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RUBIACEAE 
PLECTRONIA Linnaeus 
PLECTRONIA LEVINE! sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ramis spinis longis rigidis rectis armatis; fo- 
liis chartaceis, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 1.5 ad 4 cm longis, 
obtusus ad acutis, basi angustatis, acutis, nervis utrinque 2 vel 
3, obscuris, subtus in axillis subobsolete glandulosis, reticulis 
obsoletis; fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, tenuiter pedicellatis, 
ovoideis, in siccitate nigris vel pruinosis, rugosis, circiter 6 mm 
longis. 
A glabrous shrub, the branches terete or the ultimate branch- 
lets obscurely angled. Leaves usually in pairs on two very short 
opposite branchlets, appearing like four leaves at each node, 
chartaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, or sometimes somewhat 
obovate, rather pale when dry, slightly shining, 1.5 to 4 cm long, 
1 to 2 cm wide, obtuse to acute, base narrowed, acute; lateral 
nerves 2 or 3 on each side of the midrib, slender, indistinct, their 
axils obscurely glandular on the lower surface, the reticulations 
obsolete; petioles 1 to 2 mm long; stipules about 1 mm long. 
Fruits axillary, solitary, black or somewhat pruinose, rugose, 
ovoid, about 6 mm long, when young crowned by the cylindric, 
5-toothed, about 4 mm long calyx-tube, this soon deciduous, the 
pedicels 10 to 12 mm long, slender. Seeds usually two. Spines 
straight or slightly curved, stiff, rather slender, sharp, 1 to 1.5 
cm long. 
Kwangtung Province, Heung Shan District, near Macao, Le- 
vine 3^87, January 18, 1919. 
This species belongs in the group with Plectronia horrida 
Benth. & Hook, f., P. parvi folia Benth. & Hook, f., and P. parvi- 
flora Bedd., but is readily distinguished by being entirely gla- 
brous, and by its solitary, slenderly pedicelied fruits. 
WENDLAWDIA Bartling 
WENDLANDIA CHINENSIS sp. nov. 
Species W. paniculatae affinis, differt stipulis hirsutis, infiores- 
centiis densissime cinereo-villosis, floribus dense confertis, glo- 
meratim dispositis, more W. tinctoriae. 
A shrub or small tree up to 8 m high, the branches glabrous 
or nearly so, the branchlets more or less brownish- or cinereous- 
pubescent. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceo- 
late, olivaceous and shining when dry, 10 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 
cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and rather 
slenderly acuminate apex, the upper surface very slightly sub- 
