— 53 — 



inllorescentiae in anthurum <3oarctata. Bracteat^ angustao, incisae v. inciso-dentalae. Florcs breviter 

 pedicellati, parvuli. Calyces externe cano-tomcntoso-sericei, sepala ovata, acuminata, intcrne glabra, 

 badia v. atropurpm^ea, albo-marginata. Petala nulla. Fructus nigri e drupeolis ca. 12 compositi. 



Floribus et inflorescentia R. assamensi proximus , sed folia diversissima sunt , illis Tiliae albae 

 comparanda. > Conf. Icon. p. 51. 



In dcr Provinz Hupeh in Central-China. 



61. R. assamensis Focke in .\bh. Nat. Vcr. Bremen IV, p. U)? (1874). Hook. Fl. Brit. liid. II, 

 p. .328. 



Frutex scandens; rami ramidique cum pedunculis petiolisque molliter cinereo-tomentosi, aculeis 

 parvis recurvis, nunc raris, nunc crebris armati. Folia brevissime (0,5 — 1,0 cm) petiolata, angusle elliptica, 

 oblonga v. ovato-oblonga, acuminata, ad basin rotundata, inaequaliter mvicronato-serrulata, diam. 

 10:5 — 6 cm, utrinque 5 — 6-costuIata, supra strigosopilosa, juniora subsericea, subtus molliter cinereo- 

 tomentosa, inferiora interdum sinuato- v. inciso-lobulata. Stipulae deciduae, petiolo longiorcs, profunde 

 palmifidae, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis v. linearibus. 



Inflorescentiae amplae compositae, superne angustae thyrsoideae rami clongati, patuli, Ihyrsoidei 

 V. potius floribus in anthuri modum dispositis instructi, ramis infimis saepe axillarilais. Bracteae vario 

 modo palinifidae, externe hirsutae, interne glahriusculae, supremae lanceolatae, profunde incisae. Flores 

 mediocriler pedicellati, parvuli. Calyx externe cano- v. subsericeo-tomentosus; sepala ovata, mucronata, 

 interne glabra, badia, albo-marginata. Petala mdla. Stamina stylis fere aequiionga, filamenlis filiformibus. 

 Carpophorum hirsutum, carpella 10—15, apice pilosa. Drupeolae vix cohaerentes videntur. 



Gcl)irgswalder in Assam (Khasia, Shiliong, Manipur) und Yunnan. 



R. assamensis subspecies videntur: 



R. sepalanthus Focke in Diels FI. Centralchin. .391 (1901). 



Differt a R. assamensi foliis e basi truncata vel emarginata oblongis, subtus inter nervos lutescenti- 

 hirtos albo-tomentosis, carpellis ca. 12. 



In Waldungen. Nan-chuan, Kung-chia-ping. 



R. Faberi in sched. haud satis mihi notus est. 



Differt a R. sepalantho setis glandulifcris in inflorescentia sparsis; folia subtus ncrvis oljscuris in 

 lamina alba notata. 



Szechuan. Auf dem Berge Omei von Faber gesammelt. 



62. R. Gentilianus Leveille et Vaniot in BuUet. acad. geogr. bot. XI, p. 99, tab. 3 (1902). 

 Caules elati, parce aciculati; partes juniores floccoso-pulverulentae; folia e basi subcordata oblonga 



vel ol)Iongo-Ianceolata, inaequaliter sinuato- grosse dentata, supra glabra, subtus apprcsse tomentosa. 

 Inflorescentiae pyramidalis ramuli intimi elongati, multiflori, ascendentes; bracteae profunde lacmiatae; 

 flores parvuli; sepala scarioso-marginata, extcrna apice fissa, in flore reflexa (e diagnosi latina post anlhesin 

 reflexa); petala sepalis breviora, alba; stamina styHs glabris fere aequilonga. (Ex descr. autorum.) 

 Central-China: Bachufer, Steinfelder. Umgegend von Tsin-gay und von Kong-yang. 



u 63. R. Dielsianus Focke in Hb. Berol. 



Henry Exs. Chin. 10 201. 



Frutex scandens robustus; rami elongati, simplices, cum pctiolis parce aculeolati, glabriusculi, 

 lenticellis punctati. Folia sat breviter (2—3 cm) pcliolata, e basi cordata lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata. 



