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ginato, antico 3-lobo fere dimidio breviore lobis ovatis acutis; stylus glaber, 

 corollae subaequilongus; ovarium dense tomentosum. Capsulam non vidi. 



Yunnan: Szemao, eastern mountains, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 12605). 



Brandisia laetevirens is most closely related to B. discolor Hooker f. & Thomson, 

 which differs chiefly in its smaller 5-ribbed calyx with smaller and narrower teeth 

 separated by wide sinuses, narrower corolla covered outside with brown tomentum 

 and in its slenderer petioled leaves dark green above and in the dried state almost 

 black. 



Brandisia glabrescens Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-metralis, gracilis; ramuli tomento fulvo floccoso obtecti, demum gla- 

 brescentes. Folia chartacea, ovato-oblonga, longe acuminata, basi rotundata v. 

 late cuneata, Integra v. sparse minuteque serrulata, 5-9 cm. longa et 1.5-3.5 cm. 

 lata, supra initio sparsissime stellato-pilosa, mox glabra, atroviridia, subtus palli- 

 diora, sparse, ad venas densius stellato-pilosa, demum glabrescentia et plerumque 

 ad venas tantum stellato-pilosa, nervis utrinsecus 6-7 subtus elevatis et trabeculis 

 elevatis conjunctis; petioli tomentosi, 5-8 mm. longi. Flores axillares, solitarii v. 

 bini superpositi; pedicelli graciles, circiter 1 cm. longi, floccoso-tomentosi, supra 

 medium bibracteati bracteis subulatis basim calycis paullo superantibus; calyx 

 campanulatus, 1.5-2 cm. longus, leviter 10-costatus, minute et sparse, basim ver- 

 sus densius stellato-pilosus, intus pilosus, dentibus late ovatis acuminulatis 5 mm. 

 longis; corolla bilabiata, gibboso-curvata, 2.5-3 cm. longa, lutea (ex Henry), extus 

 dense stellato-tomentosa, tubo intus glabro, limbo intus tomentoso, labio postico 

 magno truncato, antico 3-lobato fere dimidio breviore, lobis ovatis subaequalibus; 

 stamina stylusque corollae subaequilonga; stylus glaber; ovarium dense tomento- 

 sum. Capsula ovoideo-oblonga, demum glabrescens, circiter 1.5 cm. longa. 



Yunnan: Mengtze, forest, alt. 2000 m., A. Hmry (No. 9176*); south of Red 

 River from Manmei, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 9716). 



Brandisia glabrescens is related to B. discolor Hooker f. & Thomson, which is 

 easily distinguished by its leaves densely tomentose beneath, by the much smaller 

 calyx also densely tomentose on the outside and by the smaller, less curved corolla. 

 In its large calyx B. glabrescens somewhat resembles B. Hancei Hooker f. which, 

 however, differs from it in its short-petioled cordate leaves, densely tomentose 

 beneath and rugulose above. 



Brandisia racemosa Hemsley in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1895, 114, — OKver in 

 Hooker's Icon. XXIV. t. 2383 (1895). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 618, fig. 399 c-h (1911). 



Yunnan: Mengtze, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 9973; hanging down from 

 cliffs, 1 m. long, scarlet flowers). 



With its pendulous racemes of large scarlet flowers, this is the most beautiful 

 member of the genus. It was introduced by Mr. Wilson into cultivation, but it 

 could not be grown successfully, as it is apparently parasitic and its proper host- 

 plant is not known. 



PAULOWNIA Sieb. & Zucc. 



Paulownia tomentosa K. Koch, var. lanata Schneider, III. Handb. 

 Lauhholzk. II. 618 (1911). 



Paulownia imperialis, var. y. lanata Dode in Bull. Sac. Dendr. Prance, 1908, 

 160. 



