XIII. P 0 LYGALACEA 2 . 
[Polygala. 
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2-celIed 2-ovuled; capsule 2-celled, loculicidal. Seeds usually 
strophiolate and albuminous. Whole world except Tasmania, 
about 250 species. 
Shrubs; flowers axillary. 
Fleshy plant; fruit winged .... 
Woody plant; fruit not winged . . • 
Shrublet; raceme terminal, erect; flowers white . 
Small herb with small yellow flowers, prostrate 
with narrow lanceolate leaves 
Erect herb; leaves ovate; flowers many very small 
yellow . . 
(1) P. venenosa 
(2) P. pulchra 
(3) P. monticola 
(4) P. brachystachya 
(5) P. cardiocarpa 
(1) P. venenosa Juss. in Poir. Diet. v. 4931 King, l.c. 130. 
A glabrous shrubby plant 4 to 6 ft. tall. Leaves thin rather 
fleshy, lanceolate and oblong-lanceolate acuminate and narrowed 
at the base; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 15 to 4 L . n - wide; 
petioles '2 in. long. Racemes axillary pendulous x to 3 m. long. 
Sepals translucent, tipped with pink. Petals white, keel not 
crested chrome yellow withering to violet pink with a crimson 
keel. Capsule reniform -3 in. long 4-winged all round purple. 
Seed with scarlet aril. Hab. In mountain forests from 1500 to 
ssoo ft. altitude. Rarely below this. The form here is the var. 
robusta, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat, i. (2), 126. Pahang Pulau Tawar. 
Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Kloss); Menuang Gasmg (Kloss); Semang- 
kok. Perak, Thaiping Hills (all coUectors). Gunong Kerbau (Robin¬ 
son); Gapis Pass (Curtis); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Penang, 
West Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Malay Islands. Nalive name : hatum- 
bit Hitam. , x 
(2) P. pulchra Hassk, Flor. xxv. (2); Beibl, 32. 
Slender woody shrub 4 ft. tall. Leaves membranous thin, 
oblong-lanceolate; nerves 9 pairs, 8 in. long, 3 m. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Racemes 1 in. long, pendulous. Sepals 2 outer ones, 
one saccate ovate acute, the other small ovate; petaloid sepals 
obovate round, *25 in. long. Petals 2 short oblong blunt; keel 
4-lobed, fleshy not crested. All white tinted yellow. Capsule 
obovoid orbicular deeply retuse, not winged except at tip, green 
tipped with purple or nearly all purple, '2 in. long, *3 in. wide. 
Seed sub-globose, aril scarlet. Hab. Hill woods, Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Tangga. Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Ridley); Ulu Langat 
(Kloss). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Java and Sumatra. 
This is easily recognised by the slender woody stem, narrower leaves and 
smaller flowers. 
(3) P. monticola Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 803. 
A simple erect shrublet 2 ft. tall. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long, 1 ‘5 m - 
wide, lanceolate acuminate at both ends, glabrous or with a lew 
hairs; nerves 8 pairs; petioles *5 in. long. Raceme dense erect. 
Flowers white, keel pink -25 in. long; pedicels very short. Sepals 
outer ovate rounded pubescent. Petals oblong, keel crested pmk 
