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longa 4 mm. Ijita apice rotundata, basi ciuieata valde coneava. Petala alte 

 coalita, lateralia arcte imbricata 8 mm. longa 2 mm. lata apice rotundata, medio 

 plicato-reflexa basi oblique rotuudata, carina latei^e interioro connata apice 

 cristam l^ mm. longam digitiformem gerens, digitis incrassatis. Ovarium 

 glabram breviter stipitatuni (disco late annulari) rotundatuu: obcordatum 2 rara. 

 latum valde complanatum, margine subalatum. Stigma infequale superne 

 breve dentiforme apice puuctiforme inferue sirbdilatatum concavum acutum. 

 Stylus apice diLatus, infra stigma appendiculatus. Capsula ignota. 



Hab. Montibus centralibus : Arisan, leg. S. Sas.vki, Jau. 1911. 



Near P. arcuafa Hayata and P. nimhorum Dunn (in FI. Kwangt. and 

 Hongk. p. 39) ; but diffei-s from the former by the larger light purple flowers 

 aud smaUer leaves, and from the latter by the smaller leaves with very much 

 fewer lateral veins. 



Polygala Stenophylla Hayata sp. uov. SufFrutesceus. Caulis erectus 

 i-ectus, simplex eramosus, toto longitudine foliatus, 30-40 cm. longns, gi-acilli- 

 mus, teres, 1 nun. iu diametro sectiouis, flavesceus, glaber. Folia altema, 

 subsessilia, lauceolata linearia vel liueai-i-lanceolata, 3 cm. louga, 3 mm. lata, 

 aiJiee acuta vel obtusa, basi obtusa, suberecta uti-inque glabra, membrauacea, 

 supra teuuissime reticulata, subtus pallida, petiolis brevibus 1 ram. lougis vel 

 brevioribus. Raeemi simj)lices tenuinales 5-6 cm. longi, laxe florati, ijedicellis 

 2-3 mm. lougis basi 2-bracteatis, bracteis minutis ovatis 1 mm. longis. Sepala 

 exteriora 3, suliffiqualia oblonga, 2J mm. longa, valde concava, interiora 

 obovata 5 mm. longa, 3 mra. lata, apice rotrmdata, l.iasi subito cuneata obliqua 

 ± concava. Petala lateralia asceudentia, oblonga 5 mm. longa, 1 J mm. lata, 

 a medio oo-forme conti-acta, basi cum carina coahta, supra basiu libera, iutus 

 deorsTim hirsuta, apice obscure 2-3-IobuIata obliqua, carina sublibera basi 

 imguiculata cum cristara 7 mm. louga 2^ mm. lata comjilete latere interiore 

 couuata, uuguis 2^ mm. lougis, lamiuis basi superne auriculatis, cristis 5-fidis, 

 segmentis alte multi-fimbriatis. Stamina 8, vagina stamiuum lata, esplicatio 

 l^ mm. lata Zlr mm. louga. Ovarium breve stipitatum obcordatum, stigmata 

 iuseqiiaUa, superius sessile, iuferius late stipitatum, stipite complanato j mra. 

 longo, utrumque pectinatum. 



