XV, 3 Merrill: Notes on the Kwangtung Flora 237 



coriaceous, about 10 mm long and 3 mm wide, glabrous. Ovary 

 glabrous. Immature fruit globose. 



Kwang-tung Province, Teng Woo Mountain, Levine 2024,, May 

 26, 1918, scattered on slopes, altitude about 300 meters. 



This species is well characterized by its oblong, thickly coria- 

 ceous, rather numerously nerved leaves which are glaucous be- 

 neath, and by its long, coriaceous, glabrous perianth segments. 

 It is apparently as closely allied to Machilus phoenicis Dunn as 

 to any other species, which, however, has smaller, differently 

 shaped, fewer-nerved leaves and much shorter petioles. 



LINDERA Thunberg 

 LINDERA SUBCAUDATA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Neolitsea subcaudata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 137. 



Additional material with staminate flowers representing this 

 species shows it to be a Lindera, allied to L. strychnifolia 

 (Meisn.) F.-Vill. It is now represented by Merrill 11016, Le- 

 vine 1351, Groff 2463, To Kang P'eng 2707, the latter with stam- 

 inate flowers bearing the local name heung kau shii. 



SAXIFRAGACEAE 



ANDRO^ACE Linnaeus • 

 ANDROSACE UMBELLATA (Lour.) comb. nov. 



Drosera uvibellata Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 186. 

 Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 2 (1836) 

 127; Pax & Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenreich 22 (1905) 179. 



Loureiro cites both Chinese and Cochinchinese names for this 

 species, although he also states "Habitat in China." It would 

 seem that he observed the species in both regions. The species 

 extends from India to Japan southw^ard to Indo-China and north- 

 ern Luzon and occurs at low altitudes both in Kwangtung Prov- 

 ince, China, and in Indo China. The species is clearly no 

 Drosera, but among all the species of plants known from southern 

 China, Loureiro's description applies only to Androsace saxifra- 

 gifolia Bunge. There is, hence, no reason why Loureiro's specific 

 name should not be adopted for this well-known species. Plan- 

 chon * has already indicated that Loureiro's species might be an 

 Andi'osace. 



ROSACEAE 



PYGEUM Gaertner 

 PYGEUM TOPENGII sp. nov. § Sericophyllum. 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, ramis glabris, ramulis ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis, elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 9 cm 



'Ann. Sci. Nat. Ill 9 (1848) 304. 



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