186 CRAIB—POLYGALA FURCATA, ROYLE, AND ITS ALLIES, 
his S. Hamiltonit to be the P. triphylla, Don non Burm. f., but 
in his description he says flowers “‘ albidi apicem versus rubentes 
(flavi ex D. Don l.c.),” 7.e. his S. Hamiltonii agrees in the colour 
of the flowers with Royle’s P. triphylla and is not Don’s plant. 
S. glaucescens is based on the Wallichian P. glaucescens from 
Nepaul, which is, as noted above, probably the true P. triphylla, 
D. Don. In the case of his S. hyalinum Hasskarl again derived 
his specific name from a Wallichian plant (P. hyalina from 
Burma), but he quotes in addition a plant collected by Zippelius 
from New Guinea. 
In 1872 * Kurz published a new species of this group from 
Parish’s Tenasserim collections under the name P. cardiocarpa. 
In the same year Bennett’s { elaboration of the Indian species 
was published, so that Kurz’s species is not included. Bennett’s 
treatment of P. triphylla, D. Don, follows on the whole that of 
Royle and Hasskarl. Excluding his quotations of synonyms, 
we may Say that his var. 1 Triphylla proper is for the most part 
Royle’s and not Don’s P. triphylla, and that his var. 2 Glaucescens 
agrees for the most part with P. furcata, Royle, i.e. with P. 
triphylla, D. Don. 
Kurz in his later contributions to the flora of Burma 
enumerates two species, viz. his own P. cardiocarpa and P. 
glaucescens. While he quotes P. furcata, Royle, as a synonym 
of the latter, he makes no mention of P. triphylla. 
From this date onwards until a few years ago the nomen- 
clature published in the Flora of British India was more or less 
adhered to, i.e. Don’s original description notwithstanding, the 
true P. triphylla, D. Don, was regarded as the plant with red 
or red-tipped flowers, and P. triphylla var. glaucescens as the 
yellow-flowered form. The comparatively recent monograph 
by Chodat practically follows accepted usage. 
The unsatisfactory condition of the nomenclature was full 
realised when I was working with the late Mr J. H. Lace on his 
Burmese collections. Our work then resulted in the publication 
of two new species—P. palustris and P. pellucida—which, 
however, are but remotely connected with this group. 
Further work had, however, to be suspended until we had 
examined authentic material of P. cardiocarpa, Kurz, of which 
species there was no material in this country. I am indebted 
to Major A. T. Gage, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Calcutta, for an opportunity of examining Kurz’s 
original plant. Examination of Kurz’s plant enabled the work 
to be completed by the publication of two more new species— 
P. Lacei and P, umbonata, . 
* Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, p. 293. 
+ Bennett in Hook f., Fl. Brit, India, i, p. 200 (1872). 
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