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5-10 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, supra medium paucicalloso-denticulata, 

 calloso-apiculata, basi cuneata, supra nitida, subtus opaca ; costa 

 facie superiore impressa ; venis primariis utrinque circiter 5. Brac- 

 teolae ovatae. Sepala florum masculorum 3-5, saepe 3, inacqualia, 

 unilateralia. Sfamma saepius 3, filamontis antheras aequantibus. 

 Flares fcminei (vel liermapbroditi ?) saepe solitarii, staminibus 2. 

 Spicae interdum audrogynae (?) flore teimiiiali femineo, Capstda 

 ignota. 



China : Fokien ; S, T. Dunn, HK Ilongh 2684, 2685. 



2. D. strictum, llemsl. {sp, 7iot\) ; ut videtur frutex nanus habitu 

 strictissimo foliis parvis integris, 



Frutex gracilis, dense ramosus, ramis rigidis ercctis appressis. Folia 

 conferta, suberecta, brevissime petiolata, ri^ida, coriacea, oblanceolato- 

 oblonga vel spathulata, 1-4 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, integra vel 

 raro apicem versus obscurissime 1- vel 2-denticulata, apice subacuta 

 vel rotundata simul calloso-apiculata, deorsum gradatim attenuata, 

 margine iucrassata ; costa infra leviter elevata ; venae immersae incon- 

 spicuae. Capsula valde immatura tautum visa, ovoidea, cum stylis 

 ercctis circiter 1 cm. longa, dense pilosa, pilis longig stellatis fuscis. 



China : Fokien ; S. T. Dunn, Hh HongJc. 2681. 



Specimens of a Distylium from the same source, numbered 2680, 

 may belong to the same species, though the leaves are 4-6 cm, long, 



with distinct petioles. The very similar young capsules are either 

 solitary or 2-4 on each peduncle. — W, Bottino Hemsley. 



