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further that it is identical with Strychnos paniculata Champ., 

 a species strongly characterized by its 4-merous flowers and the 

 only representative of the genus known from the vicinity of 

 Canton. 



LIGUSTRUM Linnaeus 

 *$' LIGUSTRUM GROFFIAE sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 2 m altus, subtus foliis et ramulis et inflores- 

 centiis perspicue molliterque f errugineo-villosis ; foliis oblongo- 

 ovatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, supra 

 olivaceis, nitidis, leviter pubescentibus, subtus pallidioribus, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 6, tenuibus; infiorescentiis axillaribus, 

 paniculatis, 5 ad 6 cm longis, ramis inferioribus usque ad 3 cm 

 longis ; floribus numerosis, corolla 4 mm longa, glabra, ,tubo 2 

 mm longo. 



A shrub about 2 m high, the leaves on the lower surface and 

 especially the branchlets and inflorescences densely and softly 

 ferruginous-villous with spreading hairs. Branches terete, those 

 up to 5 mm in diameter more or less pubescent, the ultimate 

 branchlets about 2 mm in diameter. Leaves chartaceous, oblong- 

 ovate, 5 to 7 cm long, 2.5 to 3 cm wide, apex acuminate, base 

 acute, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, somewhat pubescent, 

 the midrib and nerves impressed, the lower surface paler, softly 

 villous ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, slender; 

 petioles 4 to 5 mm long, ferruginous-villous. Panicles axillary, 

 5 to 6 cm long, many-flowered, the branches usually spreading, 

 the lower ones up to 3 cm in length. Flowers white, fragrant, 

 their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles oblong- 

 lanceolate, somewhat acuminate, about 1 mm long. Calyx some- 

 what cup-shaped, glabrous, 1 to 1.2 mm long, shallowly 4-toothed. 

 Corolla 4 mm long, the tube 2 mm long, the lobes somewhat 

 elliptic, obtuse. Stamens exserted. 



Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region, Tan Ha Shan, To Rang 

 P'eng 2820, April 24, 1919, with the local name mo ch'ung shil. 

 Possibly referable to this species is No. 2795 of the same col- 

 lection from the same locality with the local name sha yeuk shu; 

 this specimen, however, has much smaller leaves and much-fewer 

 flowered inflorescences than the type. 



This species is well characterized by its dense ferruginous- 

 villous indumentum. It is dedicated to Miss Elizabeth H. Groff, 

 through whose interest it was possible to have collections made 

 in the Shiuchow region. 



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