349 F. Fedde. 
inerassata; costa infra leviter elevata; venae immersae inconspieuae, 
Capsula valde immatura tantum visa, ovoidea, cum stylis erectis circiter 
1 cm longa, dense pilosa, pilis longis stellatis fuscis. 
China: Fokien; S. T. Dunn, Hb. Hongk. 2681. 
Specimens of a Distylium from the same source, numbered 2680, 
may belong to the same species, though the leaves are 4—6 cm long, 
with distinct petioles. The very similar young capsules are either solitary 
or 2—4 on each peduncle. 
34. Sycopsis Dunnii W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon., IX (1907), tab. 
2836. /Hamamelidaceae.] . 
Ab S. sinensi D. Oliv., floribus femineis haud capitatis, ab S. Tutcheri 
Hemsl., foliis acuminatis recedit. 
Arbor 9—10 m alta; rami florigeri graciles, primum lepidoti, cortice 
cinereo, Folia petiolata, erassa, coriacea, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 
6—12 cm longa, utrinque attenuata, integra, cito glabrescentia, supra 
nitida, subtus pallidiora. Stamina monadelpha (?). Pistillodium ad stylos 
2 breves redactum. Receptaculum florum femineorum urceolatum, cir- 
citer 5 mm longum, densissime lepidotum, lepidibus multidenticulatis vel 
fimbrillatis, ovoideum, bracteolis paucis oblongis obtusis apice ciliolatis 
irregulariter instructum. | Sepala (?) 1—3, bracteolis simillima. Ovarium 
densissime sericeo-pilosum, pilis stellatis radiis longissimis; styli glabri, 
longissime exserti, revoluti. Capsula globoso-ovoidea, circiter 1 cm 
diametro maximo, dense ferrugineo-pilosa, receptaculo irregulariter rupto 
suffulta. 
China: Fokien; S. T. Dunn., Hb. Hongk 533, 2695. 
35. Sycopsis laurifolia Hemsley in Hookers Icon., IX (1907) in adn. 
ad tab. 2836. 
Ab omnibus speciebus adhuc cognitis foliis subtus conspicue pauci- 
nervis densissime persistenterque tomentosis distincta. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, ramis floriferis rigidis cinereis glabris. 
Folia persistentia, longiuscule petiolata, coriacea, lanceolata, cum petiolo 
1—2 em longo 5—10 cm longa, acuta, basi cuneata, integra, supra 
glabra, nitida, a basi triplinervia, subtus pilis stellatis persistentibus 
primum fulvis demum cinereis densissime tomentosa; costa supra im- 
pressa, venis ultimis crebre reticulatis, subtus elevata; venae primariae 
utrinque saepius 5, e costa sub angulo acuto excurrentes, subtus conspi- 
cuae. Capsulae ovoideae, circiter 1 cm longae, pilosae, saepius solitariae, 
interdum 2 vel 3 aggregatae. 
China: Yunnan; Mengtze, growing on rocks at 1,500 m, A. Henry, 
14565. | 
36. Sycopsis philippinensis Hemsley in Hookers Icon., IX (1907) in adn. 
ad tab. 2836. 
Species foliis amplis venis primariis subtus conspicuis curvatis inter 
se intra marginem anastomosantibus. 
Rami floriferi cinerei, crebre lenticellati, juniores parce lepidoti, 
internodiis brevibus, Folia distincte petiolata, coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, 
