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striate, the apex prominently papillate, 4 to 5 mm in diameter, 

 6- or 7-celled. Persistent calyx coriaceous, 3.5 to 4 mm in 

 diameter, the lobes 6, broadly rounded, short; pedicels 6 to 10 

 mm long. 



Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 10377 

 (type), 102U, October 28, 1916, on open exposed slopes and in damp 

 forested ravines, altitude 900 to 1,000 meters. 



The above-cited specimens were originally determined by me, from the 

 description, as representing Ilex memecylifolia Champ., but Mr. W. J. 

 Tutcher, director of the Botanic Garden, Hongkong, to whom the species 

 is dedicated, has called my attention to the fact that the present form differs 

 radically from Champion's species in its vegetative characters and especially 

 in its 6-merous calyces with short, rounded lobes. Its alliance is apparently 

 with Ilex championii Loesen. and /. memecylifolia Champ., but it is abund- 

 antly distinct from both. 



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(,^ ILEX LOHFAUENSIS sp. nov. 



Species /. hanceanae affinis, differt foliis multo minoribus, 

 apice semper perspicue retusis, nervis lateralibus subobsoletis, 

 floribus omnibus fasciculatis vel solitariis. 



A shrub, 3 to 4 m high, the branchlets distinctly cinereous- 

 pubescent with soft, short, spreading hairs. Branches brownish, 

 terete, smooth, glabrous. Leaves numerous, oblong-obovate, 

 brown and shining when dry, 1 to 2 cm long, 5 to 9 mm wide, 

 apex obtuse and prominently retuse, base cuneate to decurrent- 

 acuminate, margins entire, the midrib somewhat prominent on 

 the upper surface and often slightly pubescent, distinctly prom- 

 inent on the lower surface, glabrous; lateral nerves very 

 slender, 5 to 8 on each side of the midrib, always obscure, often 

 obsolete or nearly so ; petioles 1 to 2 mm long, puberulent. Flow- 

 ers axillary, solitary or fascicled but never more than two or 

 three in an axil, white, 4-merous, about 4 mm in diameter, their 

 pedicels pubescent, 2 mm long or less. Calyx about 2 mm in 

 diameter, shallowly 4-lobed, the lobes broadly rounded, pubes- 

 cent. Petals united into a distinct tube, the lobes broadly ovate, 

 obtuse to rounded, spreading, about 1.6 mm long. Filaments 

 0.5 mm long, the anthers about as long as the filaments. Ovary 

 ovoid. Young fruit ovoid, glabrous, smooth, about 2.5 mm in 

 diameter. 



Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 10678 

 (type), August 16, 1917, Levine H55, from the same plant, in thickets, 

 damp shaded ravines, altitude about 1,000 meters. 



I was at first disposed to refer these specimens to Ilex hanceana Maxim., 

 but as they differ so constantly in their smaller and always prominently 

 retuse leaves, I believe that they represent a distinct but allied species. 

 The species is certainly distinct from the Philippine Ilex fietcheri Merr., 

 which Loesener thinks is a synonym of Ilex hanceana Maxim. 



