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longa 4 mm. lata apice rotundata, basi cuneata valde concava. Petala alte 

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

 plicato-reflexa basi oblique rotundata, carina latere interiore connata apice 

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

 glabrum breviter stipitatum (disco late annulari) rotundatum obcordatum 2 mm. 

 latum valde complanatum, margine subalatum. Stigma insequale superiie 

 breve dentiforme apice punctiforme inferne subdilatatum concavum acutum. 

 Stylus apice dilatus, infra stigma appendiculatus. Capsula ignota. 



HAB. Montibus centralibus : Arisan, leg. S. SASAKI, Jan. 1911. 



Near P. arcuata HAYATA and P. nimborum DUNN (in Fl. Kwangt. and 

 Hongk. p. 39) ; but differs from the former by the larger light purple flowers 

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

 fewer lateral veins. 



Polygala stenophylla HAYATA sp. nov. Suffrutescens. Caulis erectus 

 rectus, simplex eramosus, toto longitudine foliatus, 30-40 cm. longus, gracilli- 

 mus, teres, 1 mm. in diametro sectionis, flavescens, glaber. Folia altenia, 

 subsessilia, lanceolata linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, 3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 

 apice acuta vel obtusa, basi obtusa, suberecta utrinque glabra, membranacea, 

 supra tenuissime reticulata, subtus pallida, petiolis brevibus 1 mm. longis vel 

 brevioribus. Racemi simplices terminales 5-6 cm. longi, laxe florati, pedicellis 

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

 exteriora 3, subsequalia oblonga, 2|- mm. longa, valde concava, interiora 

 obovata 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, apice rotundata, basi subito cimeata obliqua 

 concava. Petala lateralia ascendentia, oblonga 5 mm. longa, 1| mm. lata, 

 a medio oo -forme contracta, basi cum carina coalita, supra basin libera, intus 

 deorsum hirsuta, apice obscure 2-3-lobulata obliqua, carina sublibera basi 

 unguiculata cum cristam 7 mm. longa 2 mm. lata complete latere interiore 

 connata, unguis 2 mm. longis, lamiiiis basi superne auriculatis, cristis 5-fidis, 

 segmentis alte multi-fimbriatis. Stamina 8, vagina staminum lata, explicatio 

 l mm. lata 3 mm. longa. Ovarium breve stipitatum obcordatum, stigmata 

 insequalia, superius sessile, inferius late stipitatum, stipite complanato f mm. 

 longo, utrumque pectiiiatum. 



