23, 3 Merrill: Diagnoses of Hainan Plants, II 261 



spicatis, simplicibus, vel circiter basi rariter ramosis, 2.5 ad 

 6 cm longis, adpresse pubescentibus ; bracteis adpresse pubes- 

 centibus, oblongis ad lanceolatis vel subspatulatis, acuminatis, 

 inferioribus usque ad 5 mm longis, superioribus minoribus, brac- 

 teolis late ovatis, obtusis, 2 mm longis; floribus glaberrimis, 

 calycis tubo brevissimo, lobis elliptico-ovatis, obtusis, 

 longis ; petalis ellipticis, rotundatis, 4 mm Ion* ' 

 plus minusve pentadelphis, filamentis usque ad 6 mm longis. 



Wong Chuk, en route to Kachek, McClure 9781, June 1, 1922, 

 along roads. 



A species superficially resembling Symplocos urceolaris Hance 

 and probably belonging in the same group. It differs from 

 Hance's species in its smaller, differently shaped leaves, and its 

 strictly spicate, not racemose inflorescences. Following Brand's 

 arrangement of the species in this section it falls in the group 

 with Symplocos khasiana Brand and S. foliosa Wight, from both 

 of which it is amply distinct. The species is dedicated to Miss 

 K. L. Schaeffer of the American Presbyterian Mission in Hainan, 

 whose botanical collections have added several species to the 

 Hainan list, including at least one previously undescribed form. 



LOGANIACEAE 



diametro; foliis 

 oblongis ad ellipticis, olivaceis, chartaceis, 7 ad 13 cm longis, 



3 ad 4.5 cm latis, acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis lateralibus 

 obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; petiolo 1 ad 3 cm longo ; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, brevibus, 1- vel 3-floris, brevissime pedunculatis, 

 bracteolis ovatis ad lanceolatis, acuminatis, 4 mm longis; floribus 

 circiter 6 cm longis, breviter pedicellatis, calycis 1 ad 1.8 cm 

 longis, lobis ovatis ad orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis; corollae 

 tubo circiter 3.5 cm longo, sursum ampliato, lobis obovatis, 2.5 

 ad 3 cm longis ; f ructibus ovoideis, apiculato-acuminatis, nitidis, 



4 cm longis, sepalis persistentibus chartaceis, patulis. 



Yik Tsok Mau and Sha Po Leng, McClure 9724- (type), 8187, 

 May 19, 1922, and November 11, 1921, in forested ravines. The 

 same species is represented by Hongkong Herbarium UO from 

 Tai Hang, Hongkong, June 28, 1893. 



No representative of this genus has been hitherto recorded 

 from China, the present species manifestly belonging in the 

 group with, and closely allied to Fagraea obovata Wall., from 

 which it differs in its much thinner, differently shaped leaves, 

 1- to 3-flowered inflorescences, and the persistent spreading 



