RUBIACEAE. — MUSSAENDA 395 
valley, above Lu Chou, June 8, 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3759; bush 
1 m. tall; flowers yellow; petaloid calyx-lobe white). Szech'uan: 
Min River valley, E. Faber (No. 645, flowers; No. 263, young fruits); 
Mt. Omei, alt. 1160 m., E. Faber (No. 642; fruits). Yunnan: Meng- 
tsze, mountains to south, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 9650; fruits); 
mountains to southwest, alt. 1330 m., A. Henry (No. 9650*; climber; 
flowers yellow); same locality, A. Henry (No. 9884); same locality, 
A. Henry (No. 11391; fruits). 
Mussaenda elliptica Hutchinson, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus; ramuli breviter et parce pubescentes, sicco 
nigrescentes, prominenter lenticellati. Folia elliptica, basi rotundata 
v. leviter angustata, apice ? (non visa) usque ad 20 em. longa et 10 cm. 
lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra fere glabra, infra solum in nervis et venis 
brevissime pubescentia; costa infra leviter elevata, basi 2 mm. lata; 
nervi laterales utrinsecus 6-7, a costa sub angulo latissimo abeuntes, 
arcuati, utrinque conspicui; nervi tertiarii tenuissimi, laxi; petioli 
0.7-1 em. longi, appresse setulosi; stipulae ovato-triangulares, acumi- 
natae, circiter 0.8 cm. longae, extra parce puberulae. Cymae tricho- 
tome ramosae, laxae, calycis lobis petaloideis circiter 5 ornatae; 
cymulae longe pedunculatae, subdensiflorae; bracteae lineari-subu- 
latae, acutae, usque ad 8 mm. longae, appresse pubescentes; recepta- 
culum parce appresse pubescens; calycis lobi normales receptaculo 
longiores, subulati, acuti, 6-7 mm. longi, extra pubescentes; lobus pe- 
taloideus breviter unguiculatus, late ovatus, acute breviter acumi- 
natus, 5-7.5 em. longus, 3.5-5 em. latus, 5-6-nervus, solum in nervis 
minute puberulus; corolla flava; tubus 2 em. longus, superne sensim 
ampliatus, extra appresse setuloso-pubescens, intra superne villosus; 
lobi 5, triangulari-ovati, longe apieulati, 1 mm. longi; antherae in- 
clusae, 5 mm. longae; stylus brevissimus, glaber. 
Central Szech'uan: Suiting Fu, ravines, alt. 660-980 m. (No. 
4604; bush 1-2 m. tall; flowers yellow; calyx-lobe white). 
CLAVIS SPECIERUM CHINENSIUM MUSSAENDAE. 
Calycis lobi omnes Aegüales, parvi; a 45 0 a 1. M. (?) Bodinieri. 
* * 3. M. macrophylla. 
Sra lobi normales filiformes v. lineares, haud foliacei, 1 mm. lati v. angus- 
ores. 
