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mm. longis glabris, antheris luteis sagittatis; pistillum staminibus 

 brevius, ovario leviter compresso glabro v. sparse pubescente, stylo 

 crasso, stigmate simplice. Capsula subglobosa, compressa, 6-8 

 mm. alta, leviter verruculosa, stylo persistente coronata 2-valvis, 4- 

 sperma. 



Western Szech'uan: near Mao-ehou, valley of Min River, alt. 

 1300-1800 m., May 26, 1908 (No. 3182, type; flowers); same locality, 

 alt. 1000 m., August 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3230; co-type fruit). 



This new species is most closely related to P heterophyllum Franchet, which is 

 distinguished by its thinner, heteromorphic and larger leaves. It may also be com- 

 pared with P. humile Hooker f. & Thomson, which has larger leaves, a racemose 

 sub-mnbellate inflorescence, shorter pedicels with longer bracts, and smaller flowers 

 with sepals half as long as the corolla. P. saxicola is common in rocky places in 

 arid parts of the valley of the Min River. Often it forms low scrub with stems 

 prostrate on the ground, but under favorable conditions it is a bush 2 m. high and 

 as much through. We are not sure that the fruit always contains four seeds only. 



Here may be added a note on a species from Formosa. 



Pittosporum fonnosanum Hayata in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XXII. 32, t. 4 

 {Emmi PI. Formosan.) (1906); in XXX. art. 1, 34 (1911). 



Pittosporum sp. nova Henry in Trans. Asiai. Soc. Japan, XXIV. Suppl. 18 

 {List PL For7nosa) (1S96). 



Formosa: Takow, Ape's Hill, A. Henry (Nos. 105S, 1070^ 1888; shrub or 

 small tree 1-3 m. high); same locahty, G. M. Playfair (No. 52); Banldnsing, A. 

 Henry (Nos. 48, 822); South Cape, A. Henry (Nos. 256, 971, 977). 



We do not think that this species has any affinity with P. pauciflorum Hooker 

 & Amott as stated by Hayata. To us it appears most closely related to P. Feman- 

 dezii Vidal. 



