SYMPLOCACEAE. — SYMPLOCOS 599 



loculare; stylus glaber, 7 mm. longus, stamina longiora subaequans. Fructus 

 desideratur. 



Yunnan : Mengtsze, south mountain forests, alt. 2600 m., A. Henry (No. 10698) . 



This very distinct species is distinguished by its densely pilose branches and 

 pilose inflorescences which are racemose and branched at the base and by the nearly 

 membranous leaves, pilose beneath. It seems to belong near S. javanica Kurz and 

 S, laurina Wallich, but differs considerably from these species in its dense pilose 

 pubescence and in the thinner leaves rounded at the base. Like in *S'. myriantha 

 Rehder most of the flowers are borne on the lower part of the branchlets below the 

 foliage leaves. 



y Symplocos longipetiolata Rehder, n. sp. 



Arbor parva, 5-metralis ; ramuli glabrj, flavido-cinerci; gemma terminalis acuta 

 glabra. Folia coriacea persistentia, elliptico- v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 basi cuneata, 8-12 cm. longa et 2.5-4 cm. lata, integra, glaberrlma, supra luteo- 

 viridia, subtus flavescontia, costa media supra impressa subtus elevata, nervis 

 utrinsecus 9-10 supra leviter v. vix impressis subtus elevatis; petioli glabri, supra 

 canaliculati, 1.5-2 cm. longi. Flores in sicco albidi, in spicis axillaribus densis 

 multifloris, 2.5-3 cm. longis, sessiles v. brevissime pedicellati; rhachis, bracteae 

 bracteolae dense fulvo-sericeo-villosae; bracteae rotundatae concavae, 5-6 mm. 

 diam.; bracteolae dimidio breviores, lanceolatae; calycis tubus turbinatus, glaber, 

 1.5 mm. longus, lobi ovati v. ovato-oblongi, obtusi, palHdi, inacquales, tubo circiter 

 dimidio v. interdum paullo tantum breviores; corollae lobi ovali-oblongi v. oblongi, 

 circiter 5 mm. longi, 2.5-3 mm. lati; stamina circiter 50, indistincte pentadelphia, 

 valde inaequalia, longiora corolla triente longiora; ovarii apex minute pubescens; 

 stylus glaber, corolla paullo brevior. Fructus desideratur. 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, northern mountain forests, alt. 3000 m., A. Henry (No. 



This species seems nearest to S. bofryantha Franchet and S. decora Hance, but 

 is easily distinguished by the quite entire, acutely acuminate leaves and the sessile 

 or nearly sessile flowers, with about 50 stamens. It also resembles in its foliage 

 S. Wihonii Brand (not S. Wihonii Hemsley which is S. stellaris Brand). 



