1924] H. H. HU, NOTES ON CHINESE LIGNEOUS PLANTS 229 



Walsura trijuga Kurz var. microcarpa, comb. nov. 



Heynea trijuga Roxburgh var. microcarpa Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. v. in 

 textu ad t. 355 (1899). 

 Harms (in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. in. abt. iv. 303 [1896]) 



reduced Heynea Roxburgh to a section of Walsura Roxburgh and in 

 following him a new combination of Pierre's varietal name becomes neces- 

 sary. 



Tapirira hirsuta, comb. nov. 



Robergia hirsuta Roxburgh, Fl. Inch n. 455 (1832). 

 Tapiria hirsuta Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. n. 28 (1879). 



Tapirira Aublet was published in 1775, while Tapiria Jussieu was not 

 published until 1789, thus the former generic name should be adopted. 

 As Hooker f. used Jussieu's Tapiria, we cannot ascribe the correct com- 

 bination to him, although the difference between these two names is 

 slight, therefore the combination under Tapirira should be considered as 



new. 



Stemonurus hainanensis, comb. nov. 



Gomphrnidra hainanensis Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. xxi. 348 (1922). 



Stemonurus Blume was published in 1825, Gomphandra Wallich in 

 1832, therefore the former generic name should be adopted and a new 

 combination made for this species. 



Elaeocarpus kwangtungensis, sp. nov. 



Ramuli foliorum basibus asperata. Folia obovata, 4-9 cm. longa et 

 2-3.5 cm. lata, obtusa vel obtuse cuspidata, obtuse et adpresse serrata, 

 basin versus angustata et in petiolum planum subalatum 5-12 mm. longum 

 decurrentia, supra glabra, subtus pilis fasciculatis verrucas elevatas 

 insidentibus instructa. Peduuculi et pedicelli satis valid i; pedicelli 6 mm. 

 longi. Fructus ellipsoideo-oblongus, satis siccus, laevis, 12-14 mm. longus 



et 7 mm. diam. 



Affinis E. chinensi Hooker f., sed differt foliis obovatis non acuminatis, 

 basi in petiolum latum non canaliculatum decurrentibus et subtus pilis 

 fasciculatis in verruculis leviter elevatis instructis. 



Kwangtung: vicinity of Canton City, C. 0. Levine, Canton Christian 

 College Herbarium, no. 1623, September 24, 1917 (type). This specimen 

 was identified by E. D. Merrill as E. chinensis Hooker f. from which it 

 differs in several important points, as stated above. 



Elaeocarpus yentangensis, sp. nov. 



Arbor 4.5 m. alta. Folia sparsa, lanceolata vel oblanceolata ad elliptico- 

 obovata, 7-9 cm. longa et 3-4 cm. lata, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi 

 cuneata vel rotundata, ut videtur articulata, remote vel dense adpresse 

 serrata, supra glabra et lucide viridia, subtus obscure et pallide viridia, 

 satis manifeste reticulata ; petioli 1.5-3 cm. longi. Fructus late ellipsoideus, 

 12 mm. longus et 9 mm. diam., pallide coeruleus, carnosus, rugosus in sicco. 



