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pallescentia, venis argute eminentibus satis intra margineui 

 arcuatim inosculantibus, pilis modicis adscendentibus 

 argenteo-canescentibus ad costas longioribus et tunc sub- 

 bifarie patentibus induta, margine anguste revoluto integer- 

 rimo rarius et obtuse lobata, pilis (oculo armato) quasi ciliata. 

 Infiorescentia dicbotoma, pubescens; pedunculus universalis 

 paulo post anthesin 4'5-7'5 cm. longus, partiales buc illuc 

 bracteis foliosis conspicuis subspatulatis saepius vix 4 mm. longis 

 crassiusculis sufPulti; pedicelli circiter 15 mm. longi, tenues, 

 tsubrigidi, similiter bracteolati, acute divaricati; alabastra sub 

 antbesin pyriformia, obtusa, circiter 6 mm. longa et 4 mm. 

 diametro; flores albidi, odori (ex Kerr). Sepala expansa denique 

 patentia, oblongo-spatulata, apice obtuse acuminata, externa ad- 

 presse tomentosa^ intus intricate villosa, albida, Antlierae 

 muticae, 2*5 mm. vel paulo magis longae, loculis basi omnino 

 parallelis nee divaricatis, cum connectivo lineari et filamentis 

 circiter 4 mm. vel plus longis medio obscure nee basin versus 

 dilatatis, glaberrimae. Achaenia (immatura) lateraliter com- 

 pressa, ambitu diniidiato-fusiformia, nitide castanea, villis 

 argenteis conspicuis fere erectis tecta; styli ad 4 cm. producti, 

 eleganter albide plumosi. 



Me Ka Mi^ on busbes and trees by stream, 300 m., Kerr 2374. 



Tbis may be C. Vitalha, Linn., var. raicTocarpa^ Franchet PL 

 Delavay, based on Delavay No. 2984 in hedges at Tapintze, 

 Yunnan. The following are also very closely allied: 



Tacbienlu, Pratt 272, Mengtze, Hancock 252, Red Eiver, Henr 



10919, 10919a, S. W. Cbina, Monheig and Upper Burma, Sban 



States, Manders. 



ricf3cinaceae] ; a G. nyssif 



King, inflorescentia laxiore, ovario glabro, a (r. javanica, YaL, 

 fructu baud sulcato distinguenda. 



Arbor sempervirens, circiter 12 m. alta (ex Kerr) ; ramuli 



primo puberuli, mox glabri, cinereo-corticati. Folia oblongo- 



t)blanceolata vel fere oblonga, apice acuminata, obtusa, basi 



plerumque parum inaequilatera, late cuneata, circiter 9-11 cm. 



longa, 3-2-5'3 cm. lata, cbartacea, glabra, _ nervis lateralibus 



utrinque 5-7 supra conspicuis subtus proniinulis, costa suj^ra 



impressa subtus prominente, nervulis subtus subconspicuis, in- 



tegra, petiolo 0'9-l'3 cm. longo supra canaliculato glabro sufPulta. 



Cymae laxae, pauciflorae, ex axillis foliorum delapsorum ortae, 



pedunculo communi circiter 6 mm. longo suffultae; pedicelli 



3 mm. longi, ut pedunculi sparse breviter adpresse albo-pubes- 



centes. FZ . <? . Calyx truncatus, integer, 0^75 mm. altus. Corolla 



alba (ex Kerr)', tubus 2 mm. longus; lobi 6, e dorso visi deltoidei 



vel anguste deltoidei, ad 1 mm. longi, apice acuminati, acumine 



horizontali circiter 0'75 mm. longo. Filamenfa 4 mm. longa, 



intra supra medium fere ad apicem dorsoque sum mo apice pilis 



lono'iusculis albis papillosis instructa, antberis parvis. Pistillum 



Tudlmentarium 1*5 mm. altum, glabrum. Fl. $ . Calyx carol- 



laque maris nisi corolla paulo longiore. Staminodia corollam 



paulo superantia. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, glabrum, stigmate 



sessili disciform i. Fructus ambitu oblongus, ad 2 cm. longus et 



8 mm. diametro. 



