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ampliatus, extra dense appresse pubescens, intra in parte ampliata 

 dense villosus, infra glaber; lobi 5, ovati, breviter apiculati, 2 mm. 

 longi, basi 3 mm. lati, utrinque breviter pubescentes; stamina ad tubi 

 medium inserta; antherae inclusae, 3 mm. longae; filamenta corollae 

 adnata, glabra; stylus glaber, stigmate complanato bilobato leviter 

 exserto coronatus. 



Hupeh : Changlo Hsien, ravines, up to 650 m. alt. (No. 3265, type; 

 bush 1.5-2 m. tall; calyx-lobe white; flowers yellow); Nanto, on low 

 mountains (Veitch Exped. No. 1248); Changyang Hsien, A. Henry 

 (No. 6233; large climber; petaloid calyx-lobe white; flowers yellow; 

 fruit green). 



Mussaenda divaricata Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex erectus v. scandens, ramuli appresse pubescentes, demum 

 subglabri et parce lenticellati. Folia elliptica v. ovato-elliptica, basi 

 cuneata v. acuta, apice abrupte acuminata, 7-12 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. 

 lata, tenuiter chartacea v. submembranacea, supra parce setulosa v. 

 fere glabra, infra praesertim in nervis brevissime pubescentia; costa 

 infra prominens; nervi laterales utrinsecus 9-11, arcuati, a costa sub 

 angulo 65°-75° abeuntes, intra marginem elongati, utrinque conspicui; 

 nervi tertiarii conferti, subparalleli; petioli 0.5-1 cm. longi, appresse 

 setulosi; stipulae profunde bilobatae, 1 cm. longae, lobis subulato- 

 acuminatis acutissimis parce setulosis. Inflorescentia plerumque 

 divaricato-cymosa, laxiflora, calycis lobis petaloideis plerumque 2-4 

 ornata; bracteae lineares v. subulatae, usque ad 1 cm. longae, breviter 

 ciliatae; receptaculum parce setulosum, 2.5-3 mm. longum; calycis 

 lobi normales subulati, acuti, 4.5-5 mm. longi, brevissime ciliati; lobus 

 petaloideus late ellipticus v. ovato-rotundatus, breviter acute acumi- 

 natus, unguiculatus, 4-6 cm. longus, 3-5 cm. latus, plerumque 7-nervus, 

 albus, utrinque solum in nervis puberulus ; corolla flava, extra subdense 

 appresse setoso-pubescens, intra superne dense villosa; tubus 2-2.5 cm. 

 longus, superne sensim ampliatus, fauce dense villosus; lobi ovati, 

 acuti, vix appendiculati, 3.5 mm. longi, intra glabri; antherae 5 mm. 

 longae; stylus brevissimus, bilobatus, 3 mm. longus, glaber. 



Hupeh : glens around Ichang, alt. 33-475 m., June 1907 (No. 3266, 

 type; bush 0.7-1.7 m. tall; flowers yellow; petaloid calyx-lobe white); 

 same locality, A. Henry (No. 3118, 4120); ravines, Chang-yang 

 Hsien, alt. 320-640 m., June 1907 (No. 3264; shrub 1.2 m. tall; 

 flowers yellow; petaloid calyx-lobe white); Nanto, A. Henry (No. 

 6366, flowers; No. 2703, fruits); side of rice fields, Yangtsze River 



