— 53 — 



inflorescentiae in anthurum coarctala. Bracteae anguslae, incisae v. inciso-deiilalae. Flores breviler 

 pedicellati, parvuli. Calyces externe cano-tomentoso-sericei, sepala ovata, acuminata, interne glabra, 

 badia v. atropurpurca, albo-marginata. Petala nulla. Friictus nigri e drupeolis ca. 12 compositi. 



Floribiis et inflorescentiä R. assamensi proximus, sed folia diversissima sunt, illis Tiliae albae 

 comparanda. Conf. Icon. p. 51. 



In der Provinz Hupeh in Ccntral-Ghina. 



61. R. assamensis Pocke in Abli. .\at. \'er. Bremen 1\', p. Iü7 (1874). Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. II, 

 p. 328. 



Frutex scandens; rami ramulic[ue cum pedunculis petiolisque molliter cinereo-tomentosi, aculeis 

 parvis recurvis, nunc raris, nunc crebris armati. Folia brevissime (0,5 — 1,0 cm) petiolata, anguste ellipüca, 

 oblonga v. ovato-oblonga, acuminata, ad basin rotundata, inaequaliter mucronato-serrulata, diam. 

 10:5 — 6 cm, utrinque 5 — 6-costulata, supra strigosopilosa, juniora subsericea, subtus molliter cinereo- 

 tomentosa, inferiora interdum sinuato- v. inciso-lobulata. Stipulae deciduae, petiolo longiores, profunde 

 palmifidae, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis v. linearibus. 



Inflorescentiae amplae compositae, superne angustae thyrsoideae rami elongati, patuli, tbyrsoidei 

 V. polius floribus in nnthm-i niodun\ dispositis instructi, rarnis infimis saepe axillarilms. Bracteae vario 

 modo palmifidae, externe birsutae, interne glabriuscnlae, supremae lanceolatae, profunde incisae. Flores 

 mediocriler pedicellati, parvuli. Calyx externe cano- v. subsericeo-tomentosus; sepala ovata, mucronata, 

 interne glabra, badia, albo-marginata. Petala nulla. Stam.ina slylis fcre aequilonga, filamentis filiformibus. 

 Carpophorum hirsutum, carpella 10—15, apice pilosa. Drupeolae vix cobaerentes videntur. 



Gebirgswälder in .\ssam (Kbasia, Shillong, Manipur) und Yünnan. 



R. assamensis subspecies videntur: 



R. sepalanthus Pocke in Diels Fl. Centralchin. .391 (1901). 



Differt a R. assamensi foliis e basi truncatä vel emarginatä oblongis, subtus int er ners'os lutescenti- 

 hirtos albo-tomentosis, carpellis ca. 12. 



In Waldungen. Nan-cbuan, Kung-cbia-ping. 



R. Faberi in sched. band satis mibi notus est. 



Differt a R. sepalantho setis glanduliferis in inflorescentiä sparsis; folia subtus nervis obscuris in 

 laminä alba notata. 



Szechuan. Auf dem Berge On\ei von Faber gesammelt. 



62. R. Gentilianus Leveille et Vaniot in Bullet, acad. geogr. bot. XI, p. 99, tab. 3 (1902). 



Gaules elati, parce aciculati; partes juniores floccoso-pulverulentae; folia e basi subcordatä oblonga 

 vel oblongo-lanceolata, inaequaliter sinuato- grosse dentata, supra glabra, subtus appresse tomentosa. 

 Inflorescentiae pyramidalis ramuli infimi elongati, multiflori, ascendentes; bracteae profunde laciniatae; 

 flores parvuli; sepala scarioso-marginata, externa apice fissa, in flore reflexa (e diagnosi latinä post anthesin 

 reflexa); petala sepalis breviora, alba; stamina stylis glabris fere aequilonga. (Ex descr. autorum.) 



Central-China: Bacbufer, Sleinfelder. Umgegend von Tsin-gay und von Kong-yang. 



63. R. Dielsianus Pocke in Hb. Berol. 

 Henry Exs. Chin. 10 201. 



Prutex scandens robustus; rami elongati, simplices, cum petiolis parce aculeolati, glabriusculi, 

 lenticellis punctati. Folia sat breviter (2 — 3 cm) petiolata, e basi cordatä lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, 



