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longis suffulti. Flores obscure rubri; calycis laciniae lineares, acu- 

 minatae, 2-3 mm. longae, glabrae, basi intus squamulis 5 parvis sed 

 satis latis inter se instructae; corolla tota circiter 2.5 cm. longa, ad 

 basim ellipsoideo-inflatam paulo obliquam circiter 4 mm. crassa, deinde 

 in tubum brevem contracta, ad medium tubi circiter 2 mm. crassa, ver- 

 sus faucem iterum ampliata, ad faucem fere 5 mm. crassa; lobi circiter 

 12 mm. longi, apice cohaerentes, in alabastro sub apicem dilatatam con- 

 stricti, oblongo-ligulati, apice fere cochleari v. spathulato, intus carinati, 

 glabri, margine sparse longe ciliato ; corona cyathiformis, foliolis altius 

 connatis in dentes 2 triangulares acutos hirsuto-ciliatos ligulis in- 

 terioribus linearibus subobtusis glabris 4-5-plo breviores productis; 

 pollinia oblique oblongo-elliptica, apice uno apiculata, translatoribus 

 ut videtur dilatatis brevibus; retinacula polliniis vix breviora, anguste 

 oblonga sed ut videtur apice uno dilatata. 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-900 m., July 

 1907 (No. 2316; climber 0.75-1.25 m., flowers dark red); without pre- 

 cise locality, A. Henry (No. 6222). 



I am unable to refer Wilson's plant to any described species from eastern Asia as 

 far as I know them from descriptions, pictures and herbarium specimens. Hemsley 

 does not mention Henry's number, the poor specimen of which before me does not 

 differ from Wilson's plant and probably came from the same region. I do not know 

 the real relationship of our plant. The shape of the corolla seems to be a very 

 characteristic one, the head (the lobes) being much contracted below the apex, which 

 is a little impressed, at least in the dried flowers. 



Ceropegia (§ Phananthe) stenophylla Schneider, n. sp. 



Suffrutex 1-1.5 m. altus, scandens; caules filiformes, teretes v. levi- 

 ter striati, viridi-flavescentes, glabri, v. sparse indistincte pilosuli, laxe 

 foliati. Folia tenuiter membranacea, linearia v. lineari-lanceolata, 

 basim versus in petiolum brevem ad 6 mm. longum pilosulum attenuata, 

 apice sensim acuta, ad 7 cm. longa et infra medium 0.7 cm. lata, superne 

 sparse breviterque pilosiuscula, subtus subglabra v. glabra, vix palli- 

 diora. Cymae breviter pedunculatae v. subsessiles, ut videtur tantum 

 uniflorae; pedunculi ad 6 mm. longi, plerique glabri; pedicelli ad 1 cm. 

 longi, glabri v. vix pilosi, basi bracteis linearibus glabris 2-4 mm. 

 longis suffulti ; flores colore obscuro incerto, omnino circiter 4^.3 cm. 

 longi; calycis laciniae lineares v. lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 5-7 

 mm. longae, glabrae v. in margine sparse ciliatae, intus basi squamulis 

 parvis compluribus (ut videtur 16-20) instructae; tubus corollae circiter 

 2.6-2.8 cm. longus, basi ellipsoideo-inflata obliqua circiter 6 mm. 

 crassus, deinde cylindricus, circiter 3 mm. crassus, versus faucem 



