RUBIACEAE. — LASIANTHUS 401 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, woods, alt. 1520 m., A. Henry (No. 10363; shrub 2.3. m. 

 tall; fruits black; No. 10363% type; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers yellow). 



GARDENIA L. 



Gardenia florida Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 1679; flore pleno. 



For sjTionymy of the species see Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 382 (1888). 



Western Hupeh: wild and cultivated round Ichang up to 330 m. 

 alt. (No. 2438; bush 2-3 ft. tall; flowers white). 



DIPLOSPORA DC. 



Diplospora fruticosa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 383 (1888). 



Tricalysia fruticosa K. Schumann apud E. Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 582 

 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, thickets, alt. 320-460 m., May 1907 

 (No. 2968; bush 2-2.5 m. tall; fruits red). 



Here may be added a new species from Yunnan collected by A. Henry. 



Diplospora moUissima Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Arbor 3-6.5 m. alta; ramuli elongati, subteretes, minute tomentelli v. puberuli, 

 internodiis 2-4.5 cm. longis. Folia oblonga v. oblongo-elliptica, basi leviter cuneata 

 V. rotundata, apice obtuse acuminata acumine 1-1.5 cm. longo, 10-20 cm. longa, 

 3-7 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra costa puberula excepta glabra et leviter niti- 

 dula, infra tomentella; costa supra leviter imprcssa, infra prominens, subteres, 

 basi 2 mm. lata; nei-vi laterales utrinsecus 7-9, graciles, arcuati, a costa sub angulo 

 70° abeuntes; nervi tertiarii subparalleli, gracilUmi; petioli O.S-1 cm. longi, tomen- 

 telH; stipulae infeme connatae, 0.8-1 cm. longae, parte libera triangulari acute 

 acuminata, extra puberulae. Flores subscssiles, ad axillas foliorum delapsorum 

 dense glomerati, glomerulis 1.5-2 cm. longis; bracteae minutae; receptaculum 

 puberulum; calyx cupularis, 1.25 mm. altus, dentato-undulatus, extra appresse 

 puberulus; corollae tubus 3 mm. longus, glaber; lobi 4, oblongo-elliptici, obtusi, 

 3.5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati; stamina inter corollae lobos inserta, exserta; filamenta 

 1.5 mm. longa, glabra; antherae 3 mm. longae, 1.25 mm. latae; stylus glaber, ro- 

 bustus, 2-lobus, 0.5 cm. longus. Fructus ruber, subglobosus, verruculosus, cir- 

 citer 7 mm. diametro, parce puberulus, calyce persistente parvo coronatus. 



Yunnan: Szemao, forests to east, alt. 1460 m., A. Henry (No. 12246; tree 3-6 

 m. tall); Szemao, forests to southeast, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12246"; tree 

 6 m. tall; fruits red) ; Yulo forests to the south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12928). 



Related to D. siamica Craib, but with much more densely hairy leaves and 

 hairy calyx. 



LASIANTHUS Jack. 



Lasianthus Henryi Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 2 m. altus; ramuli elongati, subteretes, dense appresse tomen- 

 telh, internodiis 2.5-5.5 cm. longis. Folia oblongo- v. elliptico-lanceo- 



