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cm. longa et 1.2-1.8 cm. lata, acuminata, basi late cuneata, remote mi- 

 nuteque serrulata, pube stellato-pilosa dimorpha, supra viridia scabrida, 

 pilis 4-5-radiatis sparsius instructa, subtus albida, dense pilis 10-12- 

 radiatis obtecta; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, stellato-pilosi. Paniculae ad 10 cm. 

 longae, multiflorae, stellato-pilosae; pedicelli graciles, 1-1.5 mm. longi; 

 calyx stellato-pilosus, dentibus triangulari-ovatis acutiusculis tubo aequi- 

 longis; petala ovato-oblonga, 6 mm. longa et 2.5 mm. lata, alba; stamina 

 petalis aequilonga vel breviora, filamentis edentatis; styli 3, staminibus 

 aequilongi, stigmatibus capitatis bilobis. Fructus deest. 



Affinis D. Schneiderianae Rehd., sed foliis angustioribus minus scabris 

 et floribus minoribus differt. 



Chekiang: without precise locality, Ren-Chang Ching, no. 4750 (type), 

 1924. 



Itea longibrateata, sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 60 cm. altus, glaber. Folia coriacea, ovato-oblonga, 

 circiter 7.5 cm. longa et 3 cm. lata, acuminata vel acuta, basi rotundata, 

 remotius serrata, supra nitida viridia, subtus pallidiora, glabra; petioli 

 ad 1 cm. longi. Racemi axillares et terminales, ad 6 cm. longi, satis dense 

 multiflori; pedunculus puberulus; flores albi, breviter pedicellati vel sub- 

 sessiles, circiter 2 mm. diam.; bract eae anguste lanceolatae, ad 8 mm. 

 longae et 1 mm. latae, acuminatae, minute serrulatae; calyx hirtellus, 

 lobis lineari-lanceolatis, quam petala brevioribus; petala ovata, circiter 

 1.5 mm. longa; antheris subsessilibus ovali-oblongis inclusis; styli 2-con- 

 nati, stigmatibus capitatis: ovarium 2-loculare, semi-inferius. Fructus 

 deest. 



Ab affini /. ilicifolia Oliv. racemis brevioribus, bracteis longioribus 

 lanceolatis serrulatis, floribus multo minoribus subsessilibus, staminibus 

 inclusis differt. 



Chekiang: Yun-Fan, Taichow, on rocky summit, 2000 ft. altitude, 

 Ren-Chang Ching, no. 1316 (type), May 1, 1924. 



Rubus Chungii, sp. nov. 



Frutex sarmentosus scandens, ad 1.2 m. altus; rami graciles teretes, 

 cortice rubro-brunneo vestiti, sparse aculeis compressis basi dilatatis 

 leviter recurvis vel rarius rectis ad 5 mm. longis armati. Folia ambitu 

 rotundata, 4.5-7 cm. diam., palmatim ultra medium 5- vel rarius 3-loba, 

 sinubus obtusis vel rotundatis, lobis dupliciter serratis, medio rhombico- 

 ovato longe acuminato saepe basi subito constricto ad 4.5 cm. longo et 

 2.5 cm. lato, lateralibus inaequilateralibus, basilibus multo minoribus vel 

 deficient ibus; petioli gracilis, circiter 2.5 cm. longi, interdum aciculis 

 minutis armati. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculo gracili ad 3 cm. 

 longo suffulti; calyx virfescens vel purpurascens, extus intusque sericeo- 

 villosulus, extus demum glabrescens, lobis ovato-oblongis acuminnlatis 

 7 mm. longis et basi 4 mm. latis; petali ignoti. Fructus subglobosus, 

 circiter 1.5 cm. diam., ruber; semina compressa, 2 mm. longa ct 1.5 mm. 

 lata. 



