290 



THE 



[vol. V 



Affinis E. glabripetalo Merrill, sed fructus major et crassior. 



Chekiang: South Yeng-tang Shan, Ping-yang district, H. H. Hit, no. 

 237 (type), August 24, 1920. 



Sloanea sinensis, comb. nov. 



Echinocarpus sinensis Hance in Jour. Bot. xxn. 108 (1884). 



Tree about 10 m. high, with spreading and pithy branches. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, obtusely or acutely cuneate at base, entire or 

 remotely dentate above the middle, veins and reticulations not very 

 prominent, glabrous above, puberulous beneath especially along the veins, 



broad 



Flowers greenish-white, 



about 1.5 cm. in diameter; peduncle 6-8 cm. long, gray-pubescent. Sepals 

 oblong, about 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, gray-pubescent. Petals broader 

 than long, deeply lobed, gray-pubescent. Stamens numerous, crowded; 

 anthers apiculate, with straw-colored sericeous pubescence. Ovary 

 conical, gray-pubescent. Fruit with 5-6 stellatelv spread woodv valves 



with 



colored pubescence. Seeds with a yellowish arillus, solitary in each cell. 



Lo 



no. 22216). 



Chekiang: Swen-chi, southern Yeng-tang shan, Ping yang district, 



H.H 



Wils 



from which it differs in its smaller flowers and generally paler pubescence 

 of flower and fruit. As the original description was based only on a 



fruiting specimen, a more complete description including that 

 is given here. 



Eriolaena szemaoensis, sp. nov. 



Arbor 5-10 m. alta; ramuli graciles, plus minusve stella 

 mox glabrescentes. Folia orbiculari-ovata, 

 lata, apice obtusa vel obtuse acuteve acuminata, basi late cordata, toto 

 margine crenato-dentata, supra stellato-tomentosa, subtus dense fulvide 

 stellato-tomentosa ; petioli plus minusve stellato-tomentosi, 2-3.5 cm. 

 longi. Flores 3.5 cm. diam., in paniculis multifloris; bracteolae paullo 



6-1 



infra flores, lineari-lanceolata, circiter 4 mm. longa, acuta, integra, reflexa, 

 cinereo-tomentosa ; alabastra oblonga, acuta, medio leviter constricta; 

 calyx initio spathaceus, demum 5-partita; sepala lineari-lanceolata, extus 

 fulvide stellato-tomentosa, intus colorata et sparse adpresse tomentosa, 

 2.5 cm. longa et 3.5 mm. lata; petala obovato-spathulata, ut videtur 

 lutescentia, sepalis aequilonga, circiter 5 mm. lata, unguiculo villoso; 

 tubus staminalis 18 mm. longus; antherae 3 mm. longae; stylus villosus, 

 apice clavatus et glandulosus, stigmatis lobis 8 brevibus erectis. Capsula 

 pedunculo incrassato et valido insidens, conico-ovoidea, 3.5-5 cm. longa 

 et 2-2.5 cm. diam., apiculata, dense fulvide stellato-tomentosa, 8-valvata, 

 valvis acutis in costis tuberculatis demum glabrescentibus, intus villosis; 



