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cellati, fusci v. grisei; gemmae parvae, aciitae, perulis late triangu- 

 laribus acutis extus puberulis ciliolatis, persistentibus. Folia mem- 

 branacea, elliptico-oblonga v.elliptica,rarms elliptico-obovata, breviter 

 acuminata, basi cuneata, rarius rotundata, margine leviter scariosa 

 et interdum minute undulato-erosa, 5-14 cm, longa et 2-7 cm. lata, 

 supra obscure luteo-viridia, glabra, subtus pallide v. cinereo-viridia, 

 reticulata, ad venas sparse pilosa, nervis utrinsecus 5-6, sub angulo 

 acuto divergentibus; petioli sparse villosi, 6-15 mm. longi. Flores 

 fusco-virides, in cymis axillaribus plerumque 3-floris, rarius 4-5- 

 floris; pedunculi 1.5-2 cm. longi, sparsissime villosuli; pedicelli 4-8 

 mm. longi, apicem versus incrassati, sparse villosuli; bracteae minutae, 

 caducae; sepala semiorbicularia, rarius late ovata et acutiuscula, 

 margine scariosa; petala suberecta, anguste ovalia v. obovata, apice 

 rotundata, rarissime acutiuscula, plerumque minute ciliolata, circiter 

 6 mm. longa; stamina petalis paullo breviora, filamentis basi dilatatis, 

 antheris ovalibus introrsis; discus leviter tumidus, glaber; pistillum 

 staminibus paullo longius, sparse villosulum, stigmate minuto sim- 

 plice. Mericarpia coerulea, compressa, subreniformia, reticulato- 

 rugosa, 6-8 mm. longa et lata. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1600-2000 m., 

 June and August 1908 (No. SiS, type); same locality, alt, 1300 m., 

 June 1908 (No. 2530); southeast of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2500 

 m., June 1908 (No. 2531). 



A very distinct plant not closely related to any described species and readily 

 distinguished by the spreading villose hairs on the veins of the under surface of 

 the comparatively broad leaves, on the shoots, peduncles and pedicels, and by its 

 few-flowered cymes on peduncles much shorter than the leaves. It is perhaps 

 nearest to »S. purpurea Hooker f. & Thomson wliich has glabrous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate leaves, the shoots glabrous except when very young, glabrous 

 peduncles, and ovate-lanceolate 5-veined petals. 



Sabia emarginata Lecomte in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LIV. 673 

 (1907). 



Western Hupeh: without locality, A. Henry (No. 5314). 

 Kiangsi : Ruling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., common, July 30, 1907 (No. 

 1728; climber 2 m., fruit blue). 



The Ruling specimen is in fruit and is somewhat doubtfully referred to this 

 species of which we have only seen material with very young and partly grown 

 leaves. - 



Sabia Schumanniana Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 451 (1900). 

 Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., July 



