2'6 
3-35 mm. lata, intus apice sparse pubescentia. Stamina cir- 
citer 20, petalis quarta parte breviora. Styli 3, staminibus 
superati, ad vel supra medium connati, glabri. Ovula in quoque 
oculo 2-nata, subcollateralia. Fructus maturus globosus vel 
obovatus, basi leviter attenuatus, apice depressus, cicatrice annuli- 
formi calyeis decidui notatus, 1-1-4 cm. diametro, flavus vel in 
latere ad solem spectante coccineus. Semina triangulari-obo- 
voidea, 7-8 mm. longa, mm. lata, pallida. MM. transitoria, 
Schneider, var. toringoides, Rehd. in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. ii, 286; 
Pyrus transitoria var. toringoides, Osborn in Garden, Nov. 1, 
1919, 522, with fig. of fruit. 
WestTeRN SzecH’uan. West of Tachien-lu; 3300-3600 m., 
October, 1908, Wilson 1285; near Tongolo, West of Tachien-lu, 
oN ane m. June to October, 1904, Wilson 3494, and Seed 
Vo. 17380. 
Rehder in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. ii, 286, says: ‘‘This plant 
looks quite distinct from typical M. transitoria with its larger, 
partly entire leaves and larger fruit, and may turn out to be a 
distinct species, but as long as we do not know the mature fruits 
of the type and the flowers of this variety, we must rely on the 
difference in the leaves which are not sufficient for specific separa- 
tion, as intergradations seem to exist.’’ Flowering and fruiting 
. specimens from Wilson’s collection and fresh material from a 
liarity described can therefore in the present state of our know- 
ledge not be used as a diagnostic character, nor does it seem to 
throw any light on the problem of the morphological nature of the 
receptacle of Pomaceae. 
972. Leptedermis Parkeri, Dunn [Rubiaceae-Paederieae] a 
L. lanceolata, Wall., nervis foliorum 4-5-paribus, floribus 2 ¢m. 
— extus puberulis, seminis testa adnata distincta, 
rutex mediocris, praeter flores glaber. Folia sessilia, lanceo- 
lata, apice basique acuminata, . longa, papyracea, nervis 
lateralibus a (-5) paribus infra vix prominulis. Flores praecoces, 
in ramulorum a icibus saepius terni, sessiles, basi bracteis binis 
involucralibus coriaceis apiculatis arcte cincti. Calyz ovoideus, 
