362 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Here may be added three species collected in Yunnan by A. Henry and to our 

 knowledge not yet recorded from China. 



Sloanea assamica Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 

 Echinocarpus assamicus Bentham in Jour. Linn. Soc. V. suppl. 2, 72 (1861). — 

 Masters in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 399 (1874). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 



101 (1906). 



Yunnan: south of Red River, A. Henry (No. 13654; tree 16 m. tall, flowers 

 white). 



In the absence of fruit the identity of Henry's specimen is somewhat doubtful. 



Sloanea sterculiacea Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 

 Elaeocarpea Griffith, Posth. Pap. II. 168 {Itin. Not. 866) (1848). 

 Echinocarpus sterculiaceus Bentham in Jour. Ldnn. Soc. V. suppl. 2, 72 

 (1861). — Masters in Hooker f., Fl. BHt. Ind. I. 400 (1874) . — Brandis, 

 Ind. Trees, 101 (1906). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, wooded cliffs, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 11501; tree 

 3 m. tall). 



Sloanea tomentosa Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 

 Echinocarpus tomentosv^ Bentham in Jour. Linn. Soc. V. suppl. 2, 73 (1861). — 

 Masters in Hooker f., Fl. BHt. Ind. I. 400 (1874). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 



102 (1906). — Dunn in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. 444 (1911). 



Yunnan: Szemao, forests to south, alt. 1300-1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 11745, 

 11745^ 12110; tree 6 m. tall, flowers yellow, white). 



