lOB MERRILL AND ROLFE. 



MALPIGHIACEylO. 



ASPIDOPTERIS A. Jiiss. 



Aspidopteris ovata i I'liic/.. i Morrill & Rolfe coiiih. iiov. 



J\'i/ss(ji>t< rifi urata Turf/,, in Hull. Soc. Xat. Mosc. 3 6" (ISti.'}) 583. 



Aspidopteris S]). Vidixl I'liaii. Cuiuing. Philip. (IHSo) !)!). 



Vombretuin sexalaitttn Mi-rr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (IDOfi) 8nppl. 212, in 

 part, excl. For. Bur. 3130 Ahern's collector. 



Luzon, Province of Albay, Cuminy !).'/!, 9-'f~'-' Province of Rizal, Novaliclies, 

 Loher 5138; Montalban, Loher 175, 176; Bosoboso, Merrill 2811; For. Bur. 1163, 

 1868, 3126, 3321 Ahern's collector: Province of Tayabas, Lucena, Merrill 2891. 

 Panay, Miagao, Vidal 2738. TiCAO, Vidal 22-',2. Masbate, Merrill 3380. 



A rather widely diffused and somewhat variable endemic species, apparently 

 related to Aspidopteris elliptica A. Juss. It was first described by Turczaninow 

 under Fyssopteris, his type being one of Cuming's numbers cited above. However, 

 Vidal, in working up Cuming's plants, overlooked Turczaninow's description and 

 entered it in his Phanerogamae Cumingianae Pliilippinarum as Aspidopteris sp. 

 Vombretuin sexalatum Merrill, is a mixture, being based on the flowering speci- 

 mens of a true Combretum (p. 116), while the fruiting specimen described is 

 Aspidopteris oca la. 



POLYGALACE.^]. 



POLYGALA Linn. 



Polygala persicariaefol ia DC Piodr. 1 (1824) 320; Chodat Monog. Polygal. 

 (1891) 331; /S Wallichiana Cliodat 1. c 



Polygala septemnervia Merr. in Pliilip. .lourn. Sci. 1 (IDUO) Suppl. 202. 



Philippines, without locality, Micholil-. Luzon, Province of Benguet, Merrill 

 .'(263, J,-',01. Panay, Vidal 2090. 



We are of the opinion that Polf/f/ala septennicrria Merr., can not In- distin- 

 guished specifically from /'. prrsicariarfolio DC. it being accordingly heie 

 reduced. 



British India to southern China and Timor, witli some forms in tropical 

 Africa. 



Polygala japonica Houtt. Handleid. 10 (177i>) 8!), t. 6i, f. 1; Cliodat Monog. 

 Polygal. (1891) 353. 



Polyfjdld luzoniensis Men-, in Pliilip. .loiini. Sci. 1 ( l!l()(i i Sup]jl. 202. 



Luzon, i'lovincc of Benguet. Loiter Id.U : Merrill .'/.UiS. 



I'olyyulu lu.zo}iiensis Merrill is appaicntly only a foiiii of /'. japonica and is 

 here reduced to that species. 



.lapiin to I'ormosa and Celebes. 



Polygala triphylla Ham. in" I). Don I'rodr. Kl. Nei)al. (1825) 200; Cho.lat 

 1. c. 4 1. 



Lizo.N-, Province of I'.cnguct. Kubnyan, Merrill 'I'l'/^. October, 1905. 

 India to sontiiciii (liina :ihi1 .la|i:in: new to tin- l*liilip[)ii)es. 



I)I('iiai'i:t.\la('ioj-:. 



DICHAPETALUM Dnp. 'I'iioUiirs. 



DIchapetalum iuzoniense Mcnill \ Knife sp. nov. S IliKliehu pelnhim. 



Vv\\\v\ sciindciis ; raiiiis juiiiorilnis (Iciisc rulv()-]nil)('s(cntil)us ; I'oliis 

 cllipticu-ovntis, aciitis vol ohsctirc afuiniiuilis. supra iicrvis I'xccj^tis 

 <,nal)ris. sul)tiis |ii-acs(M-t iiii ml iicrvus dciisc ()livaccii-|)iiltcscciililius ; cvmis 



