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anguste deltoidea, acuta , glanduloso-pubescentia. Corolla 1'5- 

 1*7 cm. (iiametro, lutea; petala 6-6-5 mm, longa, 7-8 mm. lata, 

 late obcordata^ basi biauriculata. Stamina 16- -25. Discvs 

 glaber. Receptacnhtm breviter coniciim, glabrum. Carpella 1-5 

 mm. longa, apice tantum pilosa; stylus oblique terminalis, 3 mm. 

 longus, filiformis, sligmate acuto. 



North China, without precise locality, Purdom 563. 



Described from a living plant sent to Kew by Messrs. J. Veitcli 



& Sons, wbo raised it from seed collected by Mr, Purdom in North 

 China. 



There seems to be no species in Wolffs recent monograph near 

 which this can be placed. In habit it is something like 

 P, leiiconota, Don_, but the silvery leaves, narrow based leaflets 



om 



P. Purdomii, whilst the long sub terminal filiform style and hairy 

 carpels of P. Purdomii would, according to Wolf's arrangement, 

 place it far away from Ihat species. Wilson 3454 I think belongs 

 here, but in that the flowering stems are only 10-15 cm. long, 

 otherwise it agrees with Purdom's plant. 



781, Lasianthus coffeoides, Fyson [Rubiaceae-Psychotrieae] ; 



ab affini L. capitulato, Wigdit, indumento petiolorum inflores- 

 centiaeque magis adpresso, foliis angustioribus brevioribusque, 

 calycis lobis multo minoribus recedit. 



Vaults simplex, erectus, ramis longis gracilibus tenuibus 

 adpresse pubescentibus. Folia insigniter bifaria, anguste ovato- 

 elliptica, 9-10 cm. longa, 3—3-5 cm. lata, supra glabra, nitida, 

 infra nervis adpresse pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-9, 

 petiolo 5 mm. longo adpresse ptibescente suffulta; stipulae 

 deltoideae, 2-3 mm. longae, Pedunculi 2 mm. longi, flores 3-4 

 subsessiles gerentes, simul ac receptaculum, bracteae calyxque 

 valde adpresse pubescentes. Receptaculum 1-5-2 mm. altum. 

 Calycis tubus lobis aequilongus, receptaculo dimidio brevior. 

 Corollas tubus 5 mm. longus, lobis oblongis 3 mm. longis intus 

 pubescentibus. AntJierae inclusae, fere sessiles. Stylus gracilis, 

 ramis 4 divergentibus 0-5 mm. longis. Fri/ctiis niger, 5 mm. 

 longus, calycis lobis persistentibus ornatus, 3 (vel ultra?) 



locularis. 



South I^stdia. Madras: Pulneys, Wight; in the woods near 



Kodaikanal and on the downs, Fyson. 



The slender, erect, unbranched stem and the long, very slender, 

 horizontal branches, with leaves all facing upwards, and the 

 axillary Vhite flower gives this very much the appearance of the 

 cultivated coffee. 



782. Rhododendron burmanicum, Hutchinson [Ericaceae- 

 Ehododendreae] ; affinis R. formoso, "Wall., foliis supra densissime 

 lepidotis facile distinguitur. 



Frutex ramosus; rumuli brunnei, parcissime pilosi. Folia 

 oblaneeolata A'el subobovato-oblanceolata, sensim obtuse acumi- 

 nata, basi attenuata, 6-8 cm. longa, 1-75-3 cm. lata, subcoriacea, 

 utrinque densissime lepidota, juniora tenuiter ciliata, demum 

 glabra; nervi laterales utrinque 9-11, a costa media sub angulo 

 45^ divergentes, utrinque ineonspicui; petioli robusti, 0*5-1 era. 



