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dense puberulus; lobi 5, ovato-lanceolati, subobtusi, 2 mm. longi, utrinque intra 

 parce puberuli; stamina fauci inserta; antherae inclusae, 1.5 mm. longae; stylus 

 glaber, breviter exsertus. Fructus non visus. 



Western Kansu: Lotoni, on the road to Siku, W. Purdom (No. 804, type). 

 Eastern Kansu: Wei River valley, July 20, 1885, G. N. Potanin. 



Very similar to Leptodermis virgata Edgeworth, from northwestern India, but 

 with long slender branchlets at length quite glabrous and not scabrid-puberulous 

 as in that species, and with shorter and broader stipules. 



Leptodermis glomerata Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Herba basi lignosa, usque ad 60 cm. alta; caulis basi ramosa, ramis erectis gra- 

 cilibus, pilorum lineis parce puberula, internodiis 3-4 cm. longis. FoHa opposita, 

 lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata, sensim acute acuminata, 2.5-5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. 

 lata, tenuiter chartacea, supra marginem versus scabridula, infra glabra, reticu- 

 lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 5-6, arcuati, inferne prominuli; petioli 

 1-2 mm. longi; stipulae e basi lato subulatae, acutae, 4 mm. longae, extra basi 

 parce puberulae. Flores ad ramulorum apice glomerati, sessiles ; bracteae oppositae, 

 basi connatae, subulato-acuminatae; 2.5 mm. longae, membranaceae, glabrae; 

 receptaculum glabrum; calycis segmenta 5, lanceolato-subulata, acutissima, rigida, 

 2 mm. longa, glabra, ecihata; corollae tubus leviter curvatus, 1 cm. longus, sensim 

 amphatus, extra minute puberulus, fauce pilosus; lobi 5, ovati, apice obtuse mu- 

 cronati, 3.5 mm. longi, 2.5 mm. lati; antherae subexsertae, 1.75 mm. longae; 

 stylus glaber 8 mm. longus, trilobus, lobis 3 mm. longis gracihbus. Fructus non 

 visus. 



Yunnan: Mi-Id distri'ct, mountain forest, A. Henry (No. 9949; flowers dark 

 red). 



Very similar in general appearance to Leptodermis lanceolata WalUch, from 

 India, but with almost glabrous leaves, much smaller bracts and a trilobed style. 



Here may be added notes on several genera not collected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



NAUCLEA L. 



Nauclea Griffithii Haviland in Jour. Linn. Sac. XXXIll. 51 (1897). 



Adina Griffithii Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. HI. 24 (1880). 

 Yunnan : Szemao; forests to south, 1330 m., A. Henry (No. 12676; tree 6.5 m. 

 tall; flowers red); mountains to the westward, 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 12880; tree 

 5 m. tall). 



UNCARIA Schreb. 



Uncaria sessilifructus Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, I. 520 (1832). — WalUch, Cat. 

 No. 6109 (1830). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 71 (1877). — Hooker f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. HI. 30 (1880). 



Nauclea scandens Roxburgh mss. Ic. pict. No. 1218 ex Hooker f., 1. c. (pro 



synon.) (1880). 



Yunnan : Chienhung, M. Bons d'Anty in Herb. A. Henry (No. 11995); Szemao, 



forests to west, alt. 1450 m., A. Henry (No. 11995*; large chmber; flowers yellowish 



white; known as "Kou-teng"); Szemao, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 13449; 



climber; flowers). 



Uncaria scandens Hutchinson, n. comb. 



Nauclea scandens Smith in Rees Cyclop. XXIV. No. 9 (1819). 

 Uncaria pilosa Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, I. 520 (1832). — Wallich, Cat. 

 6108*' ^ (1828). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 32 (1880). 



