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stiores purpureo- vel fusco-brunnei, sparse lenticellati; gemmae acu- 

 tiusculae, ad 1 cm. longae, perulis ovatis acutis margine exeepto fere 

 glabris fuscis. Folia subchartacea, ovato-oblonga vel rarius ovata, 

 longe acuminata, basi rotundata, rarius subcordata, interdum late 

 cuneata, arete et argute serrata dentibus setoso-acuminatis subaccum- 

 bentibus, 7-12 cm. longa et 4-6.5 cm. lata, initio margine laxe villosa 

 et subtus secus costam tenuiter araneoso-lanata vel fere glabra, rarius 

 utrinque fere in tota facie tomento araneoso evanescente laxe obtecta, 

 mox glaberrima, supra laete viridia, subtus paullo pallidiora, utrinque 

 in sicco leviter reticulata, utrinsecus nervis 6-11 arcuatis; petioli 

 graciles, 3-4.5 cm. longi, initio fere glabri vel plus minusve floccoso- 

 tomentosi, mox glabri. Inflorescentia umbellato-racemosa, 6-9-flora, 

 fere glabra vel plus minusve tomento floccoso flavescente vel canes- 

 cente obtecta; pedicelli graciles, 3.5-5 cm. longi; sepala e basi tri- 

 angulari-ovata, longe acuminata, 6-10 mm. longa, glanduloso-denticu- 

 lata, patentia, receptaculum saepe fere duplo superantia, extus fere 

 glabra vel plus minusve tomentosa, intus ad basin saltern fulvo- 

 tomentosa; petala ovalia, 15-17 mm. longa, apice plerumque irregu- 

 lariter erosa, breviter unguiculata; stamina circiter 20, dimidia petala 

 aequantia; styli 5, rarius 4, glabri, staminibus fere aequilongi. Po- 

 mum subglobosum, apice leviter impressum, cicatrice calycis decidui 

 notatum, basi subito in pedicellum gracilem 3.3-5 cm. longum con- 

 tractum, circiter 3 cm. diam., fuscum, pallide punctulatum; semina 

 cuneato-ovoidea, leviter compressa, basi in stipitem contracta, 8-10 

 mm. longa, atro-brunnea. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., 

 May and December 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 479a, type); same 

 locality, May and October 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 2977); Patung 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., May 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 556b) ; 

 north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., April 1907, E. 

 H. Wilson (No. 479b); same locality, October 1907, E. H. Wilson 

 (No. 415); Changlo Hsien, thickets, May 1907, E. H. Wilson (No. 

 556c); without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 5299). Eastern 

 Szechuan: without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 5875). Western 

 Szechuan: Tachienlu, alt. 2000-2600 m., October 1908, E. H. Wilson 

 (No. 1293). 



This species seems to be most closely related to P. Bretschneideri 

 Rehder which is easily distinguished by the leaves being broadly 

 cuneate at the base, by the smaller flowers and by the yellow color 

 of the fruit. Its leaves resemble closely those of P. ovoidea Rehder 

 so that it seems impossible to distinguish these two species with cer- 



