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in acumen porrecta, laterales curvatae et cum nervis arcuatim juuctae; 

 nervi e costa mediana utrinque circa 2-4 marginem versus curvati; e 

 lateralibus versus marginem circa 7-10 breves; nervuli transversi 

 multi conspicui arcuati; omnes, costae nervi et nervuli infra promi- 

 nentes; petiolus crassus, 2-3 cm. longus rugosus. Flores e glomerulis 

 axillaribus v. lateralibus multifloris; umbellulae sessiles, bracteis in- 

 volucrantibus ovatis obtusis ferrugineo-villosis suEFultae; pedicelli 

 villosi 5 mm. longi; perianthii tubus brevis; lobi 6 ovati, integri v. ad 

 apicem pauUo dentati, 3 mm. longi, in 9angustiores quam in Sj extus 

 sericeo-villosi, intus glabri; stamina in flore <? 9, antherarum thecis 2 

 oblongis, ordinis I. et II. filamentis gracilibus glabris et connective 

 umbonato, ordinis III. similes, glandulis 2 magnis prope basim fila- 

 mentorum munitae, omnia conspicue pellucido-punctata; staminodia 

 in flore 9 9, ordinis I. et II. clavata, 2-2.5 mm, longa, ordinis III. 

 subulata, glandulis 2 permagnis ad basim. Ovarium in i rudimenta- 

 rimn, stylo gracili et stigmate peltato; in 9 ovoideum, stylo brevi 

 curvato et stigmate peltato. Fructus niger, ovoideus, circa 8-10 mm. 

 longus, pericarpio lucido et cotyledonibus hemisphaericis; pedicellus 

 fructifer pubescens, 8-10 mm. longus. 



Western Szech'uan: without precise locality, 1890, A, E. Pratt 

 (No. 809); Yachou Fu, thickets, alt. 600-1000 m., June and August 

 1908 (No. 3714); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m., June and September 

 1908 (No. 3715); without precise locahty, alt. 1200-1800 m., June 

 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4428). 



To this also belongs, I think, the specimen collected by F. S. A. Bourne at 

 Chungking and referred to L. strychnifoliaj Vill. var.? by Hemsley. The tree 

 is undoubtedly near L. strychnifolia but has much larger leaves and is I think 

 specifically distinct. 



V 



Lindera rubronervia Gamble, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-3 m. altus; ramuli patentes, teretes, nigrescentes. Folia 

 membranacea, ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata mucronata, basi 

 cuneata, supra siccitate olivacea, subtus glauca, glabra, 5-9 cm. longa, 

 2.5-3.5 cm. lata; costae 3, circa 3-4 mm, supra basim ortae, subtus 

 prominentes et rufescentes, media in mucronem producta, laterales 

 paullo supra folii dimidium nervis arcuatim conjimctae; nervi e costa 

 media utrinque 3-4, rufescentes, curvati et prope marginem arcuatim 

 juncti; reticulatio areolata, supra conspicua; petiolus rufescens, gracilis, 

 3-4 mm, longus. Umbellulae solitariae, e basi ramulorum novorum, 

 fructiferae solum notae; pedunculus subcrassus, 3-4 mm. longus. 

 Bacca globosa, siccitate nigra, 3-5 mm. diam., supra perianthii tubum 



