5. 



A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches and branchlets terete, 

 brownish. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, entire, coriaceous, 

 rather pale and slightly shining when dry, of the same color 

 on both surfaces, 7 to 13 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, apex rounded 

 or very shortly and abruptly blunt-acuminate, base usually 

 rounded ; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, rather 

 prominent, reticulations lax; petioles stout, 8 to 10 mm long. 



