Spec. novae in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 3. ser., XXXIX (1906), descriptae. 565 
the calyx, and the petals are broader and flatter; it may also be dist- 
inguished by the hairs on the ovary and lower portion of the valves 
being tipped with bright red glands. G. platypetalum Franch., Pl. Delav. 
(1889), p. 777, may, from the description, be distinguished from G. platy- 
anthum by the retrorsely appressed hairs on the stem, the reflexed pedi- 
cels (after flowering) and by the much smaller flowers. 
35. Syringa pinnatifolia Hemsley, l. c., p. 68. 
S. persicae var. laciniatae similis, a qua imprimis foliis omnibus pin- 
natis et foliolis lanceolatis acutis distincte disjunctis -differt. Frutex 6—-8 
pedalis, fere omnino glaber, ramulis floriferis gracillimis. Folia cum 
petiolo communi gracili 2—3 poll. longa; foliola 7 vel 9, sessilia, tenuia, 
infra medium latiora, !/—1!/, poll. longa, apiculata, margine obscure 
ciliolata, venis subtus sat conspicuis. Flores albi, circiter semipollicares, 
in panieulas axillares sessiles graeiles quam folia breviores dispositi, pedi- 
cellis brevibus gracillimis. Calyx circiter lineam longus, lobis brevissimis 
rotundatis. Corollae tubus angustus, circiter !/; poll. longus; lobi ovato- 
oblongi, apice rotundati, circiter 1!/; lin. longi. Stamina paullo sub apice 
tubi affixa, fere sessilia; antherae inclusae. Stylus bifidus, quam corollae 
tubus dimidio brevior. Capsula ignota. 
Extreme West of China: 9000 feet (E. H. Wilson). 
36. Rodgersia sambucifolia W. B. Hemsley, l. c., p. 115. 
Ab omnibus speciebus hucusque cognitis foliis fere. pinnatis 9- vel 
11-foliolatis recedit. 
Herba 2—3 pedalis, sparsissime arachnoideo-hirsuta. Folia radicalia 
non visa; caulina solitaria vel bina, imparipinnata, 9- vel 11-foliolata, 
longe petiolata, cum petiolo communi 1—2 ped. longa; foliola subsessilia, 
membranacea, subopposita, oblongo-lanceolata, 4—6 poll. longa, 1—-2 poll. 
lata, aeuta, basi cuneata, per totam longitudinem serrulata; venae subtus 
sat conspieuae; petiolus basi pilis longis arachnoideis brunneis vestitus. 
Inflorescentia pubescens, parva, terminalis, dense cymoso-paniculata, eum 
pedunculo elongato circiter pedalis; pedunculus folio unico simplici in- 
structus. Bracteae et bracteolae omnino deficientes. Flores .parvi in- 
conspicui. Sepala 5 - 7, carnosa, ovata, sesquilineam longa, subacuta. 
Stamina 10—14, quam sepala breviora (immatura?) Styli 2 carnosi. 
stamina aeqantes. Fructus ignotus. 
West China: At elevations of 9000 to 10000 feet, in the Yalung 
Valley, about 100 miles west of Tatien-lu (E. H. Wilson, June 1904). 
37. Aloe laxiflora N. E. Brown, |. e., p. 130. 
Stem of the Kew plant about 4 feet high, erect, about */, inch thick, 
leafy along the upper 2 feet. Leaves very lax '/¿—1 inch distant, 4% 
to 10 inches long !/,—1!/|, inch broad at the base, '/,—'/, inch thick, 
almost horizontally spreading, nearly straight, neither deflexed nor re- 
curving, of nearly equal breadth almost to the middle, then gradually 
tapering to an obtuse, denticulate apex, slightly sinuous at their upper 
half, soft concave above, except at the flat base, convex beneath, rather 
