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21, 5 Merrill: The Flora of Southeastern China 507 
Kwangtung Province, Yamchow, K. K. T's’oong 1853, June 15, 
1918. 
This species is recorded from Kwangtung Province by Dunn 
and Tutcher as I. ovatifolius A. DC. Loureiro’s type was from 
the vicinity of Canton, and is preserved in the herbarium of the 
Paris Museum. Doctor Gagnepain, who has examined it for 
me, states that it is identical with Ichnocarpus ovatifolius A. 
DC., and accordingly Loureiro’s specific name is here adopted 
for it. The species is not always easily distinguished from J. 
frutescens (Linn.) R. Br. Loureiro’s description of the fruits 
must be excluded, as he apparently added the data to make the 
description conform to Gardenia without having seen actual 
fruits of the species, 
POTTSIA Hooker and Arnott 
POTTSIA LAXIFLORA (Blume) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 416. 
Vallaris laxiflora Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1043, 
Parsonsia ovata Wall. Cat. (1829) no. 1630, nomen nudum. 
Pottsia ovata A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 442. 
Pottsia cantonensis Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. (1836) 199, 
t. 43, 
Teysmannia laxiflora et hookeriana Mig. in Versl. Med. Akad. Kon. 
Wetensch. 6 (1857) 194, Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 455, 456. 
Euthodon paniculata Griff. Notul. 4 (1854) 84. 
Parapottsia hookeriana et laxiflora Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 1080. 
Kwangsi Province, Hengchow, K. K. Ts’oong 1817, June 2, 
1918: Kwangtung Province, F. A. McClure 7192, July, 1921. 
The species is recorded here chiefly with the view to enumerat- 
ing its synonyms, the oldest specific name being adopted. : 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 
TABERNAEMONTANA CHINENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber; foliis in siccitate brunneo-olivaceis, 
oblongis ad lanceolatis, saepe breviter falcatis, subcoriaceis, 
rigidis, usque ad 10 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angus- 
tatis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque 8 
ad 10, tenuibus, reticulis, subobsoletis ; cymis paucifloris, circiter 
2 cm longis; corollae tubo circiter 1.8 cm longo, lobis patulis, 1.5 
cm longis; calycis segmentis orbicularibus, rotundatis, intus ad 
basim minute 3-glandulosis; folliculis immaturis oblongo-ovoi- 
deis, rostratis, leviter falcatis, 12 ad 15 mm longis, teretibus. 
An erect glabrous shrub, the branches and branchlets terete, 
the former grayish, the latter slender, olivaceous. Leaves of 
each pair subequal, sometimes unequal, oblong to lanceolate, 
_ often somewhat falcate, subcoriaceous, rigid, brittle, 5 to 10 cm 
