84. Polygala japonica Houtt.,

Nat. Hist. II(10): Aanwyz. Plaat. [1], 89, tab. 62, fig. 1. 1779.

Lectotypus (designated here by Veldkamp & Callmander): JAPAN: Thunberg s.n. (G-PREL [G00818070]!; isolecto-: G-PREL [G00818071]!) (Fig. 10).

Notes. – A specimen of original material collected by Thunberg has been located in the Japan herbarium in G-PREL. Thunberg annotated it as “ Polygala vulgaris ? Lin.” and Houttuyn as “ Polygala vulgaris Linn. vel potius Japonica, mihi. Nat. Hist. X. Stuk p. 89, Pl. 62. Fig. 1 ” with a later addendum“Thunb. Jap. p. 277”. The specimen is a very good match for the plate and is designated here as the lectotype. A corresponding specimen seems to be absent from UPS- THUNB. Another Thunberg specimen is in the Burman herbarium in G-PREL [G00818071] and should be considered as a duplicate. There are Chinese and Japanese vernacular names at the bottom of the latter sheet which were not mentioned by Houttuyn and do not seem to be in his writing.