ETJPHORBIACEAE. — ANDRACHNE 517 



frequenter impressi, infra prominentes et conspicuc straminei; petioli 

 2-5 mm. longi, pilosi; stipulae subulato-lanceolatac, parvae, parce pu- 

 bescentes. Flores monoici, axillares, solitarii vel plerumque masculi 

 et foeminei geminati. Flores masculi: pedicelli gracillimi, 6-8 mm. 

 longi, glabri v. parce pubescentes; sepala 5, obovata, apice rotundata, 

 3 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata, submembranacea, conspicue nervosa, extra 

 longe pilosa, intra glabra; petala sepalis dimidio breviora, spathulato- 

 obovata, hyalina, glabra; discus profunde 10-lobatus, membranaceus, 

 glaber, lobis oblongis obtusis 1 mm. longis; stamina 5; filamenta libera, 

 petalis pauUo longiora, glabra; antherae rotundatae, 0.45 mm. latae; 

 ovarium rudimentarium inconspicuum, profunde trilobum, lobis sub- 

 filiformibus glabris. Flores foeminei: pedicelli ut in floribus masculis 

 sed demum longiores, fructiferi usque ad 1.5 cm. longi; sepala 5, rotun- 

 dato-obovata, 2.5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, extra adpresse pubescentia, 

 viridia; petala minuta, 0.25 mm. longa, glabra; discus glaber, patelli- 

 formis, ad medium 10-lobatus, lobis ovato-oblongis subcarnosis glabris; 

 ovarium ovoideo-globosum, obscure trilobum inferne pilosum; styli 

 liberi, erecti, demum patuli, 0.4 mm. longi, profunde bilobi, lobis apice 

 incrassatis rugulosis. Fructum seminaque non visi. 



We'stern Szech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Niu-tou-shan, in thick- 

 ets, alt. 1300 m., June 1908 (No. 3204; 0.7-2 m. high, flowers white); 

 without locality, roadsides, alt. 2200 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 4453). 



This is a very distinct species, characterized by its lanceolate acutely acuminate, 

 very hairy leaves and long-pilose calyx-segments. 



Here is added the description of a new species not colllected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



Andrachae montana Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.25 m. altus; ramuli elongati, foHosi, glabri. FoHa lanceolata v. elliptico- 

 lanceolata, utrinque obtusa, 1.5-5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea v. 

 firme membranacea, utrinque glabra; nervi lat(!rales utrinsecus 4-5, graciles, supra 

 interdum paullo impressi, infra prominuli; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, graciles; stipulae 

 minutae. Flores monoici, axillares, fasciculati v. brevissime racemosi. Flores 

 masculi: pedicelli capillares, 1 cm. longi, glabri; sepala 5, obovato-elliptica, apice 

 rotundata, 2 mm. longa, venosa, glabra; petala sepalis dimidio breviora, obovato- 

 cuneata, obscure dentata, 0.75 mm. lata, glabra; discus profunde 10-lobatus, 

 glaber, lobis oblongis obtusis; stamina 5; filamenta libera, glabra; antherae rotun- 

 datae, 0.35 mm. longae; ovarium rudimentarium parvum, trilobatum glabrum. 

 Flores foeminei: pedicelli demum 1 cm. longi, ad apicem incrassati; sepala inae- 

 qualia, duobus quam ceteris majoribus, orbicularia, 1.25-2 mm. diamctro, glabra; 

 petala minutissima; discus irrcgularitcr lobatus, glaber; ovarium glabrum; styli 

 patuli, ad basin lobati, stigmatibus parvis cai)itatis. Fructus maturus non visus. 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, July 1904 (Veitch E.xped. No. 5173, tj-pe); 

 1600 m., Dec. 1887, Faber (No. 4). 



