420 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON 
Squame appresse subcoriacee pallidæ fusez basi angustate, apice 
rotundate subintegrz. | Semin?s ala erecta membranacea, pallide 
ferruginea, oblonga obtusa, squamá parum brevior. 
CHINA OCCIDENT., prope Tibetam in silvis prope Sung Pan, alt. 
6000- 11,000 ped. ( Wilson 3025 !). 
Similar to P. Watsoniana, which grows in the same district but 
at a lower elevation. It differs in the bark, in the pulvini (which 
in this species are setose and less distinctly petioled), in the more 
lanceolate bud-scales, in the leaves, in the larger cones, and in 
other details. Possibly the examination of a larger series of 
specimens would show intermediate conditions, proving that these 
characteristics are not to be absolutely depended on as points of 
distinction. 
Picea aurantiaca, Mast., sp. n. Arbor 15-40-ped.; ramis 
vetulis glabris aurantiacis; pulvini glabri nitentes, lineari-oblongi, 
superne vix constricti exerti patuli, cicatrices subquadrangulares. 
Perule iate ovatee membranacez ferruginee. Folia ad 15 mill. 
linearia curvata quadrangulata inter angulos prominentes sto- 
matifera ad apicem cartilagineo-mucronata. — Strobili immaturi 
penduli 5-6 cent. long. oblongi, purpurascentes. Bractee ? 
Squame subcoriaces appresse viclaceæ, parte superiore rotundata 
violaceæ. 
CHINA OCCIDENT., prov. SZECHUAN in silvis ad alt. 12,000 ped. 
(Wilson 3029!) 
A species remarkable for the deep orange-coloured bark and 
the linear pulvini, scarcely, if at all, dilated at the apex. 
P. retroflexa, Mast., sp. n. Arbor ramis fusco-aurantiacis 
glabrescentibus, pulvini oblongi, superne dilatati patenti-reflexi, 
cicatrix quadrangularis. Folia ——. trobili 10-12 cent. long., 
cylindrato-oblongi. Bracteæe . Squamæ coriaceæ fusce 
apice rotundatæ imprimis appressæ demum arcte reflexæ. 
Wesr SZECHUAN, ubi vulgaris prope Ta-chien-lu (Wilson 
3030 AJ). 
Very remarkable in its sharply decurved cone-scales. It is 
possible that the recurved condition of the cone-scales may prove 
to be exceptional, as a similar condition has been observed as a 
malformation in the common Spruce. "The scales are in some 
eases covered with a fungus which Mr. Massee identifies as 
Pleosporopsis strobilorum, a cosmopolitan species, attacking the 
cone-scales of Conifers; see Greville, Scot. Crypt. Flor. p. 275. 
