20 Aemilius Koehne. 
vero e ramis summitati consimilibus compositae; axis, ramuli pedicellique 
4goni subalati, saepe breviter hirtelli; bracteae pleraeque hypsophyl- 
loideae, 2—8 mm. lg., obl. v. rotundatae, saepe utrinq. acuminatae, deci- 
duae; pedicelli singuli 3—15 mm. lg. Alabastra globosa. Flores 6meri, 
rariss. 4-, 5- v. Tmeri. — Calyx (7—10 mm.) turbinato-semiglobosus, 
glaber, fructifer semiglobosus; lobi erecti; appendices nullae. — Petala 
(4—)6 (7) albida v. rosea v. purpurea. — Stamina circ. 36—42, calycis 
fere basi ipsi inserta; episepala 6(v. 4—7) circ. 15—24 mm. lg.; epipetala 
5—6na illis !/; breviora filamentis basi subcohaerentibus; antherae ellip- 
ticae, staminum majorum majores virides, minorum flavae; loculamenta 
basi apiceq. vix contigua. — Ovarium 6-loculare; stylus circ. 16— 
20 mm. lg., stamina longiora circ. aequans. — Capsula ellipsoideo-glo- 
bosa, 9—13 mm. lg., 8—11mm. diam., calyce semi-inclusa; valvae haud 
suleatae. Semina, ala 5 mm. longa elliptica adjecta, 8 mm. lg. 
Forma a. latifolia Koehne. Folia late ellipt. v. rotund. (lg.: lat. 
= ? v, 1:1), magis coriacea, ` 
Forma b, angustifolia Koehne. Folia anguste oblongo - ellipt. 
(lg.:lat. fere = 3: 1), utrinq. acuta v. apice subacuminata, submem- 
branacea. 
(Var. pallida Benth., in Hk. journ. and Kew misc. 4. 81, Seem. Herald 377, haud 
distinguenda.] 
As. Au. Chin. Jap. Japonia: sponte et culta: Yokohama jul.-aug.! Nagasaki! in 
monte Fuji- no-Yama in silva 1550—2250 m. alt. sec. cl. Rein; ad declivia montana 
Kawa Yama jun.-aug. verisim. spontanea sec. Mq.; China borealis! Peking (culta)! 
Shang-hai! China centr., prov. Kiang-si: Kieu-Kiang! — In collinis cirea Canton 
et secus fluvios North et West Rivers prov. Cantonensis vulgaris et certe spontanea sec. 
Hance journ. of bot. 4879, p. 44; Mons. Forsan sponte in parte orientali sec. cl. Clarke; 
Hongkong!, sponte circa templum Buddhae sec. Seemann; Macao, ex horto, jul.! 
Yünnan sec. Kz.; Cochinchina et culta et sponte sec. Lour.; Manila, Melindres sec. 
Blanco; Molucc. sec. Blume; Java! Culta in Burma et India orientali, maj.-jun. flor., 
inde a Tenasserim usq. ad Ava, ad N. W. India! et Coromandel! — — Au. Penins. 
York lit. orientali: Cape Sidmouth sec. F. Müll. l. c. — — Colitur in ins. Réunion!, 
Europa calidiore, in Civitatum Unitarum parte meridionali, in Antillis, Venezuela, Bra- 
silia (fl. febr.) et Argentina. 
d, Calyx leniter 40— 12costulatus, 51/9—4Y/9mm. lg. Petala cum unguiculo 2!/4— 
A mm. longo 5!/—6 mm. longa. (Nr. 530.) 
330 (4). L. subcestata Koehne n. sp. 
leon, Koehne atl. ined. t. 82. f. 330. 
Ramuli hornotini teretiusculi v. lineis 4 prominentibus notati, glabri 
v. brevit. hirtello-pubescentes. Internodia cire. 1—3 cm. lg., foliis bre- 
viora. Gemmae 11,9—21/, mm. lg., squamis paucis inclusae. — Folia 
suboppos., pulvinis haud suffulta, petiolis 2—31/, mm. longis insid., basi 
vix attenuata v. sat obtusa, ovata v. oblongo-ovata v. obl.-lanceol. (15— 
130 mm. : 10—36 mm., acuminata, summo apice obtusiuscula, interd. 
rigidula, opaca, supra minutim parceq. puberula v. glabra, subt. hirtella 
