RUBIACEAE. — LUCULIA 407 



Yunnan : Szemao, mountains to west, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 11868; large 

 climber; flowers white; in Herb. Kew). 



This is the first record of this species from China. 



Uncaria macrophylla Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 132 (1824). — Wallich, 

 Cat. 6107, partim (1828). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 32 (1880). 



Uncaria sessilifolia Roxburgh mss. in Wallich, Cat. ex Hooker f., 1. c. (pro 

 synon.) (1880). 



Yunnan : Szemao, near Nantan River, alt. 1490 m., A. Henry (No. 12820; large 

 climber; ' flowers pale yellow). 



Uncaria lancifolia Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex scandens magnus; ramuli quadrangulares, leviter alati, glabri, superne 

 armati; spinae axillares geniculatae, recurvatae, usque ad 1.5 cm. longac. glabrae. 

 Folia oblongo-lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata, subacute acuminata, basi rotundata 

 V. leviter cordata, 10-12 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, submcmbranacea, glabra, supra 

 leviter nitida, infra pallide viridia, tenuiter reticulata; costa utrinque prominens; 

 nervi laterales utrinsecus 7-10, a costa sub angulo 65° abeuntes, arcuati, intra 

 marginem conjuncti, tenues, utrinque conspicui; petioli brevissimi, 2-3 mm. longi; 

 stipulae persistentes, late ovatae, profunde bilobatae, 7-8 mm. longae, 0.7-1 cm. 

 latae, chartaceae, venosae, glabrae, lobis triangularibus acuminatis. Flores non 

 visi. Infructescentiae longe pedunculatae, subglobosae, 3-4 cm. diametro; pedun- 

 culi robusti, 4-7 cm. longi, medio bracteati, bracteis deciduis; fructus obovoideo- 

 ellipsoideus, 1.2 cm. longus, 4-5 mm. diametro, parce hispidus, calyce parvo coro- 

 natus; semina suborbicularia, 0.75 mm. diametro, utrinque longe alata. 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, forests to east, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 11389; large 

 climber; fruits). 



Closely related to Uncaria homomalla Miquel, from the Jjmtea Hills, north- 

 eastern India (Wallich 6108°), but that species has pubescent branches and leaves, 

 and much smaller and narrower stipules. Another close ally is U. laevigatus Wal- 

 lich, from Manipur, Khasia Hills and Tenasserim, with broader leaves, only 5 

 pairs of side nerves and very early caducous stipules. 



HYMENOPOGON Wall. 



Hymenopogon parasiticus Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 157 (1824). — Wal- 

 lich, PL As. Rar. III. t. 227 (1832); Cat. No. 6113 (1828). — Kurz, Forest Fl. 

 Brit. Burma, II. 73 (1877). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 34 (1880). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to east, alt. 1930 m., ^4.. Henry (No. 9813; 

 shrub 0.75 m. tall; fruits); same locality, on rocks, alt. 2160 m., A. Henry (No. 

 9813; plant 0.35 m. tall; flowers white); same locaUty, mountains to north, alt. 

 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 9813^; shrub up to 1 m. tall; fruits); same locality, moun- 

 tains to east, cliffs, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 9813^; flowers white) ; same locality, 

 mountains to northwest, chffs, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 9813"; flowers white); 

 Puerh Fu, chffs, A. Henry (No. 9813^1). 



LUCULIA Sweet. 



Luculia gratissima Sweet, Brit. Fl. Card. II. t. 145 (1826). — Hooker in Bot. 

 Mag. LXVIII. t. 3946 (1842). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 71 (1877).— 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 36 (1880). 



' The specimens in Herb. Kew and in Herb. Arnold Arboretum are both in 

 fruit. 



