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apiculato paulo longior. Fructus pro genere normalis; folliculae angulo recto diver- 

 gentes, ad 16 cm. longae et 1.4 cm. latae, apicem versus paulo angustatae imo apice 

 breviter recurvatae, modo ramulorum pilosae, cinereo-purpurascentes ; valvae satis 

 crassae, intusflavae; semina (an satis matura?) ad 20 mm. longa et versus apicem 

 4 mm. lata, basi breviter acutata, apice paulo v. vix angustata, coma ad 3-3.5 cm. 

 longa densa detersiU coronata, valde compressa, dura, purpureo-brunnea. 



CHINA. Yunnan : Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 

 12136, type; large climber, flowers white); same locahty, A. Henry (No. 12852; 

 fruiting, co-type). 



According to King & Gamble there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium from 

 the Khasia Hills, Hooker f. & Thomson, and from Manipur, G. Watt (No. 7272) 

 which are identical with Henry's No. 12136. See my remarks under the subgen. 

 Lachnocarpus and T. Curtisii King & Gamble. 



SINDECHITES Oliv. 



Sindechites Henryi Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1772 

 (1888). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 100 (1889). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, tiiickets, alt. 900-1300 m., June 

 1910 (No. 4562; climber 1.5-3 m., flowers yellow); Ichang, A. Henry 

 (No. 3636, type). 



A very interesting plant of which the fruits are not yet known. In Wilson's 

 specimen and in the co-type before me the anthers have longer spurs than appear 

 on Ohver's plate. 



Here may be added notes on two genera not collected during the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum Expeditions. 



VALLARIS Burm. 



Vallaris grandifiora Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 162. 



Western Szech'uan: Tung River valley, alt. 700 m., June 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4158, type; flowers pale yellow). 



A very distinct large-flowered species which apparently represents a separate 

 section of the genus. 



ECDYSANTHERA Hook. & Arn. 



Ecdysanthera rosea Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 198, t. 42 (1836). — 

 A. De Candolle, Prodr. VIII. 442 (1844). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 222 (1861).— 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 98 (1889). — Matsumura & Hayata in Jour. 

 Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XXII. 251 {Enum. PI. Formos.) (1906). — Dunn & Tutcher in 

 Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 169 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hongk.) (1912). 



CHINA. Eastern Szech'uan : Min River valley, June 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 4092; climber, flowers red). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 

 (Hongk. Herb. No. 2914). Formosa: Bankinsing, A. Henry (Nos. 388, 838). 

 Hainan: C. Ford. Hongkong: May 20, 1899, E. Faber (ex Herb. Hongk. No. 

 9057). 



According to the authors the type was collected at Canton and in Macao and 

 on the adjacent islands. 



