RUBIACEAE. — EMMENOPTERYS 391 
& Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. 391 (1834). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 66 
(1877).— Dalziel & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 118 (1861). 
Yunnan: Red River, Hsu-kai, alt. 330 m., A. Henry (No. 9570; tree 10-13 m. 
tall) i aem Red River valley, alt. 330-660 m., A. Henry (No. 9570*; trees 5-8 
m. tall). TOUR 
Adina mollifolia Hutchinson, n. sp. 
Arbor 3-6.5 m. alta; ramuli juniores breves, glabri v. fere glabri. Folia in speci- 
minibus floriferis leviter oblique ovata, abrupte acuminata, acuta (acumine 1-1.2 
em. longo), 6-12 em. longa, 4-6.5 em. lata, in speciminibus fructiferis multo majora, 
usque ad 25 cm. longa et 18 em. lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra minutissime pube- 
rula, infra praecipue in nervis lateralibus et tertiariis molliter pubescentia; costa 
infra prominens; nervi laterales utrinsecus 7-8, utrinque distincti, a costa sub 
angulo 45° abeuntes, prope marginem arcuati et conjuncti; nervi tertiarii primum 
subparalleli, demum subflexuosi; petioli 1-1.5 cm., demum 5 em. longi, puberuli; 
Stipulae mox caducae, in vaginam connatae, circiter 0.8 cm. longae, rigide sub- 
coriaceae, brunneae, glabrae. Capitula globosa, 2.5-3 cm. diametro, in racemum 
terminalem laxum disposita; pedunculi patuli, usque ad 4 cm. longi, circiter 1.25 
mm. crassi, minute puberuli v. tomentelli; bracteae lineares, usque ad 0.8 cm. 
longae, acutae, puberulae; calycis lobi 5, triangulares, minuti, circiter 0.5 mm. 
longi, dense lanati; corollae tubus inferne cylindrieus, superne breviter expansus, 
0.5 em. longus, minute puberulus; lobi 5, oblongo-ovati, obtusissimi, 1 mm. longi, ` 
0.75 mm. lati, marginibus breviter pubescentibus; antherae inclusae, utrinque 
acutae, 1.75 mm. longae, apice minute pubescentes; stylus longe exsertus, 
13 cm. longus, glaber, stigmate ellipsoideo 0.35 mm. longo coronatus. Infruc- 
tescentia globosa, 2-2.5 em. diametro. 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to west, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 11888, type; 
tree 5 m tall; flowers); same locality, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12853; tree 6 m. 
tall; fruits); Talang, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 13265; shrub 3 m. tall; fruits). 
18 à very distinct species with leaves softly hairy as in A. cordifolia Hooker f., 
but not at all cordate, very different stipules, and a racemose inflorescence as in 
A. racemosa Miquel; the hairy leaves and larger fruiting capitula serve to distin- 
guish it from the latter species. 
EMMENOPTERYS Oliv. 
Emmenopterys Henryi Oliver in Hooker's Icon.XIX. t. 1823 (1889). 
Ix E. Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 580 (1901). — Pampanini in Nuov. 
Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 718 (1910). 
Western Hupeh: woodlands north and south of Ichang, alt. 670- 
1340 m., July and November 1907 (No. 622; tree 10-30 m. tall; girth 
1.25-4 m.; flowers white; fruits); without definite locality, June 1900 
(Veitch Exped. No. 1253). 
. This is one of the most strikingly beautiful trees of the Chinese forests, with 
its flattish to pyramidate corymbs of pure white, rather large flowers and still 
f er white bracts. In July, when in full bloom, the trees are conspicuous splashes 
of white. The bracts persist and become pink as the capsular fruit ripens. The 
tree grows from 15 to 26 m. tall with a trunk from 2 to 3 m. in girth and has gray 
Tough bark which is scaly on young trees. The branches on adult trees are stout, 
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