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The specimens agree closely with Formosan material and also 

 conform to Miguel's description. I believe this to be, at least 

 in part, the Kwangtung form referred by Dunn and Tutcher 

 to Mussaenda frondosa Linn., but I have seen no Chinese ma- 

 terial at all approaching the typical Ceylon form of the Linnean 

 species. 



RANDIA Linnaeus 

 RANDIA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, usque ad 8 mm alta, ramulis et inflorescentiis 

 et subtus foliis f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis chartaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 

 utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter caudato-acumi- 

 natis, supra in siccitate olivaceis, glabris, nitidis; nervis utrin- 

 que 10 ad 12, subtus perspicuis; stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, usque ad 1 cm longis; cymis oppositifoliis, 3 ad 4 

 cm longis, breviter pedunculatis ; floribus ad apices ramulorum 

 confertis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 1.5 

 mm longis; fructibus globosis, glabris, 6 ad 8 mm diametro, in 

 siccitate nigris, nitidis; seminibus numerosis, compressis, cir- 

 citer 1.5 mm diametro. 



A small tree about 8 m high, the branchlets, inflorescences, 

 and the lower surface of the leaves rather densely ferruginous- 

 pubescent. Branches dark reddish brown, usually terete, gla- 

 brous. Leaves oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 

 11 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, subequally narrowed below 

 to the acute, equilateral base, and above to the slenderly caudate- 

 acuminate apex, the acumen sometimes falcate, the upper sur- 

 face glabrous, olivaceous and shining when dry, the lower sur- 

 face rather softly pubescent; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations rather lax, distinct; petioles usually 

 pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 pubescent, up to 1 cm long. Cymes leaf-opposed, shortly pe- 

 duncled, ferruginous-pubescent, 3 to 4 cm long (corollas un- 

 known) , the flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled and somewhat 

 crowded at the tips of the branchlets. Calyx ferruginous- 

 pubescent, about 4 mm long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 1.5 mm long. Fruits globose, glabrous, 6 to 8 mm in 

 diameter, black and shining when dry. Seeds many, flattened, 

 orbicular-ovate to ovate, about 1.5 mm long. 



Kwangtung Province, White Cloud Mountain, Levine 3130 

 (type) 3267, August 29, November, 1918; Kong Moon, Groff 



