50U MR. S. TROYTE DUNN ON 
Umbelle in rhachidem 7 poll. longam racemose disposite ; rhachis 
ramique aciculis sparsis armati. Fructus ater, didymus, stylum 
longum bifidum (ante stigmatorum decessum) ferens: pedicelli 
bracteati, 4-6 lin. longi. 
Yunnan: Menetze, mountain-forests at 5000 ft., 4. Henry, 
9180 A. 
Brassaiopsis ficifolia, Dunn. Frutex nunquam erectus, sed 
super humum 3-4 pedes extensus, cortice pallido lenticellato, 
aculeis paucis rectis armato. Folia membranacea, triloba vel 
rarius 4-6-loba, cordata, lobis ovatis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, 
palmam 2-4-plo exeedentibus, sinibus rotundatis, supra glabra, 
subter pallida, obscure et sparse stellato-pubescentia, serrata, 
petiolo glabro paullo longiora; stipuli obtusi, ultra vaginam 
petiolarem breviter producti, connati vel distincti. Inflorescentia 
foliis brevior, rubro-pubescens, inermis. Umbelle in rachidi 
brevi racemose vel rarius paniculate disposite. lores albi. 
Sepala obscura. etala 5, valvata. Stamina 5. Discus sub 
anthesi convexus, in fructu planus. Ovarium 2-loculare; columna 
sty!aris apice bilobata. Fructus vix maturus didymus, 4 lin. diam. 
Yunnan: common along the rocky banks of streamlets in the 
shade in the forests near Szemao, A. Henry, 11650, 12653, 
12653 A, 12653 B. Tonkin: Balansa, 3490. 
Creopanax chinense, Dunn; species gerontogea unica. 
Arbor 30-pedalis. Folia digitata, petiolo equilonga; foliola 6, 
subcoriacea, ovata, breviter acuminata, minora 3-7 poll. longa, 
supra glabra, subter sparse stellato-tomentosa alba, margine 
integro leviterrevoluto, petiolulos 5-plo longiora. Infructescentia 
indumento stellato pulverulenta; umbelle in ramis lougis 4 
rachidi brevi descendentibus, terminalia 1-14-pollicaria, cetera 
minora in ramis brevibus secundariis disposita. Mructus bracteati, 
brevipeduncuiati, globos densos formantes, angulati, 3 lin. diam., 
5-loculares, endocarpio membranaceo; discus explanatus, 
annulo calycis cinctus ; stylorum columna stigmatibus 5 radi- 
antibus coronata ; semina ovoidea, albumine ruminato. 
Yunnan: Szemao, forests at 4500 ft., A. Henry, 12939. 
The genus was hitherto known only from Tropical America. 
Vernonia Henryi, Dunn; in genere ob floris aureis V. Farges??, 
Franch., solum comparanda, ab hac longe remota. 
