xv, 3 Merrill: Notes on the Kwangtung Flora 259 
The specimens agree closely with Formosan material and also 
conform to Miquel’s description. I believe this to be, at least 
in part, the Kwangtung form referred by Dunn and Tutcher 
to Mussaenda frondosa Linn., but I have seen no Chinese ma- 
terial at all approaching the typical Ceylon form of the Linnean 
species. 
RANDIA Linnaeus 
RAN Di A ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, usque ad 8 mm alta, ramulis et inflorescentiis 
et subtus foliis ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis chartaceis, 
oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter caudato-acumi- 
natis, supra in siccitate olivaceis, glabris, nitidis; nervis utrin- 
que 10 ad 12, subtus perspicuis; stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, usque ad 1 cm longis; cymis oppositifoliis, 3 ad 4 
cm longis, breviter pedunculatis ; floribus ad apices ramulorum 
confertis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 1.5 
mm longis; fructibus globosis, glabris, 6 ad 8 mm diametro, in 
siccitate nigris, nitidis; seminibus numerosis, compressis, cir- 
citer 1.5 mm diametro. 
A small tree about 8 m high, the branchlets, inflorescences, 
and the lov/er surface of the leaves rather densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. Branches dark reddish brown, usually terete, gla- 
brous. Leaves oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 
11 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, subequally narrowed below 
to the acute, equilateral base, and above to the slenderly caudate- 
acuminate apex, the acumen sometimes falcate, the upper sur- 
face glabrous, olivaceous and shining when dry, the lower sur- 
face rather softly pubescent; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations rather lax, distinct; petioles usually 
pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
pubescent, up to 1 cm long. Cymes leaf-opposed, shortly pe- 
duncled, ferruginous-pubescent, 3 to 4 cm long (corollas un- 
known), the flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled and somewhat 
crowded at the tips of the branchlets. Calyx ferruginous- 
pubescent, about 4 mm long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 1.5 mm long. Fruits globose, glabrous, 6 to 8 mm in 
diameter, black and shining when dry. Seeds many, flattened, 
orbicular-ovate to ovate, about 1.5 mm long. 
Kwangtung Province, White Cloud Mountain, Levine 3130 
(type) 3267, August 29, November, 1918; Kong Moon, Groff 
