xni.c, 3 Merrill: Flora of Loh Fau Mountain 143 



Kaluhaburunghos monoecus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 607. 

 Bridelia tomentosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 597; Jabl. in Engl. Pflanzen- 

 reich 65 (1915) 58, cum syn. 



Kwangtung Province, Canton and vicinity, Merrill 9859, Levine ^29, 

 1232, Levine & Groff 88. 



This species is common in thickets in the vicinity of Canton. Jablonszky 

 places Cleistanthus monoicus (Lour.) Muell.-Arg. among the species omnino 

 dubiae, but there is no doubt in my mind as to the correctness of the 

 present interpretation. Loureiro's type was from Canton, and his descrip- 

 tion in all essentials, except for the description of the fruit, applies word 

 for word to this common species. The only differences are in his descrip- 

 tion of the leaves as glabrous (they are glabrous above and sparingly 

 pubescent beneath) and in characterizing the fruit as a 3-celled, 1-seeded 

 capsule; the fruit is a small drupe. This discrepancy is explained by the 

 certainty that Loureiro saw no fruits, but made the description of them 

 conform to the generic description of Clutia as quoted by him. Bridelia 

 monoica (Lour.) Merr. is the only species known from southern China 

 that conforms at all to Loureiro's description. No Cleistanthus is known 

 from China. 



AQUIFOLIACEAE 

 ILEX Linnaeus 

 ILEX TUTCHERI sp. nov. § Aquifolium, Sideroxyloides. 



Frutex 2 ad 4 m altus, glaberrimus ; f oliis obovatis ad oblongo- 

 obovatis, crassissime coriaceis, usque ad 5.5 cm longis, apice ro- 

 tundatis, interdum retusis, margine integris, revolutis, basi 

 cuneatis, costa supra impressa, subtus prominula, nervis latera- 

 libus obsoletis, supra olivaceis vel brunneo-olivaceis, nitidis, 

 subtus brunneis, minutissime et densissime puncticulatis ; fruc- 

 tibus axillaribus, fasciculatis, tenuiter pedicellatis, globosis vel 

 subglobosis, estriatis, 4 ad 5 mm diametro, 6- vel 7-locellatis, 

 calycis lobis 6, rotundatis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, 2 to 4 m high, the branches terete, 

 dark-grayish, somewhat rugose, the branchlets reddish-brown, 

 somewhat angled. Leaves rather densely crowded, obovate to 

 oblong-obovate, thickly coriaceous, 2.5 to 5.5 cm long, 1.2 to 2.5 

 cm wide, apex rounded, sometimes slightly retuse, base cuneate, 

 margins entire, recurved, the upper surface olivaceous or brown- 

 ish-olivaceous, shining, the lower surface brownish, densely and 

 very minutely puncticulate, the midrib impressed on the upper 

 surface, prominent on the lower surface, the lateral nerves and 

 reticulations obsolete; petioles 2 to 8 mm long. Fruits numer- 

 ous, axillary and in the axils of fallen leaves, usually about 3 

 in a fascicle, globose or subglobose, when fresh fleshy, purplish, 

 smooth, when dry dark-brown, smooth or slightly rugose, not 



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