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ciles^ circiter 3 mm. longi, basi bractea subulato-lanceolata dimidium 

 pedicellum aequante suffulti, apice bracteolas duas lanceolatas circiter 



1 mm. longus gerentes; sepala ovata, acuta, margine minute denticu- 

 lata, dorso lineata; petala fere ad medium connata, 2.5 mm. longa, 

 lobis late rotundatis, lineis paucis plerumqtie duobus interniptis pictis; 

 antherae ovatae, utrinque emarginatae, prope basin dorsifixae, medium 

 loborum attingentes, filamenta subaequantes ; ovarium semisuperum, 

 placenta multiovulata, stylo cylindrico sepala aequante, stigmate 

 leviter 4-lobo. Fructus subglobosus, circiter 5 mm. longus, albus, in 

 racemis 7-9 cm. longis; pedicelli circiter 5 mm. longi. 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, ravines, alt. 300-600 m., May 

 and October 1907 (No. 764; flowers, type, and fruits). 



Maesa hiipehensis seems most closely related to M, castaneifoUa Mez which is 

 easily distinguished by its larger paniculate inflorescence, the obtuse sepals desti- 

 tute of dark markings, and by the larger and broader distinctly serrate leaves. The 

 fruiting specimen differs somewhat from the flowering specimen in its larger and 

 broader leaves and in the longer inflorescence. 



Maesa Wilsonii Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex glaber, 2-3-metralis, ramulis gracilibus leviter flexuosis. 

 Folia membranacea, ovato-lanceolata v. lanceolata, sensim longe 

 acuminata, basi late cuneata v. rotundata, margine indistincte et 

 remote denticulata, 8-18 cm. longa et 2.5-4.5 cm. lata, utrinque glabra, 

 supra laete viridia, subtus pallidiora, nervis utrinsecus 8-10 angulo 

 acuto divergentibus, subtus ut costa distincte elevatis, supra in sicco 

 leviter elevatis; petioli satis graciles, 0.6-1 cm. longi, canaliculati. 

 Inflorescentiae paniculatae, sparse ramosae, plerumque basi tantum 

 racemis brevibus solitariis v. 2-3 institutae, rarius apicem ramulorum 

 versus simplices, axi centrali plerumque infra medium fioribus destituta, 

 6-10 cm. longae, graciles^ cuneatae v. nutantes; pedicelli graciles, 3-4 

 mm. longi, basi bractea subulata 1 mm. longa suffulti, apice bracteolis 



2 lanceolatis instituti; sepala ovata, apice rotundata et subito m 

 mucronum produeta, margine minute crenulata, dorso lineata; petala 

 fere ad medium connata, 3.5^ mm. longa, lobis rotundatis crenulatis 

 lineis interruptis pictis; antherae ovatae utrinque emarginatae, me- 

 dium loborum fere attingentes, prope basin dorsifixae, filamenta su - 

 aequantes; ovarium ad % superum, placenta multi-ovulata, sty 

 sepala superante, stigmata leviter 4-fido. Fructus subglobosus, cir- 

 citer 4 mm. diam., albus, sepalis persistentibus et stylo exserto cor 

 natus. 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omel June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No- 



