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EBENACEAE 

 DIOSPYROS Linnaeus 

 DIOSPYROS SINENSIS Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1889) 71. 



Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region, To Kang P'eng 2785, 

 2788. 



Previously known from Szechuen and Hupeh Provinces, but 

 not before reported from as far south as Kwangtung. 



SYMPLOCACEAE 



SYMPLOCOS Jacquin 

 SY MP LOCOS FUSONII sp. nov. § Hopea, Lodhra. 



Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus, ramulis castaneo- vel purpureo-pubes- 

 centibus, inflorescentiis cinereo-pubescentibus. Foliis coriaceis 

 vel subcoriaceis, glabris, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 

 5.5 cm longis, nitidis, margine minute glanduloso-serrulatis vel 

 crenulatis, deorsum integris, apice acutis vel brevissime acumi- 

 natis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, anastomosantibus, 

 costa supra haud impressa; racemis axillaribus, solitariis vel 

 binis, paucifloris, 8 ad 10 mm longis, floribus omnibus pedicella- 

 tis; fructibus oblongo-ovoideis, leviter adpresse pubescentibus, 

 circiter 5 mm longis. Species S. anomalae afRnis. 



A shrub 2 to 3 m high, the branches reddish brown, glabrous, 

 the branchlets slender, somewhat angled, castaneous or purplish, 

 appressed-pubescent with short hairs. Leaves coriaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, shining, glabrous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 3 to 5 cm 

 long, 1,5 to 3 cm wide, the apex acute or shortly acuminate, 

 •base acute, margins minutely glandular-serrulate or crenulate, 

 toward the base usually entire; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, 

 the midrib not impressed on the upper surface; petioles 2 to 3 

 mm long, glabrous or when young pubescent. Racemes axillary, 

 solitary, or in pairs, short, few-flowered, appressed cinereous- 

 pubescent, 8 to 10 mm long, simple, usually 5 to 10 flowers in a 

 raceme. Flowers white, their pedicels 1.5 to 2.5 mm long, the 

 apical bracteoles triangular-ovate, acute, about 1 mm long, some- 

 what pubescent. Calyx pubescent, the tube short, the limb 2.5 

 mm in diameter, the lobes orbicuiar-reniform, spreading, 

 rounded, slightly pubescent, about 1 mm long and 1.2 mm wide. 

 Petals glabrous, oblong-elliptic, 3 mm long. Stamens indefinite, 

 the filaments glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long, slightly united below, 

 forming about 5 indistinct phalanges. Ovary 3-celled ; style gla- 



