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dense puberulus; lobi 5, ovato-lanceolati, subobtusi, 2 mm. longi, utrinque intra 
parce puberuli; stamina fauci inserta; antherae inclusae, 1.5 mm. longae; stylus 
glaber, breviter exsertus. Fructus non visus. 
Western Kansu: Lotoni, on the road to Siku, W. Purdom (No. 804, type). 
Eastern Kansu: Wei River valley, July 20, 1885, G. N. Potanin. 
Very similar to Leptodermis virgata Edgeworth, from northwestern India, but 
with long slender branchlets at length quite glabrous and not scabrid-puberulous 
as in that species, and with shorter and broader stipules. 
_ Leptodermis glomerata Hutchinson, n. sp. 
Herba basi lignosa, usque ad 60 cm. alta; caulis basi ramosa, ramis erectis gra- 
cilibus, pilorum lineis parce puberula, internodiis 3-4 cm. longis. Folia opposita, 
lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata, sensim acute acuminata, 2.5-5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. 
lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra marginem versus scabridula, infra glabra, reticu- 
lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 5-6, arcuati, inferne prominuli; petioli 
1-2 mm. longi; stipulae e basi lato subulatae, acutae, 4 mm. longae, extra basi 
parce puberulae. Flores ad ramulorum apice glomerati, sessiles; bracteae oppositae, 
basi connatae, subulato-acüminatae; 2.5 mm. longae, membranaceae, glabrae; 
receptaculum glabrum; calycis segmenta 5, lanceolato-subulata, acutissima, rigida, 
2 mm. longa, glabra, eciliata; corollae tubus leviter curvatus, 1 ud longus, sensim 
ampliatus, extra minute puberulus, fauce pilosus; lobi 5, ovati, apice obtuse mu- 
cronati, 3.5 mm. longi, 2.5 mm. lati; antherae subexsertae, 1.75 mm. longae; 
stylus glaber 8 mm. longus, trilobus, lobis 3 mm. longis gracilibus. Fructus non 
visus. 
Yunnan: Mi-lé district, mountain forest, A. Henry (No. 9949; flowers dark 
red). Tum Ep 
Very similar in general appearance to Leptodermis lanceolata Wallich, from 
India, but with almost glabrous leaves, much smaller bracts and a trilobed style. 
Here may be added notes on several genera not collected during the Arnold 
Arboretum Expeditions. 
NAUCLEA L. 
al Nauclea Griffithii Haviland in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIII. 51 (1897). 
4 Adina Griffithii Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. IIL. 24 (1880). 
Yunnan: Szemao; forests to south, 1330 m., A. Henry (No. 12676; tree 6.5 m. 
NS petiam red); mountains to the westward, 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 12880; tree 
m. tall). oe TET 
UNCARIA Schreb. 
7 . Uncaria sessilifructus Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, I. 520 (1832). — Wallich, Cat. 
No. 6109 (1830). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, M. 71 (1877). — Hooker f., Fl. 
Brit. Ind. III. 30 (1880). 
Nauclea scandens Roxburgh mss. Ic. pict. No. 1218 ex Hooker f., l. c. (pro 
synon.) (1880). 
Yunnan: Chienhung, M. Bons d' Anty in Herb. A. Henry (No. 11995); Szemao, 
forests to west, alt. 1450 m., A. Henry (No. 119955; large climber; flowers yellowish 
white; known as “  Kou-teng "); Szemao, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 13449; 
climber; flowers). v yrs, 
— Uncaria scandens Hutchinson, n. comb. 
Nauclea scandens Smith in Rees Cyclop. XXIV. No. 9 (1819). 
Uncaria pilosa Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, I. 520 (1832). — Wallich, Cat. 
6108* (1828). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 32 (1880). 
