136 MESSRS. BAKER, MOORE, RENDLE, RIDLEY AND WERNHAM 



Distrib. China. 



107. Mussaenda DRANENSIS Wernham, sp. nov. 



Verisimiliter frutex ramulis glabris cortice striato in siccitate 

 castaneo-brunneo onustis conspicue sparsiuscule lenticellatis gracili- 

 bus subteretibus. Folia inter minora pergamacea elliptica basi 

 acuta apice acuminata acutissima, nisi subtus in venis primariis 

 minute puberulo-strigillosa glabra, lateralibus utrinque ca. 5 ; petiolus 

 gracilis minute strigillosus ; stipulce fugaces. Flares inter minores 

 in cymis densiusculis corymbosis dispositi compositis foliis subaequi- 

 longis; bractece parvse inconspicuae subulatse. Calycis limbus 

 dentibus deltoideis acutissimis brevissimis onustus uno lobo nonnun- 

 quam in laminam petaloideam expanso suborbicularem basi 

 acutissimam petiolo gracillimo, apice nee acuminatam necnon 

 acutam. Corolla pro genere inter minimas angustissima basin versus 

 fere filamentosa, extus minute strigillosa limbo angusto, lobis triangu- 

 laribus subacutis. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. " Flowers orange ; foliaceous calyx-lobes 

 yellowish white." 



Leaves 8-10 cm. x 3-4 cm. ; petiole, less than 2 cm. Calyx-teeth 

 barely 1 mm. long, the petaloid lobe about 5 cm. x 35 cm. with stalk 

 barely 1 cm. long. 



This species is related to M. variolosa Wall., differing in the 

 indumentum of stem and leaves, and in the shape of the latter, and 

 specially distinguished by the extremely slender corolla, and the 

 very inconspicuous calyx-lobes. 



108. Pavetta tomentosa Smith. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. " Flowers white. Small shrub." 



Distrib. India, Malaya, South China, North Australia. 

 109. Morixda polyneura Miq., var. aspera Wernham, var. nov. 



Hamuli densiuscule scabrello-puberuli ; folia matura utrin- 

 que scabridula. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. " Flowers white." 



Distrib. This species has been recorded hitherto only from 

 Java. The variety resembles the type closely in all respects save 

 the indumentum. 



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