ROSACEAE. — MADDENIA 57 
denticulisque argutissime acuminatis, ima basi vero glandulis non- 
nullis stipitatis fimbriata, utrinque glaberrima, nervis utrinsecus 
14-18, supra laete viridis, subtus albicans sed epapillosa, costa venis- 
que ochraceis venarum retieulo debili leviter cinerascente. Racemi 
pedunculis 3-4 em. longis foliatis initio puberulis v. pubescentibus 
dein glabratis insidentes, 3-5 cm. longi, basi 2 cm. diam., densiflori, axi 
pubescente dein glabrato; bracteae calyces haud aequantes v. superi- 
ores pedicellis breviores, rotundatae, glanduloso-fimbriatae; pedicelli 
4 mm. longi pubescenti-hirtelli; cupula 4 mm. longa, basi brevissime 
hirtella ceterum extus intusque glabra; sepala 10 inaequalia, longiores 
3 mm. longa, nulla petaloidea; flores viridescentes v. fusco-purpura- 
Scentes; stamina 23-30 quorum longiora 5-6 mm. longa; pistillum 
9 mm. longum, glabrum, stylus staminibus vix brevior; flores pistillo 
obsoleto munitos non vidi. Drupa 8 mm. longa 5 mm. diam. v. paullo 
major, nigra; putamen 9 :5:4.5 mm., carina levi costulisque paucis ob- 
liquis tenuibus munitum, pariete tenui fragili. 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien alt. 1200-1800 m., May 1907 
(No. 2850), alt. 1200-1500 m., May 10, 1907 (No. 2849); Fang Hsien, 
alt. 1500 m., July 1907 (No. 2848). 
Maddenia hypoxantha Koehne n. sp. 
Frutex 3-6 metralis; ramuli novelli luteo-fusci minutissime pul- 
verulento-puberuli sparsimque pubescenti-hirtelli, demum intense 
fusci, hirtelli, biennes sat crassi, nigricantes, glabri; gemmae crasse 
ovatae, 34.5 mm. longae, squamis ciliatis ceterum glabrae, squamis 
interioribus sub anthesi auctis. Stipulae 10-20 mm. longae, lineares, 
glabrae, usque ad medium tenere glanduloso-serratae; petioli 3-6 mm. 
longi, eglandulosi, adpresso-pilosi demum dense hirtelli; lamina e basi 
cordata v. in foliis supremis obtusa v. acuta oblonga, suprema ob- 
longo-lanceolata v. lanceolata, sub anthesi 4-6.5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. 
lata, demum 9-16.5 em. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, sensim v. subito acumi- 
nata, duplicato-serrata dentibus denticulisque argutissime acuminatis 
saepe flexuosis, ima basi glandulis paucis v. pluribus stipitatis glandu- 
loso-fimbriata, supra glabra, subtus in costa nervisque strigulosa 
facie glabra, nervis utrinsecus 12-20, supra laete v. lutescenti-viridis, 
subtus initio pallidior dein lutescens epapillosa venarum reticulo 
1 This and the two following species are represented also in Wilson’s earlier 
lections by flowering specimens. Maddenia hypoleuca: Chang-yang, - 1901 fs 
429 in part). Maddenia hypozantha: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (No. 4857). 
denia Wilsonii: Chang-yang, June 1901 (No. 429 in part). ALFRED 
