RUBIACEAE. — SAPROSMA 417 
Paederia ternata Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 1I. 520 (1824). — Wallich, Cat. 
No. 6248 (1828). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 471 (1830). 
Serissa ternata Kurz, Rep. Veget. Andaman Isl. App. A. 40 (1870). 
Mephitidia sp. Griffith, Notul. IV. 267 (1854); Icon. Pl. Asiat. t. 476 (1854). 
Yunnan: Szemao, ravine, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 11965; shrub 2 m. tall; 
flowers white); same locality, mountains to south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 
11965*; shrub 2.25 m. tall; flowers white); same locality, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 
(No. 119655; shrub 2.65 m. tall; fruits red). ae 
Saprosma Henryi Hutchinson, n. sp. 
: Frutex 3 m. altus; ramuli cortice cinereo glabro obtecti. Folia opposita, ellip- 
tica v. oblongo-elliptica, breviter acute acuminata, basi paullo cuneata, 6-9 em. 
longa, 3-5 em. lata, tenuiter chartacea, glabra; costa supra leviter impressa, infra 
prominens; nervi laterales utrinsecus 4—6, a costa sub angulo fere 90° abeuntes, 
arcuati, intra marginem dupliciter conjuncti, utrinque prominuli; venae infra 
laxae, prominulae; petioli 3-7 mm. longi, glabri; stipulae parvae; puberulae. 
Cymae axillares, pedunculatae, circiter 4-florae; pedunculi 1-2 cm. longi, costati; 
flores subsessiles, albi; receptaculum glabrum; calycis lobi 4, triangulares, sub- 
acuti, circiter 1.25 mm. longi, fere glabri; corollae tubus superne sensim leviter 
expansus, 1 em. longus, extra glaber, intra pubescens; lobi 4, ovato-triangulares, 
obtusi, 2 mm. longi; antherae 2.25 mm. longae; ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis soli- 
tariis erectis basi angustatis; stylus bifidus, 2 mm. longus, glaber. Fructus oblique 
ellipsoideus, 0.8 cm. longus, verrucosus. 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12145, 
type; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers white) ; Szemao, forests, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 
12646; small climber; fruits). 
