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debili intensius colorato, costa nervisque laete ochraceis. Racemi 

 pedunculis circ. 4 cm. longis foliatis pubescentibus insidentes, 1.5-2 

 cm. longi, 1.8 cm. diam. densiflori, axi pubescente demum breviter 

 hirtello; bracteae inferiores calycem aequantes, superiores subbreviores, 

 lanceolato-lineares, basi glandulis paucis stipitatis munitae, ochraceae; 

 pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi, pubescentes; cupula 2.7 mm. longa, brevis- 

 sime hirtello-puberula, intus glabra; sepala circ. 10, inaequalia, 1.5-2.5 

 mm. longa, extus parce pilosa intus glabra, nulla petaloidea; flores 

 viridescentes; stamina c. 26, ad 4.5 mm. longa; pistillum 6 mm. 

 longum, glabrum, stylus stamina parum superans. Drupa 9 mm. 

 longa, 9 mm. diam., nigra; putamen 7 : 5 : 3.7 mm. ovatum acutiuscu- 

 lum, carina costulisque obliquis debilibus munitum, fragile. 



Western Szech'uan, southeast of Tachien-lu, alt. 1800-2700 m., 

 May and July 1908 (No. 909, mixed with flowering specimens of 

 M. Wilsonii). 



Maddenia Wilsonii Koehne, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.3-3.3 m. altus; ramuli novelli dense ochraceo-hirtello- 

 tomentosi, biennes nigricantes v. intense fusci, glabri vix nitiduli; gem- 

 mae ovatae, 3 mm. longae, tomentosae, squamis interioribus sub an- 

 thesi auctis. Stipulae 9-18 mm. longae, lanceolatae, ochraceae, basi 

 glanduloso-fimbriatae, in innovationibus interdum oblique cordato- 

 rotundatae ac caudatae, herbaceae, magna ex parte fimbriatae; petioli 

 2-7 mm. longi, eglandulosi, dense ochraceo-tomentosi; lamina e basi 

 acuta v. cordata inverse oblonga v. oblongo-oblanceolata, in ramulis 

 florentibus 2-8 cm. longa, 1-3.5 cm. lata, in innovationibus demum 

 5-14 cm. longa, 2.8-3.5 cm. lata, longe acuminata, inciso-duplicato- 

 serrata dentibus denticulisque argutissime acuminatis angustis, ima 

 basi glandulis stipitatis fimbriata, supra pilis adpressis rigidulis longi- 

 usculis conspersa v. rarius glabra, subtus in costa nervisque densis- 

 sime, in facie laxius v. dense hirto-villosa, nervis utrinsecus 15-20, 

 supra laete viridis, subtus sublutescens v. demum cinereo-subfusca, 

 epapillosa, costa nervisque ochraceis. Racemi pedunculis 2.5-10 

 cm. longis foliatis insidentes, 2-3 cm. longi, 2 cm. diam., ovati, densi- 

 flori, axi villoso-tomentoso; bracteae inferiores calyces paene aequantes, 

 superiores pedicellis breviores, glanduloso-fimbriatae; pedicelli 3.5-5 

 mm. longi, rufescenti-hirtello-tomentosi; cupula 3.5-4 mm. longa, 

 breviter hirtella v. superne glabra, intus glabra v. subglabra; sepala 

 10-12 inaequalia, 1.7-3 mm. longa, extus parce pilosa v. glabra, nulla 

 petaloidea; flores viridescentes; stamina 29-40, ad 5.5-6 mm. longa; 



