xv, 3 Merrill: Notes on the Kwangtung Flora 253 
further that it is identical with Strychnos yaniculata Champ., 
a species strongly characterized by its 4-merous flowers and the 
only representative of the genus known from the vicinity of 
Canton. 
LJGU3TRUM Linnaeus 
L1GUSTRU M GROFFIAE sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, subtus foliis et ramulis et inflores- 
centiis perspicue molliterque f errugineo-villosis ; foliis oblongo- 
ovatis, usque ad 7 cm Iongis, acuminatis, basi acutis, supra 
olivaceis, nitidis, leviter pubescentibus, subtus pallidioribus, 
nervis utrinque circiter 6 , tenuibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 
paniculatis, 5 ad 6 cm Iongis, ramis inferioribus usque ad 3 cm 
Iongis; floribus numerosis, corolla 4 mm longa, glabra, tubo 2 
mm longo. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the leaves on the lower surface and 
especially the branchlets and inflorescences densely and softly 
ferruginous-villous with spreading hairs. Branches terete, those 
up to 5 mm in diameter more or less pubescent, the ultimate 
branchlets about 2 mm in diameter. Leaves chartaceous, oblong- 
ovate, 5 to 7 cm long, 2.5 to 3 cm wide, apex acuminate, base 
acute, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, somewhat pubescent, 
the midrib and nerves impressed, the lower surface paler, softly 
villous ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, slender ; 
petioles 4 to 5 mm long, ferruginous-villous. Panicles axillary, 
5 to 6 cm long, many-flowered, the branches usually spreading, 
the lower ones up to 3 cm in length. Flowers white, fragrant, 
their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles oblong- 
lanceolate, somewhat acuminate, about 1 mm long. Calyx some- 
what cup-shaped, glabrous, 1 to 1.2 mm long, shallowly 4-toothed. 
Corolla 4 mm long, the tube 2 mm long, the lobes somewhat 
elliptic, obtuse. Stamens exserted. 
Kwangtung Province, Shiuchow region, Tan Ha Shan, To Kang 
P'eng 2820, April 24, 1919, with this local name mo ch’ung shii. 
Possibly referable to this species is No. 2795 of the same col- 
lection from the same locality with the local name sha yeuk shu; 
this specimen, however, has much smaller leaves and much-fewer 
flowered inflorescences than the type. 
This species is well characterized by its dense ferruginous- 
villous indumentum. It is dedicated to Miss Elizabeth H. Groff, 
through whose interest it was possible to have collections made 
in the Shiuchow region. 
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