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ramorum lateralium brevium 1-5 cm. longorum, glaberrima, an 

 nutans?; flores flavescentes, 3-8 conferti; alabastra apiculata; pedi- 

 celli floribus sublongiores; sepala patula, apice breviter acuminata, 

 petalis obovalibuslongiora; ovaria discum duplo superantia. Fructus 

 cylindricus, 8-9 mm. longus, 4-4.5 mm. crassus, basi disco 1 mm. 

 longo circumdatus, apice stylo 1 mm. longo coronatus, pedicello 2- 

 2.5 mm. longo. 



Western Szech'uan : west of Kuan Hsien, Nin-tou-shan, 

 alt. 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 3381, type); north of Tachien-Iu, 

 thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., June 1908 (No. 3379). 



The dense-flowered rather short inflorescence, terminating very short branchlets 

 which commonly bear only 2 or 3 leaves, distinguish this species at once. It seems 

 most nearly related to B, kulingensis Schneider, which differs in its scarcely papil- 

 lose leaves, its more acute flower-buds and in its minute ciliate sepals. A specimen 

 collected by E. Maire, Yunnan, alt. 400 m., June 1910, with rather young flowers 

 of which the sepals are more obtuse, much resembles this number. The leaves, 

 however, are more ovate, otherwise I can detect no difference. 



Berchemia kulingensis Schneider, n. sp. 



Frutex scandens, ad 3 m. altus; ramuli hornotini flavescentes, 



glabri, rotundi, deinde brunnescentes ; gemmae stipulaeque normales. 



Folia papyracea, ovata v. ad basim inflorescentiae late lanceolata, apice 



acuta, mucronulata, basi rotunda v. subcordata, 2.5-5 cm. longa, et 



1.2-2.5 cm. lata, supra viridia, glabra, subtus pallida, glabra, vix 



papillosa, nervis utrinque 8-9; petioli 0.6-0.9 cm. longi, glabri. In- 



florescentia satis anguste paniculata, in apice ramulorum lateralium 



3-18 cm. longorum terminalis, infra foliata, glabra, 3 ad 8 cm. longa; 



flores viridescentes, 2-3 conferti; alabastri globosi, sed distincte 



subito acumlnati, petiolo floribus sub-breviore; sepala acuminata, 



minutissime ciliata, petalis obovalibus longiora; ovaria discum duplo 



superantia. Fructus ignotus. 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1600 m., abundant, July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1513), 



According to the leaves and flowers a specimen collected by C. Ford at Hongkong 

 may belong to this species, but the inflorescence of the Hongkong plant looks 

 rather different, terminating shorter branches or being sometimes quite axillary. 

 The petioles measure up to 11 mm. 



Berchemia yunnanensis Franchet in Bull Soc. BoL Francej s^r. 2, 

 VIII. (XXXIII.) 456 (1886), 



Descriptio emendanda: Frutex scandens, 3-5 m. altus; ramuli ab 

 initio glabri, rotundi, olivacei v. fuscescentes; gemmae stipulaeque 



