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is examined, a perfect agreement in the position and in the number of bracts and 

 bractlets is found. In that species the whole whorl is supported by two bracts; 

 these are followed by a series of four narrow bractlets corresponding to the pro- 

 phylla of the central flowers of the two cymes, and alternate with the ovaries 

 follows a second series of six larger and broader bractlets corresponding to the 

 prophylla of the four lateral flowers of the cymes. The only difference is that in 

 Heptacodium the bractlets of the two series are almost alike in size and shape. 

 In either case the inner series ought to consist really of eight bractlets, but the devia- 

 tion in the number of bractlets is easily explained by the abortion of one pair or the 

 union of two pairs of bractlets caused by the fact that they alternate with the six 

 ovaries which leaves space for six bractlets only. Abortion or union of bractlets 

 is of very frequent occurrence in Lonicera. 



Only a single ripe fruit was available for examination; the seed was 7.5 mm. long 

 and cylindrical in the lower fourth, which contained the embryo; the upper three- 

 fourths were flattened and had the appearance of a wing-like appendage to the lower 

 thick part. This appendage, however, did not consist of the testa alone, but con- 

 tained a narrow layer of albumen, which suggests that the peculiar shape of the 

 seed ma}' be due to the shrinking of the upper part for want of nourishment, the 

 fruit having possibly been gathered before it was fully ripe. 



The generic name is derived from eirTo. and KoiSeta in allusion to the seven- 

 flowered heads of the inflorescence. 



Heptacodium miconioides Rehder, n. sp. 



Frutex 3-metralis, ramis erectis medulla ampla solida repletis; ramuli 

 hornotini striati, sparse adpresse pilosi, annotini purpurei, glabri; gem- 

 mae ovatae acutiusculae, perulis circiter 8 exterioribus margine dense 

 ciliosulo excepto glabris. Folia decidua, chartaeea, late ovata, subito 

 acuminata, basi truncata v, rotundata et interdum plus minusve in 

 petiolum decurrentia, margine integra, interdum crispulo-undulata, 

 5-8.5 cm. longa et 4-5.5 cm. lata, supra glabra intense luteo-viridia, 

 subtus pallidiora, lutescentia, nervis primariis praecipue basin versus 

 dense strigoso-pilosis exceptis glabra, leviter reticulata, manifeste 

 3-nervis, nervis lateralibus plerumque in petiolum decurrentibus supra 

 leviter subtus manifeste elevatis; petioli supra canaliculati, 0.7-1 cm. 

 longi, subtus dense piloso-strigosi. Panicula 4.5-8 cm. longa et 4-5 

 cm. lata, rhachi et ramulis strigoso-pilosis; bracteae inferiores folia- 

 ceae, ceterae lanceolatae, eae ramulorum ovatae, acuminatae, 2-3 mm. 

 longae, ciliatae, bracteae ad basin capitulorum late ovate, acuminula- 

 tae, 4 mm. longae, ciliatae, basin versus pubescentis; bracteolae 

 capitulorum late ovatae v. ovales obtusiusculae, dense sericeae, cir- 

 citer 3 mm. longae; flores sessiles; calycis tubus dense pilis setosis 

 erecto-patentibus vestitus, circiter 2 mm. longus, lobi oblongi, sub- 

 aequilongi, acutiusculi, dense sericei; corolla circiter, 1 cm. longa, extus 

 dense pilis reflexis minutis vestita, tubo leviter curvato intus villosulo, 

 lobis oblongis paullo breviore; limbus leviter bilabiatus, lobis 5 fere 



