RUBIACEAE. — MUSSAENDA 395 



valley, above Lu Chou, June 8, 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3759; bush 

 1 m. tall; flowers yellow; petaloid calyx-lobe white). Szech'uan: 

 Min River valley, E. Faher (No. 645, flowers; No. 263, young fruits); 

 Mt. Omei, alt. 1160 m., E. Faher (No. 642; fruits). Yunnan : Meng- 

 tsze, mountains to south, alt. 1640 m., A. Henrij (No. 9650; fruits); 

 mountains to southwest, alt. 1330 m., A. Henry (No. 9650*; climber; 

 flowers yellow); same locality, A. Henry (No. 9884); same locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 11391; fruits). 



Mussaenda elliptica Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1-2 m. altus; ramuU breviter et parce pubescentes, sicco 

 nigrescentes, prominenter lenticellati. Folia elliptica, basi rotundata 

 V. leviter angustata, apice ? (non visa) usque ad 20 cm. longa et 10 cm. 

 lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra fere glabra, infra solum in nervis et venis 

 brevissime pubescentia; costa infra leviter elevata, basi 2 mm. lata; 

 nervi laterales utrinsecus 6-7, a costa sub angulo latissimo abeuntes, 

 arcuati, utrinque conspicui; nervi tertiarii tenuissimi, laxi; petioli 

 0.7-1 cm. longi, appresse setulosi; stipulae ovato-triangulares, acumi- 

 natae, circiter 0.8 cm. longae, extra parce puberulae. Cymae tricho- 

 tome ramosae, laxae, calycis lobis petaloideis circiter 5 ornatae; 

 cymulae longe pedunculatae, subdensiflorae ; bracteae lineari-subu- 

 latae, acutae, usque ad 8 mm. longae, appresse pubescentes; recepta- 

 culum parce appresse pubescens; calycis lobi normales receptaculo 

 longiores, subulati, acuti, 6-7 mm. longi, extra pubescentes; lobus pe- 

 taloideus breviter unguiculatus, late ovatus, acute breviter acumi- 

 natus, 5-7.5 cm. longus, 3.5-5 cm. latus, 5-6-nervus, solum in nervis 

 minute puberulus; corolla flava; tubus 2 cm. longus, superne sensim 

 ampliatus, extra appresse setuloso-pubescens, intra superne villosus; 

 lobi 5, triangulari-ovati, longe apiculati, 1 mm. longi; antherae in- 

 clusae, 5 mm. longae; stylus brevissimus, glaber. 



Central Szech'uan: Suiting Fu, ravines, alt. 660-980 m. (No. 

 4604; bush 1-2 m. tall; flowers yellow; calyx-lobe white). 



CLAVIS SPECIERUM CHINENSIUM MUSSAENDAE. 



Calycis lobi omnes aequales, parvi 1. 3/. (?) Bodinieri. 



Calycis lobus unus plerumque aliis major, petaloideus. 

 * Calycis lobi normales lati et foliacei, lanccolati, 1.5-3 mm. lati. 



Caules, calyx corollaque pilis minutis adpressis induta . . 2. M. Wihonii. 

 Caules, calyx corollaque pilis longis debilibus patulis v. subreflexis induta. 



3. M. macrophyUa. 

 ** Calycis lobi normales filiformos v. lineares, haud foliacei, 1 mm. lati v. angus- 

 tiores. 



