412 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 
glabrae. Inflorescentia subsessilis, pauciflora, circiter 3 cm. diametro; bracteae 
lineares, 1.5-2 mm. longae, breviter pilosae; pedicelli breviter pubescentes; re- 
ceptaculum fere glabrum; calycis lobi 5, lanceolati, subacuti, 1.75 mm. longi, 
parce ciliati, sicco apice straminei; corollae tubus lobis paullo brevior, 4 mm. longus, 
extra glaber, intra villosus; lobi 5, oblongi, obtusi; antherae exsertae, acutae, 0.5 cm. 
longae; stylus anguste clavatus, 0.8 em. longus, inferne pubescens. Fructus 3- 
spermus, anguste ellipsoideus, sicco niger, 1 cm. longus, glaber, apice annulo 
stramineo coronatus. 
Yunnan: Feng-chen-lin Mt., south of Red River, forests, alt. 2640 m., 
A. Henry (No. 10678, type; shrub 2 m. tall); Mengtsze, forests to southeast, alt. 
1640 m., A. Henry (No. 10059; shrub 1.6 m. tall; fruits black). 
This species is distinguished by its elongated leaves puberulous on the petioles 
ees nerves, paleaceous stipules, a small almost sessile inflorescence and a pubescent 
style. 
IXORA Linn. 
- Ixora yunnanensis Hutchinson, n. sp. : 
j Frutex usque ad 1 m. altus; caulis parce ramosus (v. subsimplex?), glaber, in- 
ternodiis 2-4 cm. longis. Folia geminata v. ternata, oblique et anguste oblanceo- 
lata, sensim acute acuminata, ad basin longe attenuata, 7-22 cm. longa, 1-4 cm. 
lata, chartacea, glabra, sicco cinereo-viridia; costa supra angustissima, prominula, 
infra prominens, sicco longitudinaliter sulcata, basi 1.5 mm. lata; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus 12-15, a costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, intra marginem circiter 0.5 cm. 
distanter prominenter furcati, supra prominuli, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii 
et venae laxae, vix prominulae; petioli 0.5-1.5 cm. longi, demum transverse ver- 
rucosi; stipulae e basi late ovato longe acuminatae, 6—7 mm. longae, coriaceae, 
glabrae. Flores albi, dense cymosi; cymae subsessiles, circiter 7 cm. diametro, 
glabrae; bracteae parvae, lanceolatae, acutae; pedicelli vix 1 mm. longi v. nulli; 
receptaculum turbinatum, 1.5-2 mm. longum; calycis lobi lineari-lanceolati, 
subacuti, 3-4 mm. longi; corollae tubus gracilis, 3 em. longus, vix 1 mm. diametro; 
lobi oblongo-elliptici, obtusi, 6 mm. longi, 2.5 mm. lati; antherae exsertae, 2.5 mm. 
longae; stylus brevissime exsertus, ramis 1.25 mm. longis subacutis. Fructus 1-2- 
lobus, 1 cm. longus, oblongo-ellipsoideus. 
Yunnan: Hsin-kei, Red River, A. Henry (No. 9584, type; shrub 1 m. tall; 
flowers white); Red River banks, Manpat, A. Henry (No. 10370; shrub 0.65 
m. tall; fruits red). = in: 
This is a very distinct species with extremely narrow leaves and a congested 
inflorescence. It differs from Irora subsessilis Wallich from eastern India in 
those characters and in its larger calyx-lobes. 
PAVETTA Linn. 
Pavetta indica Linnaeus, var. polyantha, Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 150 
(1880). — King & Gamble, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, LXIII. pt. 3, 84 (Mat. Fl. Malay. 
/ Penins. No. 15) (1904). 
Pavetta polyantha Wallich, Cat. 6176 (nomen nudum) (1828). $ 
Pavetta indica Wallich, 1. c. 6175! (nomen nudum) (1828). — Ker in Bot. 
Reg. III. t. 198 (1817). 
Pavetta Rothiana De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 491 (1830). — Wight & Arnott, 
Prodr. Fl. Ind. 431 (1834). 
Pavetta villosa Heyne in Roth, Nov. Pl. Spec. 88 (non Vahl) (1821). 
go tomentosa, var. glabrescens Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, Il. 19 
1877). 
