RUBIACEAE. — MYCETIA 409 



(1843). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 382, t. 84 (1857). — Miquel in Jour. 

 Bot. Neerl. I. 108 (1861). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 148 (1861). — Hance in 

 Aym. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, XVIII. 222 (1862). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. 

 Sci. St. Petersbourg, XXIX. 159 (1883); in Mel. Biol. XI. 778 (1883).— 

 Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. III. 148 (1885). 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountain forests to southeast, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9555"; climber). 



Hedyotis scandens Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 10 (nomen nudum) (1814). — Fl. Ind. 

 I. 364 (1820). — D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 134 (1825). — WalUch, Cat. No. 839 

 (1828). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 422 (1830). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 57 

 (1880). 



Hedyotis polycarpa R. Brown in WalHch, Cat. No. 838 (nomen nudum) (1828). 

 Hedyotis volubilis Walhch, Cat. No. 838, 840 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Yunnan : Szemao, woods, alt. 1520 m., A. Henry (No. 11700; dimbing shrub); 

 Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1480 m., A. Henry (No. 11700"; climber with 

 purple flowers); Szemao, mountains, alt. 1950 m., A. Henry (No. 11700*'; climber 

 over shrubs; flowers white); Szemao, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 13484; climber 

 with white flowers). 



MYCETIA Reinw. 



Mycetia gracilis Craib in Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. 1914, 125. 



Mycetia cauliflora Craib 1. c. 1911, 390 (non Reinwardt); in Aberdeen Univ. 

 Studies, No. 57, 104 (Contrib. Fl. Siam) (1912). 



Yunnan: Szemao, forests to east, alt. 1420 m., A. Henry (No. 12248; shrub 

 0.7 m. tall; flowers yellow); Szemao, forests, alt. 1400 m., A. Henry (No. 12248"; 

 shrub 0.65 m. tall; flowers yellow); A. Henry (No. 12248"=; shrub 1 m. tall; fruits 

 white); A. Henry (No. 12248«i; slender shrub 0.75-1 m. tall; flowers yellow). 



Mycetia bracteata Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.25 m. altus; ramuli satis robusti, puberuli, demum glabri, cortice cinereo 

 laevi obtecti. Folia elongato-oblanceolata v. lanceolata, sensim acuminata, sub- 

 acuta, basi attenuata, 9-16 cm. longa, 1.5-4 cm. lata, fere membranacea, utrinque 

 costa et nervis lateralibus minute puberulis exceptis glabra; costa infra prominens, 

 basi circiter 1 mm. lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 16-20, graciles, a costa sub angulo 

 45°-65° abeuntes, fere recti, prope marginem prominenter conjuncti, supra conspi- 

 cui, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii subparalleli, infra prominuli; petioli 0.5-1 

 cm. longi, puberuli; stipulae densae, persistentes, late triangulari-ovatae, acutae, 

 rigide chartaceae, 0.7-1 cm. longae, extra nervosae, minute puberulae. Inflores- 

 centia terminalis, laxe cymosa, usque ad 7 cm. longa; bracteac conspicuae, per- 

 sistentes, interdum subfoliaceae, plus minusve lanceolatae, acutae, usque ad 1.5 

 cm. longae, puberulae; pedicelli graciles, 1-1.5 cm. longi, puberuli; receptaculum 

 2 mm. longum, fere glabrum; calycis lobi 5-6, filiformes, 3-6 mm. longi, fere glabri; 

 corolla flava, matura non visa, alabastro 1 cm. longa, subclavata, glabra. Fructus 

 non visus. 



Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 11930"; 

 shrub 1.25 m. tall; flowers yellow). 



Related to Mycetia gracilis Craib, but with relatively longer and broader leaves, 

 with more numerous lateral nerves, a more congested conspicuously bracteate in- 

 florescence and shorter pedicels. 



