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uiter ciliata; petala 3-5 mm. longa, ima basi lanato-barbata; stamina 

 23-32, majora petala aequantia v. superantia, 5-8 mm. longa; stylus 

 stamina circ. aequans. 



Western Hupeh: Chang-yang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1400 m., 

 T^Iay 1907 (No. 2841); without locality, 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 604); 

 A. Henry (No. 6327, according to C. K. Schneider in Herb. Reg. 

 Berol., probably to be referred to P. ssiori F. Schmidt, but it is 

 P. Grayana). Japan: Maximowicz (Iter Sec. 1861), 1862, Hilgendorf 

 (No. 192), J. J. Rein, K. Shirai, K. Saida, U. Faurie (Nos. 376, 5009, 

 6054). 



This species differs in several characters from the section Leptopodium, though 

 in the herbarium it is often confounded with the very distinct P. ssiori. On 

 account of its glands, the cupula glabrous on the inside and the entire or nearly 

 entire sepals it seems to belong to the section Pachypodium rather than to 

 Leptopodium. 



Primus laxiflora Koehne, n. sp. 



Arbor 10-metralis trunco 40 cm. diam.; ramuli juveniles puberuli, 

 vetustiores vix glabrati, fusci v. nigricantes, lenticellis paucis parvis. 

 Stipulae 5-10 mm. longae, anguste lineares, pubescentes; petioli 7-12 

 mm. longi, dense pubescentes, eglandulosi; glandulae 2 marginales 

 dentium infimarum paginam inferiorem occupantes, complanatae; 

 lamina e basi late cuneata late v. obovato-oblonga (sub anthesi 3.5-6 

 cm. longa 1.6-2.7 cm. lata), longe acuminata, inciso-subduplicato-ser- 

 rata, dentibus longis tenuissime acuminatis, supra in costa pubescenti- 

 villosa, ceterum glabra, subtus in costa densius, in nervis laxius sericeo- 

 villosa, ceterum glabra, supra laete viridis, subtus vix pallidior reticulo 

 intensius colorato, epapillosa. Racemi absque pedunculo efoliato, sed 

 interdum hypophylla 1-2 parva gerente, 7-17 mm. longo 4.5-7 cm. 

 longi, c. 6-12 flori, laxi, axi ac pedunculo adpresso-pubescente; bracteae 

 infimae 10-4 mm. longae, superiores usque ad 1 mm. longitudinis 

 decrescentes, omnes persistentes; pedicelli infimi 18 mm., supremi 

 2 mm. longi, laxe villosi; cupula circ. 3 mm. longa ac lata, semi- 

 globoso-campanulata, extus basi tantum pilosa, intus glaberrima; 

 sepala cupulae aequilonga, triangularia acuta, ut videtur horizon- 

 taliter patentia, longiuscule glanduloso-fimbriata; petala fere 7 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, ovalia, margine leviter eroso-undulata; stamina 

 22-26, majora circ. 4 mm. longa, petalis triente breviora; stylus 

 stamina aequans v. paullo superans, ut ovarium glaber. Fructus 

 ignotus. 



