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( \irdiocIiIamvs Sinensis Hand.-Mzt. 



Caulibus lignescentibus tenuibus levibus denique brunneis 

 nitidis laxe foliatis volubilis, ceterum pilis e basi bifurcis 

 bmnnescenti-tomentosa. Rami floriferi bis et basi ter divaricate 

 paniculati 35 — 50 cm lg., foliati, ramuli imi bracteis lanceolatis 

 suftulti, ceteri nudi. Folia late ovata tenuiter aciiminata aperte 

 nee profunde cordata nerxis e basi 5 — 7 rectiusculis parum 

 ramosis cum venis transversalibus laxis infra prominulis, 

 maxima 10 cni lg., 6 cm lt. petiolis 3 cm lg. Pedicelli singuli, 

 3 — 4 nini lg. Bracteolae 3 subulatae Yg ////// lg. Sepala sub 

 flore lanceolata, interiora 2 immutabilia, exteriora 3 illis paulo 

 maiora 2 ///;// lg., circa Iructum e basi cordata orbicularia 

 12 — 15 //////- diam, ad '/.. connata, membranacea calvescentia 

 violascentia dense reticulata. (CoroUa, si planta florens mihi 

 in memoria recte eadem, magna coerulea). Ovarium sessile 

 ovatum apiculatum superne tantum puberulum 1 loculare, 

 Ovula 4; stjius brevissimus basi incrassatus, Stigmata 2 globosa 

 sessilia. Capsula obovata 5 mm lg. membranacea longitu- 

 dinaliter venosa indehiscens. Semen 1 magnum globosum 

 op;icum. 



Prov. Vünnan: In faucibus fluminis Djinscha-djiang 

 (»Yangtse«) ad septentr. urbis Yünnanfu, in silvulis supra 

 deversorium Lakatschang. ca. 1000 m, legi ipse 19. JII. 1914. 



C. Madagascaricnsis, species adhuc unica nota, dilTert 

 glabrescentia foliis anguste cordatis racemis simplicibus 

 (coroUis?) calycibus fructiferis duplo maioribus ovario bi- 

 ovulato stipitato stylo longissimo etc. 



A/stoma patipcra Hand.-Mzt. 



Sect. Dissuraspenmun B. et H. 



Arbuscula laxa ca. 1 V-> "'- glaberrima, ramulis gi'iseis 

 argute annulatis, annotinis olivaceo-brunneis, hornotinis cum 

 petiolis cerino-nitidis. Folia 4"'' verticillata apicibus ramulorum 

 fasciculata, lanceolata 4—6 cm lg. 5-5 — 6-5 mm lt. in petiolos 

 indistinctos 2 — 3 mm lg. et apices obtusos longe angustata, 

 rigide herbacea, supra nitide atm- inlVa opace pallide viridia, 



