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China, and accordini>' to Foi'bes and lleinslny fvoin Sonthevn China to tlin Eastern 
Himalayan region soutlnvard throngli the Malayan Peninsula. Kiiig,'^ however, 
does not record tlie species from tlie Malayan Peninsula. 
Polygala luzoniensis iMerrill s}>. nov. 
perennial herb, ])rostrate, Itranehed from the Itase, the branches 
slender, ])ubeseent, 10 to 30 cm. long. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, firm, 
1 to 1.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide or less, the base obtuse or rounded, rarely 
snltacute, the petiole very short, margins somewhat recurved, the nerves 
3 to 4 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, glaltrous or slightly 
pubescent on the midrib on both surfaces. Flowers in short few flow- 
ered axillary racemes, the Itracts small, caducous. Outer sepals sub- 
e([ual, 2 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, their margins with few hairs, the inner 
sepals petaloid, elliptical-oblong, hyaline, rounded, 5 mm. long, 3 mm. 
wide, 7-nerved from the base, the reticulations not anastomosing, gla- 
brous, all ])ersistent in fruit. Corolla about 5 mm. long, slightly pubescent 
below, the lateral jjctals connate for 2 mm., the free portions oblong, 
obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide. Keel calyptrate, quite entire, crested, 
the crest 1.5 mm. long, many cleft, ])urplish. ■>Staminal tube, free portion, 
1.5 mm. long, the filaments united throughout, the anthers sessile on the 
end of the tul)e, oblong, aliout 0.4 mm. long. Ovary glabrous; style 
curved, 2 mm. long, glabrous; stigma lateral. Fruit flattened, orbicular, 
5 mm. in diameter, glabrous, membranous, reticulate-veined, somewhat 
emarginate, the wing 1 mm. wide. Seed obovoid, 2 mm. long, brown, 
uniforndy but not densely villous, the strophiole w'ith three hyaline 
appendages, one 2 mm. long, the other two about 1 mm. long. 
Lt’zox, Province of Benyuet. Ifagnio to Ainhuklao (4:5(58 Merrill) October, 11)05. 
On dry banks in grass lands at an altitude of about l.OOO in. 
Polygala septemnervia Merrill sji. nov. 
An erect or snberect much bra'nched annual herb 20 to 30 cm. high, 
with small ])ersi.stent bi'acts, and palmately 7-nerved. strongly reticulately 
veined orliicular-ot'ate to sidielliptical inner se})als. Branches more or 
less pilose. Ibeaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
2.5 to d cm. long, 3 to 7 mm. wide, membranous, the margins usually 
sti’ongly revolute, a|.)ex and base acute, with few scattered hairs on the 
upjier surface and margins, the lateral nerves obscure; petioles abotit 
1 mm. long. I’aeemes axillary and terminal, few oi' many liowered, 
the flowers nodding, the axis slightly pul)eseent, the pedicels slender 2 
to 3 mm. long, bracts ])crsistent, lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, about 
1 mm. long. .Sepals .strongly reticulate-veined, the three outer ones 
somewhat mie(|ual, oblong to elli])tical ovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm. long, 
thei]' margins minutely ciliate, the two inner ones ])etaloid, suborbicular 
ovate to sul)clli])tical, rounded, 4 mm. long in anthesis, 5 to 7 mm. long 
in fruit, membranous, strongly palmately 7-nerved, the reticulations 
’’ .Matci'iiil for the Flora of the (Mabiyan Peninsula (188!)). 
