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obscurissime ciliatis; petalis intus puberulis, ovatis ad oblongo- 

 ovatis, acutis, circiter 4.5 mm longis. 



San Tsuen, near Nodoa, and Loh Hoe, McClure 9819 (type) 

 Moninger 16 A, April 15, 1922, and May, 1919, on trees in village 

 commons. 



The alliance of this species is clearly with Hoya parasitica* 

 Wall., from which it is distinguished, among other characters, 

 by its longer petioles and distinctly larger flowers. Local name : 

 Ah meung hai. 



nr ftfi VERBENACEAE 



Calyx parvus, campanulatus, extus granuloso-glandulosis, sub- 

 biIabiato-3-dentatus. Corollae tubus elongatus, cylindraceus, 

 sursum leviter ampliatus, fauce haud barbatus, limbus sub 

 patens, subaequaliter 4- vel 5-lobatus, lobis late ovatis, quam 

 tubo multo brevioribus; stamina 4, subaequalia, medio tubo 

 affixa, leviter exserta; ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis; 

 stylus elongatus, integer, stigmate punctiforme.— Frutex erectus, 

 leviter pubescente; foliis oppositis, integerrimis, subtus obscure 

 punctato-glandulosis, longe petiolatis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 

 cymosis, laxis, paucifloris, cymis quam petiolis brevioribus; 

 floribus parvis, aurantiacis. 



TSOONGIA AXILLARIFLORA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, 4 ad 5 m altus, ramis teretibus, subpurpureis, 

 glabris, ramulis f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis membranaceis, 

 oblongo-ovatis ad elliptico-ovatis, 6 ad 10 cm longis, 3 ad 5 

 cm latis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis ad subacutis, supra oliva- 

 ceis vel atro-olivaceis, nitidis, glabris vel ad costa pubescenti- 

 bus, subtus pallidioribus, subbrunneis, obscure puncticulatis, 

 ad costa nervisque plus minusve pubescentibus ; nervis utrinque 

 6 vel 7, tenuibus, subtus perspicuis, curvatis, anastomosantibus ; 

 petiolo 2 ad 3 cm longo, pubescente ; cymis breviter pedunculatis, 

 1 ad 2 cm longis, paucifloris, bracteis linearis, vix 1 mm longis; 

 calycis subcampanulatis, 2.5 ad 3 mm longis, 2-labiatis, labio 

 altero ovato, rotundato, 1.5 mm lato et 1 mm longo, integro, 

 altero bidentato, dentibus ovatis, acutis; corollae tubo 9 mm 

 longo, extus granuloso-glanduloso, subaequaliter 4- vel 5-lobato, 

 lobis late ovatis, rotundatis, 2 mm longis; filamentis glabris, 

 leviter exsertis, antheris 1 mm longis. 



Yik Tsok Mau, McClure 9692, May 18, 1922, in forested 

 ravines. The same species is represented by K. K. Ts'oong 



