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lata, longe sensim acuminata, basi obtusa, 10-15 em. longa, 2.5- 
4.5 em. lata, chartacea, supra glabra, infra in nervis puberula; nervi 
laterales utrinsecus 6-8, arcuati, ascendentes, intra marginem elongati, 
infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii patuli, paralleli, numerosi, infra 
prominentes; petioli 5-7 mm. longi, puberuli; stipulae subulato-tri- 
angulares, acutae, 1.5-2 mm. longae, puberulae. Flores axillares, 
subsessiles; bracteae parvae, subulatae; receptaculum turbinatum, 
appresse puberulum; calycis lobi subulati, acuti, 2 mm. longi, puberuli; 
` corolla non visa. Fructus maturus leviter carnosus, subglobosus, 
circiter 6 mm. diametro, glaber. 
Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, alt. 330-660 m., May 1908 
(No. 3344; bush 2 m. tall); same locality (Veitch Exped. No. 3762; 
shrub 2 m. tall; fruits blue). Yunnan: Mengtsze, forests to south- 
east, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 11253, type; shrub 1.7 m. tall). 
Very closely related to Lasianthus micranthus Hooker f., but with densely hairy 
branchlets and longer calyx-lobes. 
Here may be added notes on some species from Yunnan collected by A. Henry. 
Lasianthus Hookeri C. B. Clarke apud Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 184 (1880). 
Mephitidia sp., Hooker f. & Thomson, Herb. Ind. Or. No. 18 ex C. B. Clarke, 
1. e. (1880). 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to east, alt. 1350 m., A. Henry (No. 12031; shrub 
2 m. tall; flowers white); forests, to south, alt. 1640 ni 4. Henry (No. 120315; 
shrub 2 m. tall); Szemao, forests, alt. 1450 m., A. Henry (No. 13570). VUES 
a M inconspicuus Hooker f., FI. Brit. Ind. ILI. 187 (1880). 
Hyptianthera stricta Wallich, Cat. No. 8313! (nomen nudum) (non Wight & 
Arnott) (1847). 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to east, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 12608; shrub 
1 m. tall; flowers white); Szemao, forests, alt. 1450 m., A. Henry (No: 126085; in 
Herb. Kew). 
Lasianthus inconspicuus var. hirtus Hutchinson, n. var. 
A typo ramulis breviter tomentellis differt. 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to south, alt. 1970 m., A. Henry (No. 9775). 
P. Lasianthus Kerrii Craib in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1911, 396. 
Yunnan: Szemao, forests, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12571; shrub 1 m. tall; 
fruits blue; in Herb. Kew). we Soa 
> Wasianthus longicauda Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 190 (1880). 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, alt. 1950 m., A. Henry (No. 
9035; slender tree 3 m. tall; fruit blue; No. 10633; flowers purple). ei 
Lasianthus micranthus Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 190 (1880). 
Yunnan: south of Red River, A. Henry (No. 13670; shrub 3 m. tall). 
Lasianthus Biermanni King ex Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 190 (1880). 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, forests, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 
(No. 11148; climber with purple flowers). oe 
