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€ less than twice as PONE as glabrous 
etiole 4. 
iar four times as a long: as downy petiole 3. Cynanchum affine. 
4. Corona tubular, toothed at mo 5. Cynanchum 
corymbosum 
Corona deeply 5-lobed ... es -. 2. Cynanchum 
auriculatum, 
5. Leaves more than half as broad as long 
Leaves less than half as broad as long G 
6. Leaves glabrous . Dregea volubilis. 
Leaves Co geet n ews e Tylophora hispida. 
7. Stem erect ix an o e. 6. Cynanchum 
Light. 
Stem twinin m Fu Lu a 
8. Flowers racemose sa iss Sw Graphistemma pictum. 
Flowers umbellate a HS. Yu ; 
9. Leaves membranous  ... d e. 4. Cynanchum 
sublanceolatum. 
Leaves somewhat leathery... ee 0 no bg um 
1. C. atratum, Bunge ; DC. Prodr. viii. 523. CEA ga ‘without 
locality. Fl. dark purple, April. 
2. C. auriculatum, Royle ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 25. Lienchow 
River ; Northwest River. Fl. yellowish white, August. 
3. C. affine, Hemsl. Enum. PI. rd ii. 104. Kwangtung without 
locality. Fl. yellow, Augu 
4. C. Fordii, Hemsl. 1. " 106. datis at 800 ft. Fl. white or 
reddish, August 
5. C. corymbosum, Wight ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 24. N.W. 
.——, st. 
6. C. Li htii, Dunn sp. n. C. sibirico, R. Br. affinis sed foliis 
qU! brevioribus et latioribus distincta. 
erba perennis, erecta, 30-40 cm. alta, praeter ium 
pubescentem secus internodia superiora pedunculosque 
glabra, eaulibus foliosis ex radice crassa fibrosa pluribus, 
basi nonnunquam paullo ramosis. Folia opposita, oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice rotundata, basi cuneata vel breviter 
rotundata, subsessilia, 3-4 cm. longa, circiter 1 em. lata, 
integra, papyracea, obscure penninervia. Flores umbellati 
vel breviter racemosi ; pedunculi axillares, 1-1°5 em. longi 
basi bracteis brevibus linearibus suffulti. Calyx fere ad 
basin divisus, lobis 5 lanceolatis 1:5 mm. longis. Corolla 
luteola?, rotata, 8 mm. diam., lobis ovatis obtusis. 
d5aadroiciun 3 mm. diam. 2 mm. altum; coronae lobi 
rotundati, antheris aequales. Capsula 5 cm. longa, 6 mm. 
lata, fusiformis. 
Shuikwan River, Shaochaufu 14.11.88 and North River, 6.8.89 
quai, Also Hunan Province, Héngshan, Light, 
Sept. 1904. Flowers in August and September, fruits 
i ber. 
One of the specimens on which this species is founded formed 
rt of a remarkable collection hastily gathered by Capt. 
Light of the 114th Mahratta Light Infantry during a trip 
