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indefinita, sepalis zequilonga ; ovarii rudimentum oblongum, 1 mm. longum, 
tomentosum ; feemineorum ovarium ad petalorum delapsum 1$ mm. longum, 
ovale, acuminatum, rufo-tomentosum, stylis circiter 10 ovario longioribus. 
Fructus ignotus. 
Hedges along the river banks at Yenping and at Wong Ka Chi, W. Fokien. 
Hongkong Herb. 2399. 
(15 ACTINIDIA SABLEFOLIA, Dunn, sp. n. 
Frutex scandens vel vagans, preter flores omnino glaber. Caules rubri, ad 
exitum ramorum fortiter callosi. Folia ovata, obscure crenata, sinubus mucro- 
nulo notatis, 5-6 em. longa, papyracea, infra pallida, venulis rubris reticulata, 
acuta vel obtusa, basi rotundata, venis secundariis utrinque 5 immersis 
arcuato-ascendentibus, petiolis 2 em. longis. Сута axillares, sub-3-flore, 
petiolos zequantes, bracteis minutis. Flores masculi sepala rotundata 2-3 mm. 
longa, utrinque tenuiter pilosa ; petala alba, obovata, apice rotundata, 5-6 mm. 
longa, staminibus luteis duplo longiora ; ovarii rudimentum globulare, rubro- 
tomentosum. 
Wood-borders and glades on the mountain slopes near Yenping. Hong- 
kong Herb. 2402. Resembling А. melanandra, Franch., but distinguished 
by the shape of its leaves and by its yellow anthers. 
CAMELLIA Еринх, Hance. This rare shrub is now for the third time 
recorded from this single province. Hongkong Herb. 2455. 
POLYGALACEJE. 
POLYGALA LarovenEL Finet et Franch. This plant was found several 
times about springs on the summits of the Yenping Mountains at perhaps 
4500 ft. (Hongkong Herb. 2372.) It shares with the Yunnanese P. saxi- 
cola, Dunn, alone in the genus the character of having fleshy stems and 
peduncles. 
CELASTRACE. 
^»  MICROTROPIS FOKIENENSIS, Dunn, sp. n. 
Frutex 3 m. altus, omnino glaber. Ramuli angulati. Folia opposita, 
oblanceolata, integra, 5-6 cm. longa, acuta, basi longe cuneata, petiolo 4 mm. 
longo. Cyme axillares, 1-2-næ, pauciflore, decurve, 1 сш. longæ, bracteis 
multis triangularibus imbricatis vestite. ^ Flores inter bracteas sessiles ; 
sepala 4, rotundata, 13 mm. longa, late imbricata; stamina 4, in disco 
disposita, sepalis breviora. Fructus juvenis 2-3 mm. longus, ovatus 
acuminatus, stylo 4-1 mm. longo ; stigma quadrilobum. 
Yenping heights at 5000 ft. Hongkong Herb. 2394. 
