RUBIACEAE. — MYCETIA 409 
(1843). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 382, t. 84 (1857).— Miquel in Jour. 
Bot. Néerl. I. 108 (1861). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 148 (1861). — Hance in 
Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 4, XVIII. 222 (1862). — Maximowiez in Bull. Acad. 
Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XXIX. 159 (1883); in Mél. Biol. Xl. 778 (1883). — 
Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. III. 148 (1885). 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountain forests to southeast, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 
(No. 9555^; climber). on 
Hedyotis scandens Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 10 (nomen nudum) (1814). — Fl. Ind. 
I. 364 (1820). — D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 134 (1825). — Wallich, Cat. No. 839 
pes — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 422 (1830). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 57 
Hedyotis polycarpa R. Brown in Wallich, Cat. No. 838 (nomen nudum) (1828). 
Hedyotis volubilis Wallich, Cat. No. 838, 840 (nomen nudum) (1828). 
Yunnan: Szemao, woods, alt. 1520 m., A. Henry (No. 11700; climbing shrub); 
Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1480 m., A. Henry (No. 11700*; climber with 
purple flowers); Szemao, mountains, alt. 1950 m., A. Henry (No. 11700; climber 
over shrubs; flowers white); Szemao, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 13484; climber 
with white flowers). 
MYCETIA Reinw. 
. Mycetia gracilis Craib in Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. 1914, 125. 
Mycetia cauliflora Craib 1. c. 1911, 390 (non Reinwardt); in Aberdeen Univ. 
Studies, No. 57, 104 (Contrib. Fl. Siam) (1912). 
Yunnan: Szemao, forests to east, alt. 1420 m., A. Henry (No. 12248; shrub 
0.7 m. tall; flowers yellow); Szemao, forests, alt. 1400 m., A. Henry (No. 12248*; 
shrub 0.65 m. tall; flowers yellow); A. Henry (No. 12248¢; shrub 1 m. tall; fruits 
white); A. Henry (No. 122484; slender shrub 0.75-1 m. tall; flowers yellow). 
Mycetia bracteata Hutchinson, n. sp. 
Frutex 1.25 m. altus; ramuli satis robusti, puberuli, demum glabri, cortice cinereo 
laevi obtecti. Folia elongato-oblanceolata v. lanceolata, sensim acuminata, sub- - 
acuta, basi attenuata, 9-16 cm. longa, 1.5—4 cm. lata, fere membranagea, utrinque 
costa et, nervis lateralibus minute puberulis exceptis glabra; costa infra prominens, 
basi circiter 1 mm. lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 16-20, graciles, a costa sub angulo 
45°-65° abeuntes, fere recti, prope marginem prominenter conjuncti, supra conspi- 
cul, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii subparalleli, infra prominuli; petioli 0.5-1 
cm. longi, puberuli; stipulae densae, persistentes, late triangulari-ovatae, acutae, 
rigide chartaceae, 0.7-1 em. longae, extra nervosae, minute puberulae. Inflores- 
= terminalis, laxe cymosa, usque ad 7 cm. longa; bracteae conspicuae, per- 
Sistentes, interdum subfoliaceae, plus minusve lanceolatae, acutae, usque ad 1.5 
cm. longae, puberulae; pedicelli graciles, 1-1.5 'em. longi, puberuli; receptaculum 
2 mm. longum, fere glabrum; calycis lobi 5-6, filiformes, 3-6 mm. longi, fere glabri; 
ven flava, matura non visa, alabastro 1 em. longa, subclavata, glabra. Fructus 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 11930; 
shrub 1.25 m. tall; flowers yellow). 
„Related to Mycetia gracilis Craib, but with relatively longer and broader leaves, 
With more numerous lateral nerves, a more congested conspicuously bracteate in- 
florescence and shorter pedicels. 
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