46 
C. Inflorescence a thyrse or a 
raceme, or reduced to 3 
longer than the stamens, ' 
UN “Mmucronate when expanded... var. insularis. 
D. Indorescence a raceme, or 
stamens, usually not dis- 
tinctly mucronate when 
ded ue ue 
expande var. Pavoliniana. 
apparently correspond respectively to lower and upper portions 
of the plant. The sepals are usually acute or obtuse, rarely 
onate. 
Hina. Lantao, Meyen (not seen). Hongkong, Champion, 
Wright 2, Hance 486; Victoria Peak, Urquhart. Islands near 
Macao, Vacheli 254. Kwangtung, Ford 5; Canton,* Fortune 51. 
okien : Amoy Interior, Swinhoe. Yunnan: Szemao, in forests, 
1350 m., Henry 12270. China, without locality, Millett. 
Upper Burma. Hotha, east of the Kachin Hills, Anderson. 
Forma retusa, Sprague; sepalis retusis, foliolis crassis ellip- 
ticis vel ovatis distinguitur.—C, Meyeniana, Hook. £. Bot. Mag. 
t. 7897, excl. syn. : 
Locality unknown. The plant is stated to have been received 
from the Hongkong Botanic Garden in 1885, 
Forma major, Sprague; sepalis quam staminibus multo longt- 
oribus saepe retusis distinguitur.—C, Craibiana, Lace in Kew 
Bull. 1915 p. 395 
Kwantune. Ford 5a, Ford, Aug. 1887 (cult. in Hort. Kew. 
1895); Lofoushan, Ford 103; North River, Ford 166 (type of the 
form). Uprrr Burma, Maymyo Plateau, Lace 6122 (inflorescence 
glabrescent), 
3 
Var. granulata, Finet et Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
vol. 1. p. 530; Lecomte, Fl. Gén. Tndo-Chine, vol. i. p. 4, 
Hainan. Henry 8087, 8682. Inpo-Catna: Tonkin; Laokai, 
Wilson, 2674. 
kin ; 
: os; La-kon, Harmand-—also recorded from 
Annam by Finet and Gagnepain, l.c, 
Var. insularis, Sprague; inflorescentia glabra saepius race- 
mosa vel triflora, sepalis quam staminibus manifeste longioribus 
* teste Maximowicz in Mél. B ielaweie 
in cls 
SN i 0 pga a Oy 
By 
iol. vol. ix. p- 597. 
