368 
lobis 4 ovatis patulis tubo 4-plo longioribus. Stamina in tomento 
faucis inserta ex tubo paullo exserta. Ovarium ovatum; stylus 
tubo corollae equilongus, bifidus. 
Neg-shi-shan, June, 1909, collected by Katsumata, Hongkong 
Flerb., 6643. wee 
Nearest to the Burmese Z. Kurzii, Hook. f., from which it is 
distinguishable by its nearly glabrous leaves. 
qi Ardisia pachyphylla, Dunn, sp. nov.. Arbor omnino glabra. Folka 
oblanceolata, apice acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, 8-9 cm. longa, 
coriacea, venis obscuris; petioli 0°8-1'2 cm. longi. Flores um- 
bellati vel breviter racemosi in ramis inflorescentiae compactae 
terminalis 12 em, latae ; pedicelli 6-8 mm. longi. Calyx 5-fidus, 
1-1°5 mm. longus, lobis ovatis glandulosis. Corolla eglandulosa, 
rotata, 0°9-1°0 cm. lata, fere ad faucem 5-fida, lobis ovatis aestiva- 
tione contortis. Stamina fauce inserta, antheris 3 mm. longis 
apiculatis filamento 6-plo longioribus. Ovarium globosum, stylo 
ante anthesin incluso, ovulis paucis biseriatis. 
Ng-shi-shan, June, 1909, collected by Katsumata, Honghony 
Herb., 6680. 
Allied to the North Indian A. neriifolia, Wall., but distinguished 
by its umbellate or nearly umbellate flowers. 
Ervatamia pallida, Pierre ex Spire, Le Caoutchoue, 141. 
The Hainan form has a glandular corolla and less caudate leaves. 
The species is rather widely dispersed in and about the same latitude 
in French Cochin China, It is said to yield a good caoutchouc 
(Spire, lic. 180), 
Callicarpa brevipes, Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 5, v. 233. 
-shi-shan, June, 1909, collected by Katswnata. 
Only known previously from the neighbourhood of Swatow and 
Hongkong, on the coast of Kwangtung. 
L.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Me. I. H. Burxini, M.A., Reporter on Economic Products to 
the Government of India, and Curator of the Industrial Section of 
the India Museum, Caleutta (K. B. 1899, p. 50; 1900, p. 16), has 
been appointed *e the Secretary of State for the Colonies Director 
of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, in succession to Mr. H. N. 
Ridley, M.A., C.M.G., F.R.S., retired. 
Mr. Greorce Henry Eapy and Mr. Ernest WILLIAM 
Morse, formerly members of the gardening staff of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, have been appointed by the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Curators in the 
Agricultural Department of the Gold Coast. 
