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Staminodes 0.5 mm long or less, or sometimes obsolete, the 
petals then with an evident gland in the median portion. 
Mindanao, Surigao Province (Dinagat Island), For. Bur. 26985 Ponce, 
July 22, 1917, in thin poor soil on semi-open slopes, altitude about 20 
meters. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Tetractomia tetrandra 
(Roxb.) Merr. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 76 (1917) 87 (T. rox- 
burghii Hook, f.), from which it is distinguished especially by its differently 
shaped leaves which are broadly rounded at their apices. 
POLYGALACEAE 
POLYGALA Linnaeus 
POLYGALA CARDIOCARPA Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 41 2 (1872) 
293; Gagnep. in Lecomte FI. Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1899) 253. 
Negros, near Dumaguete, Eskridge s. n., 1913, with the Visayan name 
chicate. 
This species, previously reported only from Burma and Indo-China, 
is allied to Polygala triphylla Ham. The Philippine specimen agrees closely 
with duplicates of Thorel’s Mekong collections cited by Gagnepain as 
representing Kurz’s species. 
POLYGALA ELONGATA Klein in Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1806) 879. 
Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Tanculan, Bur. Sci. 26016 Fenix, 
July 12, 1916, in open grasslands: Cotabato District, Makar, Copeland s. n., 
December, 1911. 
This species is reported only from India. The identification of the 
above specimens has been made entirely from the descriptions; they seem 
to conform more closely to the form described by Hasskarl as Polygala 
eumekes which Chodat has reduced to Polygala elongata Klein as forma 
heyneana (Wall.) Chodat. 
HIPPOCRATEACEAE 
HIPPOCRATEA Linnaeus 
H1PPOCRATEA MEGALOCARPA sp. hov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis coriaceis, integris, ellipticis ad 
late ellipticis, apice rotundatis vel brevissime abrupte obtuseque 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis; capsulis oblongo- 
ellipticis circiter 10 cm longis et 4 cm latis, seminibus 5. 
A scandent glabrous shrub, the branches and branchlets terete, 
brownish. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, entire, coriaceous, 
rather pale and slightly shining when dry, of the same color 
on both surfaces, 7 to 13 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, apex rounded 
or very shortly and abruptly blunt-acuminate, base usually 
rounded ; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, rather 
prominent, reticulations lax; petioles stout, 8 to 10 mm long. 
