758 H. Handel-Mazzetti: Anthophyta 



obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel paulum attenuata, margine angustissime 

 cartilagineo parte basali excepta brevissime vel grosse et hie illic duplicato 

 patule serrata, opaca, juvenilia in costa subtus farinoso-puberula, ubique glan- 

 dulis crassis vinosis crebre punctata, adulta rigide coriacea sicca brunneo-olivacea, 

 glandulis oecultis hie illic transparentibus ; costa supra anguste et profunde im- 

 pressa, subtus valde prominua subspadicea; nervi utrinsecus 12 — 27, sub angulis 

 i 70° patuli, paulum paralleli, marginem non attingentes et multi breviores 

 interjeeti cum venis et venulis hie illic caecis rete aretum utrinque valde promi- 

 nuum pallidum formant; petiolus 6 — 9 mm longus, recurvus, crassiusculus, supra 

 coneavus, praesertim sursum alis angustis undulatis praeditus. Racemi <$ 

 laterales, saepe terni, 9 — 20 mm longi, dense multiflori, ferrugineo glanduloso- 

 puberuli, pedicellis ^ 2 mm longis, bracteas minutissimas filiformes multo 

 superantibus. Flos <$ c. 3 mm diametro. Sepala sublibera, ovata, carnosula, 

 acutiuscula, breviter glanduloso-ciliata, epunetata. Corollae brevissime gamo- 

 petalae lobi elliptici vel oblongi, obtusi, punetis glandulosis 3 — 8 atris, extus 

 glabri, intus medio albide furfuracei, margine tenuiter ciliolati. Stamina iis 

 longiora, filamentis tenuibus sigmoideo-curvatis, demum rectis, antheris 1 / 2 mm 

 longis obtusis vel acutiusculis, connectivi dorso minute atro-punetulatis, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Racemi fruetiferi in axillis foliorum annotinorum 

 neenon delapsorum singuli, sessiles, stricti, 6 — 15 mm longi, c. 10 — 15flori; 

 bracteae triangulari-subulatae, 1 mm longae, basi nonnullae breviores steriles (?) 

 aggregatae ; pedicelli squarrosi 2 — 2 1 / 2 mm longi, 0,3 mm crassi. Calyx 2 mm 

 diametro, lobis 5 — 6, ad 1 j i vel x / 3 connatis, oblongis, obtusis vel acutiusculis, 

 brevissime glanduloso-ciliatis, sub fruetu patulis, obscure paueipunetatis (?). 

 Fructus globosus, 4 mm diametro, maturus ruber, indistinete rubello-multi- 

 striatus et fusco-punetatus ; Stylus V-j z — 2 mm longus, e basi crassiore tenuis, 

 stigmate applanato. 



W-KL: Um Pinghsiang, c. 600 m, Frühling 1920, Wang-Te-Hui (Plt. sin. 

 157, Typus). N-F.: Nahe der Tschekiang-Grenze, 600— 1200 m, VIII. 1924 

 (Ching 2275). Tschekiang: Suanke s von Pingyung, 125—185 m, 6. — 12. VII. 

 1924 (Chlng 2050). N-Kwangtung: Hamyütan s von Schihsing, XI. 1928 

 (Fenzel 112 g). 



Simillima E. Gardneriana Wight ramis levibus, iuvenüibus villosis, foliia 

 brevioribus supra nitidis, pedicellis longioribus differt. E. oblongifolia Hemsl. 

 valde distat foliis supra sublevibus, remote serratis, sepalis obovatis, connectivo 

 epunetato, fruetu maiore, E. prunifolia Mez reti multo laxiore et irregulari 

 minusque prominuo et pedicellis longioribus. 



E. parviflora Wall. SE-Kw. : Laubwald der str. St. bei Pingü am Flusse 

 unter Sandjio, Grauwacke, 350 m (10848). 



Blätter nur 8 X 5 — 14 x 7 mm, in Kasia von dieser Größe aufwärts. Wegen 

 der reichlichen Punkte derselben kann ich die Pflanze nicht zu E. myrtifolia 

 Hemsl. et Mez stellen. 



\*E. subc.oriacea (Clarke) Mez in Pflzenr., IV/236., 329 (1902) (E. na- 

 gushia D. Don var. subcoriacea Clke. in Hook., Fl. Brit. Ind., III., 516 

 [1882]), det. Walker. S-S.: Nantschwan (Bock u. Rosthorn 145, steril). 



