400 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



15. Mussaenda Cavaleriei L^veille in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. XIII. 178 (1914). 



Kweichou; on rocks at Touan-Po, near Pin-ue, August 1905, /. Cavalerie 

 (No. 2481). 



I am quite unable to obtain an idea of the appearance of this species from 

 L6veill(5's inadequate description. It may not be a Mussaenda. 



RANDIA Houst. 

 Randia Henryi E. Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 581 (1901). 



Randia acutidens Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1906, 160. 

 Diplospora sp.? Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 384 (1888). 



Western Szech'uan : Kiating Fu, thickets, alt. 320 m., May 1908 

 (No. 2957; bush 2-2.5 m. tall; flowers white). 



Here may be added the description of two new species from Yunnan collected 

 by A. Henry. 



Randia yunnanensis Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex inermis, 2.5-3 m. altus; ramuli glabri. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acute 

 longissime acuminata, basi cuneata, 10-15 cm. longa, 2.5-5 cm. lata, tenuiter 

 chartacea, utrinque costa infra minute puberula excepta glabra; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus circiter 7, arcuati, supra conspicui, infra prominentes, prope marginem 

 conjuncti; venae laxae, infra prominulae; petioU 3-4 mm. longi, glabri; stipulae 

 sublato-lanceolatae, acutae, 5-7 mm. longae, glabrae. Flores axillares, fascicu- 

 lati, breviter pedicellati; pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi, puberuli; receptaculum cam- 

 panulatum, puberulum; calyx cupularis, 1 mm. longus, puberulus, dentatus, den- 

 tibus ovato-triangularibus 0.75 mm. longis; corollae tubus 3 mm. longus, extra 

 glaber, fauce villosus; lobi mox reflexi, oblongi, obtusi, 4-5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati, 

 glabri; antherae exsertae, 0.5 cm. longae; stylus exsertus, 1 cm. longus, anguste 

 clavatus. Fructus globosus, 5-6 mm. diametro, parce puberulus v. fere glaber. 



Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (Nos. 11750, 

 type; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers white; 11750^; 11750^; fruit red; 11750'^; 11750<i). 



Very closely related to Randia densiflora Bentham, but without the line of dense 

 hairs on the back of the corolla lobes characteristic of that species, and with fas- 

 ciculate not cymose flowers. 



Randia evenosa Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 3 m. altus; ramuli spinosi, cortice cinereo obtecti, juniores minute pube- 

 ruli, sicco nigrescentes. Foha obovata, basi breviter cuneata, apice rotundata et 

 minute mucronata, 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, nervorum axillis 

 puberuhs exceptis glabra, evenosa; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 5, plerumque 

 suboppositi, a costa sub angulo 45° abeuntes, utrinque prominuh; petioh 5 mm. 

 longi; stipulae coriaceae, caducae, triangulari-ovatae, 2.5-3 mm. longae, glabrae; 

 spinae rectae 1 cm. longae. Flores flavi, ad apicem ramulorum brevium fascicu- 

 lati, circiter 8-nati; pedicelli 0.5-1 cm. longi, glabri, basi bracteati, bracteis stipulis 

 subsimilibus; receptaculum obconicum, 1.5 mm. longum, glabrum; calycis tubus 

 cupularis, 2 mm. longus, glaber, 5-dentatus; corollae tubus cylindricus, 5 mm. 

 longus, extra glaber, fauce breviter pubescens; lobi 5, oblongo-elliptici, obtusi, 

 6 mm. longi, 3-3.5 mm. lati, glabri; antherae inter lobos corollae insertae, exsertae, 

 5 mm. longae; ovarium biloculare; stylus 1 cm. longus, superne clavato-bilobatus, 

 glaber. Fructus non visus. 



