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stipulae profunde bilobatae, lobis lineari-subulatis acutis 1 cm. longis pilosis. In- 

 florescentia terminalis, laxe c5Tiioso-corymbosa, calycis lobis magnis petaloideis 

 plerumque 4 omata; bracteae lineares, usque ad 1.4 cm. longae, parce pubescentes; 

 receptaculum puberulum; calycis lobi normales lineari-subulati, acuti, sub anthesi 

 2.5 mm. longi, puberuli; lobus petaloideus magnus, unguiculatus, ovatus, sensim 

 acute acuminatus, 7-10 cm. longus, 4.5-7 cm. latus, prominenter 7-nervus, solum 

 in nervis parce puberulus, ungue 2-2.5 cm. longo; corollae tubus cylindricus, parte 

 inferiore angusta 1.5-2 cm. longa, parte superiore abrupte ampliata 4-6 mm. longa, 

 extra minute puberulus v. fere glaber, superne intra villosus; lobi 5, triangulares, 

 prominenter appendiculati, 3 mm. longi, appendicibus 1.75 mm. longis, margini- 

 bus alabastro inflexis glabrescentibus ; antherae ad basin partis superioris positae, 

 3 mm. longae; stylus longus, gracilis, glaber, stigmatibus 2 complanatis leviter 

 exsertis circiter 2 mm. longis coronatus. 



Yunnan : south of the Red River, A. Henry (No. 13660; tree 6 m. tall). 



7. Mussaenda breviloba S. Moore in Jour. Bot. XLIII. 137 (1905). 

 Yunnan: Szemao, alt. 1450m., A. Henry (No. 11931; 1193P; climbing shrub ; 



flowers yellow). 



8. Mussaenda elongata Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 3 m. altus; ramuli sulcati, circiter 4 mm. crassi, breviter appresse pube- 

 scentes, internodiis 6-7 cm. longis. Folia elongato-elliptica, utrinque attenuata, 

 apice sensim acute acuminata, 18-24 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, membranacea, 

 utrinque solum in costa nervis et venis parce pubescentia; costa supra angusta, 

 infra crassa, prominens, basi circiter 1.5 mm. lata; nervi laterales circiter 9, ascen- 

 dentes, a costa sub angulo 45° abeuntes, intra marginem elongati et flexuosi, supra 

 conspicui, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii pauci, laxi, undulati, graciles, infra 

 conspicui; petioh 1-1.3 cm. longi, breviter appresse pubescentes; stipulae deciduae ? 

 lineares, circiter 0.8 cm. longae, ciliatae. Inflorescentia aperte cymosa, calycis 

 lobis petaloideis circiter 4 omata; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, usque ad 

 1 cm. longae; receptaculum 3 mm. longum, parce breviter pubescens; calycis lobi 

 normales brevissimi, sub anthesi 1 mm. longi, pubescentes, recurvati; lobus 

 petaloideus ovato-lanceolatus, sensim subacute acuminatus, longe unguiculatus, 

 8-12 cm. longus, 4r-5 cm. latus, prominenter 3- v. subquinquenervus, utrinque 

 solum in nervis parce puberula, ungue 3-3.5 cm. longo pubescente; corolla flava; 

 tubus gracilis, 2.5 cm. longus, superne breviter (circiter 3 mm.) ampliatus, extra 

 breviter pubescens, fauce dense villosus; lobi conspicue apiculati; antherae in 

 parte superiore ampliata positae, 3 mm. longae; stylus gracilis, corolla aequilongus, 

 glaber, breviter bilobus. 



Yunnan: Szemao, forests south, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (No. 12363; shrub 

 3 m. tall; flowers yellow; in Herb. Kew). 



A very striking species with the leaves long-attenuated to the ends, and with 

 long-stalked petaloid calyx-lobes. It resembles M. Kerrii Craib, from Siam, but 

 has broader leaves, a stouter corolla-tube and much larger petaloid calyx-lobes. 



9. Mussaenda divaricata Hutchinson. See p. 394. 



Mussaenda divaricata, var. mollis Hutchinson, n. var. 

 A typo ramulis et foliis infra molliter dense pubescentibus differt. 

 Tonkin: Yenbay, Red River, A. Henry (No. 9519; straggling shrub ; in Herb. 

 Kew). 



10. Mussaenda erosa Champion in Hooker's Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. 

 IV. 193 (1852). — Walpers, Ann. V. 136 (1858). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 153 

 (1861). — Henriques in Bol. Sac. Brot. III. 148 (1884). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XXIII. 378 (1888). 



