RUBIACEAE. — SAPROSMA 417 



Paederia ternata Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 520 (1824). — WalUch, Cat. 



No. 6248 (1828). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 471 (1830). 

 Serissn ternata Kurz, Rep. Veget. Andaman Isl. App. A. 40 (1870). 

 Mephitidia sp. Griffith, Notul. IV. 267 (1854); Icon. PI. Asiat. t. 476 (1854). 



Yunnan : Szcmao, ravine, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 11965; shrub 2 m. tall; 

 flowers white); same locality, mountains to south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 

 11965"*; shrub 2.25 m. tall; flowers white); same locality, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 11965''; shrub 2.65 m. tall; fruits red). 



Saprosma Henryi Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 3 m. altus; ramuli cortice cinerco glabro obtecti. Folia opposita, ellip- 

 tica V. oblongo-elliptica, breviter acute acuminata, basi paullo cuneata, 6-9 cm. 

 longa, 3-5 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, glabra; costa supra Icviter impressa, infra 

 prominens; nervi laterales utrinsecus 4-6, a costa sub angulo fere 90° abeuntes, 

 arcuati, intra marginem dupliciter conjuncti, utrinque prominuli; venae infra 

 laxae, prominulae; petioH 3-7 mm. longi, glabri; stipulae parvae; puberulae. 

 Cymae axillares, pedunculatae, circiter 4-florae; pedunculi 1-2 cm. longi, costati; 

 flores subsessiles, albi; receptaculum glabrum; calycis lobi 4, triangulares, sub- 

 acuti, circiter 1.25 mm. longi, fere glabri; corollae tubus superne sensim leviter 

 expansus, 1 cm. longus, extra glaber, intra pubescens; "lobi 4, ovato- triangulares, 

 obtusi, 2 mm. longi; antherae 2.25 mm. longae; ovarium 2-Ioculare, ovulis soli- 

 tariis erectis basi angustatis; stylus bifidus, 2 mm. longus, glaber. Fructus oblique 

 ellipsoideus, 0.8 cm. longus, verrucosus. 



Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to south, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12145, 

 type; shrub 3 m. tall; flowers white) ; Szemao, forests, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 

 12646; small climber; fruits). 



