193 
Cuina. Szechuan : Northern Wushan, Henry, 7027 ; in woods, 
at 2400 m. above sea-level, Wilson, 3496a, 
This well marked species has recently flowered in the Coombe 
Wood nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, on whose saeeus seeds 
were collected in Western China by Mr, E. H. Wilso 
Gx® 562. Diospyros (Ermellinus) strigosa, Hems!. FEbenaceae] ; species 
LD. erianthae, Champ., proxima, di — imprimis foliis basi cordatis 
et venis primariis numerosioribus supra impressis. 
Kami juniores pilis patentibus patautmutbte vestiti, internodiis 
circiter 1 em. longis, Folia subdisticha, brevissime petiolata, vix 
——— oblongo-lanceolata vel interdum ovato-lanceolata, raro 
ob 0-oblonga, 5-10 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, acuta, basi leviter 
pers rarius rotundata, nunquam cuneata, supra glabra vel cito gla- 
brescentia, subtus ferrugineo-pubescentia, venis primariis ee 
utrinque circiter 7 subtus elevatis. Flores tetrameri, 1-1'2 cm. longi, 
utriusque sexus similes, axillares, solitarii, brevissime nodal ; 
pedunculi calycesque bracteolis compluribus (circiter 6-8) sursum 
gradatim majoribus 1-5-6 mm. longis rigidis arctissime imbricatis 
cincti. Calyx densissime strigoso-setosus, fere ad basin 4-partitus ; 
segmenta lanceolata, circiter 6 mm. longa, corollae tubum fere 
aequantia et illi _— appressa. Corolla hypocrateriformis, circiter 
cm. longa, extus supra medium strigoso-setulosus, tubo apicem 
versus leviter constricto, lobis lanceolatis circiter 3 mm. longis. 
Stamina 12, inaequilonga, pistillodio filiformi. Ovarium strigilloso- 
pilosum, 4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis ; styli 2, breves. Staminodia 
nulla. Fructus nobis ignotus 
Cuina. Hainan, Henry, 8741. 
563. Duvalia arg N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae] ; 
affinis D. Corderoyi, N. E. Br., sed caulibus 4-angulatis et corollae 
lobis 5-sulcatis facile distinguitur. 
Caules decumbentes, 2°5-6°5 cm. longi, 4-angulati, 1:2-1°8 cm. 
(absque dentibus) crassi, glabri, albi PP ES te 
variegati, dentibus 6-10 mm. longis subulatis integris. Flores 
1-3, subfasciculati. Pedicelli 2-2°8 cm. longi, 1°5 mm. crassi, 
patentes, glabri. Sepala 3 mm. longa, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 
glabra. Corolla circa 4°5 cm. diametro, brunneo-rubra, annulo pilis 
longis pallide roseis dense vestito ; lobi 1°6-1°8 cm. ongi, 1*2 cm. 
lati, patentes, ovati, acuti, convexi (nec replicati), 5-sulcati, apice 
rugulosi, glabri, basi pilis longis clavatis Las pian vibratilibus ciliati ; 
annulus 1*2-1°4 cm. diametro, circulart orona exterior circularis, 
plana, annulo subinclusa, purpurascen fi annulo lutescente prope 
marginem instructa, glabra, Coronae interioris lobi 2 mm. longi, 
erecti, ovoidei, acuti, apice leviter incurvati, albi. 
ARABIA. Bent. 
Described from a living plant brought by the late Mr. Theodore 
Bent from South Arabia, which flowered at Kew in 1898 and 1899. 
Its nearest ally i is D. Co orderoy}, N.E. ‘Br. a native of South Africa, 
from which it differs in its 4-angled, Aas mottled stems, and 
in the corolla-lobes being merely convex, with 5 grooves on their 
inner face and not at all folded as in dade Corderoyi. 
564, Euphrasia linumae, 7a keda [ 
ab E. insigni, Wettst., cui remote affinis, -differt caule humiliore i 
ium ramoso, foliis basin versus minus attenuatis, dentibus 
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