STERCULIACEAE 
Sterculia Henryi Hemsl. Kew Bull. 1908. 179. 1908. 
Ixpo-CxixA, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 5809, April 1936, a shrub 1-1.5 m. high, on 
banks of a ravine, alt. 1300 m. Yunnan. He. LA 23: /f2. / 742. 
When first studied, this specimen was indicated as an apparently new 
species, dedicated to the collector, but on critical reconsideration I conclude 
that Sferculia Henryi Hemsl. is represented. The Chapa material has some- 
what wider leaves than Hemsley admits for Séerculia Henryi Hemsl., de- 
scribed as 4-6 cm. wide, but the maximum width of one of our Henry speci- 
mens from Vunnan is 9 cm., and 9 cm. is the maximum width on the Pételot 
specimen above cited. The indumentum, inflorescence, bracteole, and floral 
characters are the same as in Hemsley’s species, while the habit (a small 
shrub) and the characteristic crowded bracts or stipules at the tips of the 
branches are also identical. 
