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longis, breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi plerumque acutis, leviter 

 inaequilateralibus, haud vel obscurissime glandulosis, supra in 

 siccitate pallidis, nitidis, glabris, subtus ad costa nervisque lev- 

 iter ciliatis, nervis utrinque 6 vel 7, subtus perspicuis; infrue- 

 tescentiis axillaribu's, solitariis, depauperato-paniculatis, 4 ad 5 

 cm longis ; f ructibus subrenif ormibus, glabris, minute apiculatis, 

 circiter 8 mm longis, 10 ad 12 mm latis; seminibus solitariis, 

 testa extus sericeis. 



A tree about 12 m high, the branches dark reddish brown, 

 lenticellate, glabrous, the branchlets ferruginous-pubescent as 

 are the petioles and apparently the inflorescences. Leaves co- 

 riaceous, elliptic-ovate, 6 to 9 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, shortly 

 and rather bluntly acuminate, base acute, usually somewhat in- 

 equilateral, eglandular or the glands obscure and not at all pro- 

 jecting, the upper surface, except in very young leaves, glabrous, 

 pale and shining when dry, the lower somewhat ciliate on the 

 midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent; petioles 5 to 7 mm long; stipules oblong, 

 pubescent, deciduous, about 5 mm long. Infructescences axil- 

 lary, solitary, from the branchlets below the leaves, 4 to 5 cm 

 long, sparingly pubescent, usually with a single basal branch 1 

 to 2 cm in length. Fruits subreniform, brown when dry, slightly 

 apiculate, glabrous, about 8 mm long, 10 to 12 mm wide, their 

 pedicels 3 mm long or less. Seeds solitary, the testa distinctly 

 silky-villous. 



Kwangtung Province, Kochow region, Shek Kau Tong, To 

 Kang P'eng 2750, March 5, 1919. 



Pygeum henryi Dunn is the only species of the genus definitely 

 known from China, but the present one is entirely different. 

 Pygeum latifolium Miq. is recorded from Hongkong by Hemsley 

 but Miquel's species is definitely known only from Java, having 

 long been confused with a Philippine species. It is possible 

 that the present species is identical with the Chinese form pre- 

 viously referred to Pygeum latifolium Miq., but it is safely not 

 Miquel's species. 



SANGU1SORBA Ruppius 

 SANGUiSORBA OFFICINALIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 116. 



Kwangtung Province, Lin District, Shan Mo Ling and Sing 

 Tize Foo, Levine 3181, 3191, September 15, 1918, with the local 

 name mar lin on. 



The genus is new to Kwangtung Province. There seems to 

 be some difference of opinion among botanists as to the distri- 

 bution of Chinese forms of this genus between Sanguisorba offi- 



