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Stapf. — On the Sonerileae of Asia. 
Gymnagathis , and treat them in connexion with Sarcopyramis 
and Phyllagathis. 
Fordiophyton, Stapf. 
Flores tetrameri. Calycis parce pilosuli tubus obpyramidatus , 
lobi 4 decidui membranacei majusctdi. Petala ovata. Stamina 8, 
inaequalia ; antherae dimorphae, exteriorum staminum e basi 
biloba longe lineares apice uniporosae, interiorum 3-7-plo bre- 
viores, ovato-oblongae, omnes inappendiculatae. Ovarium 
semiadnatum, 4-loculare, vertice exsculptum, marginibus mem- 
branaceis coronatum. Stylus filiformis, stigmate incrassato. 
Capsula ignota. 
Herbae erectae, habitu Sarcopyramidis , simplices, inflores- 
centiis exceptis glabrae carnosulae, caule tetragono. Folia 
petiolata, ovata, serrulata, 5-7 nervia. Flores majusculi, albidi 
vel rosei, bracteati, in cymis valde contractis primo capituli- 
formibus, demum circinatim expansis, solitariis vel cymose 
vel subracemose aggregatis dispositi. 
Distr. — South China. 
1. F. cantonense , Stapf. (Syn. Sonerila Fordii , Oliv. ; Cogn. 
Mel. 51b.) Lo Fau Shan, prov. of Canton. 
2. F. Faberi , Stapf. South West China. 
Circa 3 dm. alta. Folia oblonga y unius paris subinaequalia, 
8-12 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, acuminata, basi rotundata , 
tenuiter serrulata, vemdis transversalibus vix conspicuis , petiolo 
1*5-4 cm. longo. Inflorescentiae terminales et in ramulis axil- 
laribus dichasicae, ramis deinde in circinos excrescentibus. 
Calyx tenuiter membranaceus, tubo 10-12 mm. longo, lobis 
ovatis acutis 4 mm. longis roseis. Petala saturate rosea, 8-10 
mm. longa. Stamina majora antheris 12 mm. longis lobis basila - 
ribus acutis y minora antheris vix 4 mm. longis. Capsula ignota. 
Mt. Omei, prov. of Sechuan, 1050 m., E. Faber. 
The more important differences from F. cantonense are 
given in italics. 
Sarcopyramis, Wall. 
This is a very well-marked genus, which approaches nearest 
to Fordiophyton. It is monotypic and so well defined that it 
never has been questioned. 
