20 Aemiliiis Koehiie. 



vero e ramis summitati consimilibus compositae; axis, ranmli pedicellique 

 4goni subalati, saepe breviter hirtelli; bracteae pleraeque hypsophyl- 

 loideae, 2 — 8mm. lg,, obl. v. rolundatae, saepe utrinq. acuminatae,. deci- 

 duae; pedieelli singuli 3 — 15 mm. lg. Alabastra globosa. Flores 6meri, 

 rariss. 4-, 5- v. 7meri. — Calyx (7' — 10 mm.) turbinato-semiglobosus, 

 glaber, fructifer semiglobosus; lobi erecli; appendices nuUae. — Petala 

 (4 — )6i7) albida V. rosea v. purpurea. — Stamina circ. 36 — 42, calycis 

 fere basi ipsi inserta; episepaia 6(v.4 — 7) circ. 15 — 24 mm. lg.; epipetala 

 5 — 6na illis Y2 breviora filamentis basi subcohaerentibus; antherae ellip- 

 licae, staminum majorum majores virides, minorum flavae; loculamenta 

 basi apiceq. vix contigua. — Ovarium 6-locuIare; Stylus circ. 16 — 

 20mm. lg., stamina longiora circ. aeqiians. — Capsula ellipsoideo-glo- 

 bosa, 9 — 13 mm. lg., 8 — 11mm. diam., calyce semi-inclusa; valvae haud 

 sulcatae, Semina, ala 5mm. longa elliptica adjecla, 8mm. lg. 



Forma a. latifolia Koehne. Folia late ellipt. v. rotund. (lg.: lat. 

 = 2 V. i : 1), magis coriacea. 



Forma b. angustifolia Koehne. Folia anguste oblonge -ellipt. 

 (lg.:lat. fere =3:1), utrinq. acuta v. apice subacuminata, submem- 

 branacea. 



[Var. pallida Benth. , in Hk. journ. and Kew misc. 4. 81, Seem. Herald 377, haud 

 distinguenda.] 



As. Au. Chin. Jap. Japonia: sponte et culta : Yokohama jul.-aug.! Nagasaki! in 

 monte Fuji-no-Yama in Silva 1550 — 2230 m. alt. sec. cl. Rein; ad declivia montana 

 Kavva Yama jun.-aug. verisim. spontanea sec. Mq.; China borealis! Peking (culta)! 

 Shang-hai! China centr., prov. Kiang-si: Kieu-Kiang! — In coUinis circa Canton 

 et secus fluvios North et West Rivers prov. Cantonensis vulgaris et certe spontanea sec. 

 Hance journ. of bot. 1879, p. M; Mons. Forsan sponte in parte orientali sec. cl.Clarke; 

 Hongkong!, sponte circa leniplura Buddhae sec. Seemann; Macao, ex horto, jul.! 

 Yünnan sec. Kz.; Cochinchina et culta et .sponte sec. Lour.; Manila, Melindres sec. 

 Blanco; Molucc. sec. Blume; .Java! Culta in Burma et India orientali, maj.-jun. flor., 



inde a Tenasserim usq. ad Ava, ad N.W. India! et Coromandel ! Au. Penins. 



York lit. orientali: Cape Sidmouth sec. F. Müll. 1. c. — ■ — Colitur in ins. Reunion!, in 

 Europa calidiore, in Civitatum Unitarum parte meridionali, in Antillis, Venezuela, Bra- 

 silia (fl. fehr.) et Argentina. 



ß. Calyx leniter 10 — f 2costulatus , 3^/2 — i^/imm. lg. Petala cum unguiculo 2V2 — 

 3 mm. longo ö^Jo — 6mm. longa. {Nr. 530.) 



330 (4), L, subcostata Koehne n. sp. 

 Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. 82. f. 330. 

 Ramuli hornotini teretiusculi v. lineis 4 prominentibus notati, glabri 

 V. brevit. hirtello-pubescentes. Internodia circ. 1 — 3 cm. lg., foliis bre- 

 viora. Gemmae 1 Y2 — 2Y2 mm. lg., squamis paucis inclusae. — Folia 

 suboppos., pulvinis haud sulfulta, petiolis 2 — 3'/2"i»'- longis insid., basi 

 vix atlenuala V. sat obtusa, ovata v. oblongo-ovata v. obl.-lanceol. (15 — 

 130 mm.: 10 — 36 mm.), acuminata, sunmio apice obtusiuscula, interd. 

 rigidula , opaca, supra minulim parceq. puberula v. giabra, subl. hirtella 



