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and lower surface of the leaves densely and softly stellate- 
pubescent with pale-gray indumentum, the hairs elongated, some- 
what matted, rather woolly, the older branches terete, smooth, 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, membranaceous, oblong-ovate, 4.5 
to 8 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, base rounded, apex acute to rather 
slenderly acuminate, margins usually denticulate, sometimes 
nearly entire, the upper surface blackish when dry, shining, 
ultimately glabrous, the lower pale-grayish ; lateral nerves about 
5 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, conspicuous ; petioles 
about 5 mm long. Flowers yellow, axillary, solitary or in pairs, 
their pedicels 5 to 7 mm long, the filiform bracteoles nearly as 
long as the pedicels. Calyx about 13 mm long, externally densely 
and softly gray-tomentose, inside densely appressed-hirsute, the 
lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm long. Corolla yellow, 
externally cinereous-tomentose, about 23 mm long, the two lobes 
of the upper lip oblong-obovate, about 9 mm long, the three 
of the lower lip suborbicular, about 6 mm long. Anthers sub- 
orbicular, 2.5 mm in diameter, their margins very prominently 
bearded, cohering. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule oblong- 
ovoid, somewhat cinereous-tomentose, about 1 cm long, 2-celled, 
first loculicidally dehiscing into two valves, ultimately splitting 
again through the placentae into four valves. Seeds numerous, 
thin, compressed, linear-oblong, often slightly falcate, about 4 
mm long, 1 mm wide, the testa expanded into a thin wing sur- 
rounding the very narrow seed proper. 
Kwangtung Province, Loh Pau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 10851, 
August 22, 1917, in thickets along small streams, altitude about 950 
meters; very rare, a single plant observed. 
This species is allied to Brandisia hancei Hook, f ., of - which no descrip- 
tion has ever been published. My conception of Hooker’s species is gained 
from an examination of Yunnan material, Henry 9013, Delavay 193 U, 
1626. In these specimens the leaves are smaller than in B. swinglei Merr., 
much thicker, often cordate at the base, while the dense indumentum is 
ferruginous, and its stellate character is very evident; the calyx is broader, 
and its lobes are very different in shape in the Yunnan material. The 
genus is new to Kwangtung Province, the known forms now being Brand- 
isia discolor Hook, f. & Th., B. hancei Hook, f., B. racemosa Hemsl., B. 
souliei Bonati, B. laetevirens Rehder, and B. glabrescens Rehder. 
LINDERNIA Allioni 
LINDERNIA PYX1DARIA All. Misc. Taur. 3 (1755) 178. 
Vandellia pyxidaria Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 20 (1875) 449. 
Kwangtung Province, Sheklung, Merrill 11130, August 28, 1917, on 
muddy river banks. 
Not previously reported from Kwangtung Province: Central Europe to 
Japan, southward to Malaya and Polynesia. 
