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POLYGALACEAE 
Polygala Linnaeus 
Polygala birmanica (O. Ktz.) Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 124, 126. 1895. 
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Heterosamara birmanica O. Ktz. Rev. Gen. PI. 47. 1891. , {7 Ct7 
Polygala triphylla Ham. forma monstrosa Benn.; O. Ktz. L.c. in syn. 
Polygala heteroptera Benn.; O. Ktz. [.c. in syn. 
Kuntze’s description was based on his own No. 6286 from Moulmein, 
Burma (Britton Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden, and Herb. 
Kew), and Parish 442 from the same locality, Herb. Kew.  Craib 
(FT. Siam. Enum. 1: 100. 1925) erroneously placed it as a synonym 
of Polygala cardiocarpa Kurz. Dr. Moldenke and Mr. Fischer, who 
recently examined the several sheets at Kew, identified as P. cardio- 
carpa Kurz, and which seem to be identical with Kuntze’s specimen, 
report that in every case the name  wdiocarpa has been erossed out 
and an annotation added by Craib ‘‘this is not cardiocarpa.”’ Chodat’s 
extensive note should be consulted ; he gives a greatly detailed descrip- 
tion (p. 127) based on Xuntze 6286, leaving the species in the section 
Semeiïocardium in the alliance with Polygala triphylla Ham. and 
P. glaucescens Royle. 
