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glabrae. Inflorescentia subsessilis, pauciflora, circiter 3 cm. diametro; bracteae 

 lineares, 1.5-2 mm. longae, breviter pilosae; pedicelli breviter pubescentes; re- 

 ceptaculum fere glabrum; calycis lobi 5, lanceolati, subacuti, 1.75 mm. longi, 

 parce ciliati, sicco apice straminei; corollae tubus lobis paullo brevior, 4 mm. longua, 

 extra glaber, intra villosus; lobi 5, oblongi, obtusi; antherae exsertae, acutae, 0.5 cm. 

 longae; stylus anguste clavatus, 0.8 cm. longus, inferno pubescens. Fructus 3- 

 spermus, anguste ellipsoideus, sicco niger, 1 cm. longus, glaber, apice annulo 

 stramineo coronatua. 



Yunnan: Feng-chen-lin Mt., south of Red River, forests, alt. 2640 m., 

 A. Henry (No. 10678, type; shrub 2 m. tall); Mengtsze, forests to southeast, alt. 

 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 10059; shrub 1.6 m. tall; fruits black). 



This species is distinguished by its elongated leaves puberuloue on the petioles 

 and nerves, paleaceous stipules, a small almost sessile inflorescence and a pubescent 

 style. 



IXORA Linn. 



Ixora yunnanensis Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex usque ad 1 m. altus; caulis parce ramosus (v. subsimplex?), glaber, in- 

 ternodiis 2-4 cm. longis. FoUa geminata v. ternata, obUque et anguste oblanceo- 

 lata, sensim acute acuminata, ad basin longe attenuata, 7-22 cm. longa, 1-4 cm. 

 lata, chartacea, glabra, sicco cinereo-viridia; costa supra angustissima, prominula, 

 infra prominens, sicco longitudinaUter sulcata, basi 1.5 mm. lata; nervi laterales 

 utrinsecus 12-15, a costa sub angulo lato abeuntes, intra marginem circiter 0.5 cm. 

 distanter prominenter furcati, supra prominuH, infra prominentes; nervi tertiarii 

 et venae laxae, vix prominulae; petioH 0.5-1.5 cm. longi, demum transverse ver- 

 rucosi; stipulae e basi late ovato longe acuminatae, 6-7 mm. longae, coriaceae, 

 glabrae. Flores albi, dense cymosi; cymae subsessiles, circiter 7 cm. diametro, 

 glabrae; bracteae parvae, lanceolatae, acutae; pediceUi vix 1 mm. longi v. nulli; 

 receptaculum turbinatum, 1.5-2 mm. longum; calycis lobi lineari-lanceolati, 

 Bubacuti, 3-4 mm. longi; corollae tubus gracilis, 3 cm. longus, vix 1 mm. diametro; 

 lobi oblongo-eUiptici, obtusi, 6 mm. longi, 2.5 mm. lati; antherae exsertae, 2.5 mm. 

 longae; stylus brevissime exsertus, ramis 1.25 mm. longis subacutis. Fructus 1-2- 

 lobus, 1 cm. longus, oblongo-ellipsoideus. 



Yunnan: Hsin-kei, Red River, A. Henry (No. 9584, type; shrub 1 m. tall; 

 flowers white); Red River banks, Manpan, A. Henry (No. 10370; shrub 0.65 

 m. tall; fruits red). 



This is a very distinct species with extremely narrow leaves and a congested 

 inflorescence. It differs from Ixora subsessilis WalUch from eastern India in 

 those characters and in its larger calyx-lobes. 



PAVETTA Linn. 



Pavetta indica Linnaeus, var. polyantha. Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. HI. 150 

 (1880). — King & Gamble, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, LXIII. pt. 3, 84 (Mat. Fl. Malay. 

 Penins. No. 15) (1904). 



Pavetta polyantha WaUich, Cat. 6176 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Pavetta indica WaUich, 1. c. 6175^ (nomen nudum) (1828). — Ker in Bot. 



Reg. III. t. 198 (1817). 

 Pavetta Rothiana De CandoUe, Prodr. IV. 491 (1830). — Wight & Arnott, 



Prodr. Fl. Ind. 431 (1834). 

 Pavetta villosa Heyne in Roth, Nov. PI. Spec. 88 (non Vahl) (1821). 

 Ixora tomentosa, var. glabrescens Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 19 



(1877). 



