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d uncles. I have seen at Kew a specimen from Hainan labelled P. pauciflorum. 

 Tlie specimen is quite in accord with the present pLiut. 



Pittosporum daphniphylloides HAY ATA Materials for a Flora of 



Formosa p. 34. Leaves petiolate, oblong or obloug-oblanceolate, abruptly 

 acute at the apex, abruptly attenuate at the liase, 15 cm. long, 4} cm. broad, 

 subentire on the margin, or obscurely repaudate, coriaceous, primary lateral 

 veins 10-15 on lx>th sides, spreading from the costa at an angle of 60, 

 veiulets reticulate, im] \\ the upper surface, but elevated on the lower 



surface eoefca impressed above, elevated below, petioles 2. V cm. long. Racemes 

 clustered on the apex of the branches, or paniculate. Capsules glolx>se, 6 

 mm. in diameter mucronate at the apex, 2-valved, dehiscent, valves thick 

 coriaceous lO-15-seeded. Seeds augulate, compressed, 3 mm. long, 2l- mm. 

 broad, smooth, reddish. 



HAB. Taito, Dakunsha. 



This is near P. flaribvndtun W. et A. ; but differs from it by the fruits 

 and leaves. There is at Kew a specimen exactly like this, labelled Piitos- 

 porum sp. (China, WILSON. X... :;_ 



Polygaleae. 

 Pol i) gal a LINN. 



DicJtotomou* Key to the Formosan Species. 



Leaves much larger, longer tliau 10 cm P. arcii.o.'.a. 



Leaves rather small, 2-3 cm. Lmg 1 . 

 1 Plant erect very small, less than 12 cm. high P. Tatarinowii. 



Plant hrger, pixx-umljent at the bas? or erect, more than 15 cm. high. 



FL >wers glomerate P. c/lomerafa. 



Flowei-s racemose P. japonica. 



Polygala arcuata HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 54. (^uite glabrous, 

 except young branches which are slightly pubescent ; stem lignified, mostly 

 simple, not biauched. Leaves petiolate, blade membi'anaceous somewhat 

 thick, elliptical lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 10 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, base 



