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fructiferi usque ad 20 cm. longi, sulcati, glabri. Sepala 3, 
petaloidea, mox decidua, oblongo-lanceolata, subobtusa, circiter 
‘6 mm. longa, striata, glabra. Petala 6, obovata, 1 cm. longa, 
6 mm. lata, ad basin angustata. Stamina 6, ovario aequilonga ; 
longus, in stigma cupularem undulate lobatum expanso. Capsula 
-4 cm. longa, carnosa, extra rugulosa, stylo persistente 3 mm. 
longo coronata. Semina brunnea, obovoidea, 3 mm. longa. 
Manchuria: Lower Amur River, in pine forests near Pachale, 
fr., Mazimowicz; near Vladivostok, fls., Palezevsky in Herb. 
Komarov 734. Corea: Chemulpo, fr., Carles 68. Shengking 
Province: shady wood, Fungshan, fils., Ross 29; wooded valleys, 
Corean Gate, fr., Ross. Mukden to Yaloo River, near Laoling, 
fls., Webster 136. 
Vernacular name in Manchuria, Kémbalta. 
Hance (see above) proposed the new name manchuriensis for 
dubia, because of the latter’s unsuitability; a course, however, 
which we are unable to follow. For such a trivial reason the 
changing of specific names would have no end. 
XXXVIII._DECADES KEWENSES 
Piantrarum Novarum ry Hersario Horr Reei1 
CoNSERVATARUM. 
DECAS XCIX. 
981. Xanthophyllum Burkiili, Drummond et Dunn [Poly- 
galaceae|; e speciebus adhue cognitis vix ulli arcte affinis, floris 
magnitudine et structura ad 4. Schortechini, King, aliquanto 
approximata ab ea ob filamenta pilosa, ovarium vix longe-stipi- 
tatum, folia chartacea aliasque notas facale distincta. 
Arbor modicae altitudinis, ramis irregulariter flexuosis, cortice 
cinereo-albido. alia lanceolata, ovato-oblonga vel elliptica, 
basi cuneata vel subrotundata, versus apicem subito acuminata, 
apice subobtusa, basi obscure quinquenervia, omnino glabra, 
superne virentia, subtus glaucescentia, duobus nervis marginali- 
bus marginem subcrassam formantibus, lateralibus ad decem 
intra marginem anastomosantibus conspicuis pallidis, petiolis 
coloratis circa 7 mm. longis suffulta. Flores usque ad 1-6 cm. 
longi, in racemos cernuos circa 3-5 cm. longos paniculatim con- 
fertos dispositi; pedicelli puberuli, bracteolis cymbiformibus 
basalibus apice villosis circa 1-5 mm. longis muniti, »epata o, 
imbricata, inaequalia, pubescentia, posticum quam alia conspicue 
ju omnia fere longitudine aequalia, sepalis 3-plo 
n vix unguiculata, dorso carinata, carina versus bast 
angustata. Filamenta basi dilatata, pilosa, duo cum alis inferne 
