RUBIACEAE. — LASIANTHUS J 401 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, woods, alt. 1520 m., A. Henry (No. 10363; shrub 2.3. m. 
tall; fruits black; No. 10363*, type; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers yellow). 
GARDENIA L. 
Gardenia florida Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 1679; flore pleno. 
For synonymy of the species see Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 382 (1888). 
Western Hupeh: wild and cultivated round Ichang up to 330 m. 
alt. (No. 2438; bush 2-3 ft. tall; flowers white). 
DIPLOSPORA DC. 
Diplospora fruticosa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 383 (1888). 
Tricalysia fruticosa K. Schumann apud E. Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 582 
(1901). 
Western Hupeh: Ichang, thickets, alt. 320-460 m., May 1907 
(No. 2968; bush 2-2.5 m. tall; fruits red). 
Here may be added a new species from Yunnan collected by A. Henry. 
Diplospora mollissima Hutchinson, n. sp. 
, Arbor 3-6.5 m. alta; ramuli elongati, subteretes, minute tomentelli v. puberuli, 
ternodiis 2-4.5 em. longis. Folia oblonga v. oblongo-elliptica, basi leviter cuneata 
V. rotundata, apice obtuse acuminata acumine 1-1.5 cm. longo, 10-20 em. longa, 
3-7 em. lata, rigide chartacea, supra costa puberula excepta glabra et leviter niti- 
dula, infra tomentella; costa supra leviter impressa, infra prominens, subteres, 
basi 2 mm. lata ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 7-9, graciles, arcuati, a costa sub angulo 
70° abeuntes; nervi tertiarii subparalleli, gracillimi; petioli 0.8-1 cm. longi, tomen- 
telli; Stipulae inferne connatae, 0.8-1 cm. longae, parte libera triangulari acute 
acuminata, extra puberulae. Flores subsessiles, ad axillas foliorum delapsorum 
dense glomerati, glomerulis 1.5-2 cm. longis; bracteae minutae; receptaculum 
puberulum; calyx cupularis, 1.25 mm. altus, dentato-undulatus, extra appresse - 
Puberulus; corollae tubus 3 mm. longus, glaber; lobi 4, oblongo-elliptici, obtusi, 
3.5 mm. lon, i, 2 mm. lati; stamina inter corollae lobos inserta, exserta; filamenta ` 
1.5 mm. longa, glabra; antherae 3 mm. longae, 1.25 mm. latae; stylus glaber, ro- 
bustus, 2-lobus, 0.5 cm. longus. Fructus ruber, subglobosus, verruculosus, cir- 
citer 7 mm. diametro, parce puberulus, calyce persistente parvo coronatus. 
Yunnan: Szemao, forests to east, alt. 1460 m., A. Henry (No. 12246; tree 3-6 
m. tall); Szemao, forests to southeast, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 122465; tree 
6 m. tall; fruits red); Yulo forests to the south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12928). 
es to D. siamica Craib, but with much more densely fairy leavés and 
yx. 
LASIANTHUS Jack. 
Lasianthus Henryi Hutchinson, n. sp. 
F Tutex 2 m. altus; ramuli elongati, subteretes, dense appresse tomen- 
telli, internodiis 2.5-5.5 em. longis. Folia oblongo- v. elliptico-lanceo- 
