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apiculato paulo longior. Fructus pro genere normalis; folliculae angulo recto diver- 
gentes, ad 16 cm. longae et 1.4 cm. latae, apicem versus paulo angustatae imo apice 
breviter recurvatae, modo ramulorum pilosae, cinereo-purpurascentes; valvae satis 
crassae, intus flavae; semina (an satis matura?) ad 20 mm. longa et versus apicem 
4 mm. lata, basi breviter acutata, apice paulo v. vix angustata, coma ad 3-3.5 em. 
longa densa detersili coronata, valde compressa, dura, purpureo-brunnea. 
CHINA. Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 
12136, type; large climber, flowers white); same locality, A. Henry (No. 12852; 
früiting, co-type). 
According to King & Gamble there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium from 
the Khasia Hills, Hooker f. & Thomson, and from Manipur, G. Watt (No. 7272) 
which are identical with Henry's No. 12136. See my remarks under the subgen. 
Lachnocarpus and T. Curtisii King & Gamble. 
SINDECHITES Oliv. 
Sindechites Henryi Oliver in Hookers Icon. XVIII. t. 1772 
(1888). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 100 (1889). 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 900-1300 m., June 
1910 (No. 4562; climber 1.5-3 m., flowers yellow); Ichang, A. Henry 
(No. 3636, type). 
A very interesting plant of which the fruits are not yet known. In Wilson's 
specimen and in the co-type before me the anthers have longer spurs than appear 
on Oliver's plate. 
Here may be added notes on two genera not collected during the Arnold Arbore- 
tum Expeditions. 
VALLARIS Burm. 
Vallaris grandiflora Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 162. 
Western Szech'uan: Tung River valley, alt. 700 m., June 1904 (Veitch 
Exped. No. 4158, type; flowers pale yellow). 
A very distinct large-flowered species which apparently represents a separate 
section of the genus. 
ECDYSANTHERA Hook. & Arn. 
Ecdysanthera rosea Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 198, t. 42 (1836).— 
A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 442 (1844). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 222 (1861).— 
Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 98 (1889). — Matsumura & Hayata in Jour. 
Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XXII. 251 (Enum. Pl. Formos.) (1906). — Dunn & Tutcher in 
Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. add. ser. X. 169 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). 
CHINA. EasternSzech'uan: Min River valley, June 1903 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 4092; climber, flowers red). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 
(Hongk. Herb. No. 2914). Formosa: Bankinsing, A. Henry (Nos. 388, 838). 
eu C. Ford. Hongkong: May 20, 1899, E. Faber (ex Herb. Hongk. No. 
According to the authors the type was collected at Canton and in Macao and 
on the adjacent islands. 
