RUBIACEAE. — MUSSAENDA 399 



Mussaenda glabra Hooker & Amott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 264 (1836-40). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 379 (non Vahl) (1888). 



Hongkong: C. Wilford (No. 160); C. Wright (No. 236); Col. Urquhart (No. 

 163). Kwangtung : Tingu-shan, West River, May 6, 1882, C. Ford. Yunnan : 

 Man-kuo, south of Red River, alt. 1340 m., A. Henry (No. 10646; shrub 2.5 m. 

 tall; flowers yellow); valley near Manpan, alt. 660 m., A. Henry (No. 10646*; 

 climbing shrub); Feng-chen-lin, alt. 1960 m., A. Henry (No. 13648); Mengtsze, 

 A. Henry (No. 13694). 



Also in Formosa and on the Liukiu Islands. 



11. Mussaenda elliptica Hutchinson. See p. 395. 



12. Mussaenda laxiflora Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 3 m. altus; ramuli juniores graciles, appresse tomentosi. Folia obovata 

 V. obovato-oblanceolata, apice acute acuminata acumine 1-1.5 cm. longo, basi 

 cuneata, 7-14 cm. longa, 2.5-5 cm. lata, chartacea, supra parce setulosa, infra 

 praecipue in nervis et venulis molliter puberula; costa infra conspicua, basi cir- 

 citer 1.5 mm. lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-9, a costa sub angulo 60°-75° 

 abeuntes, supra prominuli, infra prominentes, prope marginem arcuati et elongati; 

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

 mentelli; stipulae subulatae, profunde bilobatae, acutae, 0.8 cm. longae, hirsutae. 

 Cymae terminales, laxiflorae, circiter 8 cm. latae, calycis lob is petaloideis 2-3 

 ornatae; bracteae plerumque deciduae, lineares, acutae, usque ad 1 cm. longae, 

 tenuiter pubescentes; calycis lobi normales filiformes, acuti, receptaculo appresse 

 pubescente longiores, sub anthesi 6-7 mm. longi, parce puberuH; lobus petaloideus 

 lanceolatus, subacutus, unguiculatus, 3.5-7 cm. longus, 1.5-2.5 cm. latus, 5-6- 

 nervatus, supra glaber, infra praecipue in nervis parce puberulis, reticulatus; 

 corolla flava; tubus gracilis, superne vix ampliatus, 2.5-3 cm. longus, extra ap- 

 presse pubescens, intra superne pilosus; lobi triangulari-lanceolati, appendice acuta 

 1-1.5 mm. longa, intra glabri; antherae paullo supra medium tubi insertae, 4 mm. 

 longae; stylus corollae tubo aequilongus, glaber, bilobatus, lobis 4 mm. longis. 

 Fructus sicco niger, late ellipsoideus, parce pubescens, 1 cm. longus. 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, forests, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9650^; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers yellow; No. 11493; flowers; in Herb. Kew). 



13. Mussaenda hirsutula Miquel in Jour. Bot. Nierl. I. 109 (1861). — Hems- 

 ley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 379 (1888). 



Mussaenda frondosa, Hemsley 1. c. (non Linnaeus) (1888). 



Kwangtung: West River, May 1882, C. Ford; Luheang, Krone (ex Miquel). 

 Hainan: R. Swinhoe; A. Henry (No. 8080; flowers); A. Henry (No. 8124; 8548; 

 fruits); one mile south of Hoihow, in the midst of dense Pandanus thickets, 

 April 18, 1879, W. Hancock (No. 13; flowers yellow). 



The above specimens have been identified from Miquel's description; they are 

 certainly not M. frondosa Linnaeus, as determined by Hemsley. 



14. Mussaenda pubescens Aiton f., Hort. Kew. ed. 2, I. 372 (1810). — De Can- 

 doUe, Prodr. IV. 371 (1830). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 153 (1861). — Henriques in 

 Bol. Soc. Brot. III. 148 (1884). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 379 (partim) 

 (1888). 



Hongkong: J.G. Champion (No. 102); R. B. Hinds; G. R. Tate; Col. Urqu- 

 hart; R. Swinhoe; C. Wright; C. Wilford (No. 160) ; without locality, R. Fortune 

 (No. 80). Fokien: Amoy, de la Touche ex A. Henry (No. 1855). Yunnan: 

 Szeraao, forests, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (No. 12157; small climbing shrub; flowers 

 yellow). 



