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congest a Benth., from both of which it is at once distinguished by its much 

 fewer stamens. 



RUBIACEAE 



Litosanthes Blume 



Litosanthes biflora Blume, Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg, 21 (1823). — Merrill, 

 Enum. Philip. PL m. 568 (1923). 



Lasianthus gracilis King & Gamble in Jour. As. Sue. Bengal, lxxiii. pt. n. 132 

 (Mat. Fl. Malay. Penin. iv. 206) (1904). 



Hainan: Five Finger Mountains, F. A. McClvrc, no. 8708, on forested 



slopes, altitude 700 m. 



Malay Peninsula, Java, and the Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Catan- 

 duanes, Leyte, Negros, Mindanao). The genus is new to China. 



FURTHER NOTES ON CHINESE LIGNEOUS PLANTS. 1 



H. II. Hu. 

 Alnus Jackii, sp. nov. 



Arbor ad 10 m. alta, cortice cinereo; ramuli glabri, lenticellati. Folia 

 elliptica, ovata vel elliptico-obovata, 4-7.5 cm. longa et 2.2-3 cm. lata, 

 apice acuta vel cuspidata, basi subrotundata vel rarius late cuneata, glan- 

 duloso-serrata, utrinque intense viridia, subtus ad costam et sparsissime ad 

 venas reetas utrinque circiter 10 puberula, ceterum glabra; j>etioli graciles, 

 ad 2 em. longi: inflorescentia mascula ex amentis 5-6 cylindricis autumno 

 eireiter 2 em. longis composita, resinosa, peduneulis erectis 8 mm. longis. 

 Strobili solitarii, ereeti, peduneulo circiter 1 em. longo sustenti, ovoidei vel 

 ellipsoidei, eireiter 2 em. long! et 1.2 em. diam.; braeteae aj)ice truncatae, 

 breviter lobulatae, eireiter 5 mm. longae et 7 mm. latae; semina orbicularia, 

 compressa, circiter 3.5 mm. longa et lata, aj)ice acutiuscula, margine 

 eoriaeeo angusto, nitida, castanea. 



Ab affini A. formosana Makino praecipue differt foliorum forma et 

 strobilis solitariis. 



Chekiang: Tien-tai-shan, Ren-Chang Ching, no. 2G00 (type), Dec. 10, 



11)24, and no. 1514, May 9, 1924. Fokikn: Siu-Ning-sien, Ren-Chang 

 Ching, no. 2295, Aug. 5, 1924. 



Meratia yunnanensis, comb. nov. 



Chimonanthus yunnanensis W. \V. Smith in Notes Hot. Gard. Edinb. vni. 

 182 (1914). 



As Rehder and Wilson remarked in Plantae Wilsonianae, I. 419 (1913) 

 that Meratia Loiseleur was published one year before Chimonanthus 

 Lindley, we have to accept Loiseleur's name for this genus. Accepting 

 Rehder and Wilson's statement this new combination is made. 



Deutzia Chunii, sp. nov. 



Ramuli graciles, sparse stellato-pilosi. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 3-5.5 



l See Vol. V. 227 of this Journal for preceding Notes. 



