DILLENIACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder. 



ACTINIDIA Lindl. 



Actinidia melanandra Franchet in Jour, de Bot. VIII. 278 (1894). — 

 Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 470 (1900). — Finet & Gagnepain in 

 Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, LII. M^m. IV. 21 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. 

 II. 21 (1907). — Dunn in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. 402 (1911). 



Actinidia rufa, var. 4 parvifolia Dunn in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. 403 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1800 m., October 

 1910 (No. 4459; climber 5-7 m., fruit smooth, ovoid); without precise 

 locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1068, 1068'*); without precise 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 5938^, type of A. rufa, var. parvifolia Dunn). 



This species is easily distinguished from all related species by the glaucous under 

 side of the leaves, which are perfectly glabrous with the exception of tufts of hairs 

 in the axils of the veins. The pistillate flowers are usually solitary, while the 

 staminate are borne in 3-5-flowered cymes. Wilson's No. 1068 differs somewhat 

 in its narrow, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate leaves, broadly cuneate at the base 

 and 8-9 cm. long and 2.5-3 cm. broad; Henry's No. 5838" has the leaves also 

 broadly cuneate at the base, but more elliptic in outline and up to 4 cm. broad. 

 Wilson's No. 3269, referred by Dunn to this species, belongs to the following 

 species. 



Actinidia purpurea Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex alte scandens, 3-7-metralis; ramuli glabri v. initio puberuli, 

 rarius tomentosi, annotini brunneo-grisei, lenticellis destituti, medulla 

 albida lamellosa. Folia decidua, papyracea, elliptica v. elliptico-ovata 

 V. elliptico-oblonga, subito acuminata, basi rotundata, rarius late cu- 

 neata, serrata dentibus parvis acuminatis accumbentibus, 8-12 cm. 

 longa et 4.5-6 cm. lata, supra luteo-viridia, opaca, glabra, subtus fere 

 concoloria, axillis barbatis exceptis glabra v. rarius ad costam tomen- 

 tosa, nervis utrinsecus 5-6, subtus elevatis et trabeculis satis elevatis 

 conjunctis; petioli 3-5 cm. longi, glabri v. rarius tomentulosi. Flores 

 polygami, albi, in cymis axillaribus laxe puberulis, petiolo brevioribus; 

 cymae masculae pluri- v. multiflorae, fertiles plerumque 3-florae; in 



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