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10, petalis multo bieviora, filamentis albidis, antheris rubris. 



Carpella erecta, stamirubus subaequilonga, pallida virescentia. 

 China. 'Chilili : Hsiao Wutai Shan, 3000 m., F. N, .Meyer, 

 Described from a living plant, sent by Mr. F. N. Meyer of 



the American Legation, Pekin, to Kew, where it flowered in 



June, 1914. 



797. Myrtus faxifolia, Ridley [Myrtaceae-Myrteae] ; M, 

 flavidae^ Sta,pf, affinis sed foliis multo angustioribus, innovationi- 

 bus magis lanuginosis, floribus minoribus differt. 



Frutex^ ramis validulis apice simul ac foliis juvenilibus calyci- 

 busque dense lanuginosis. Folia lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi 

 rotundata, 11 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, coriacea, sicca atro-brunnea, 

 superne laevia, polita, adulta glabra, costa supra depressa subtus 

 cum nervis omnino obscura, Flores gemini, axillares, pedicellis 

 brevissimis cum calycibus albo-lanuginosis. Calyx 3 mm. longus, 

 tube ovoideo, lobis 4 ovatis acutis utrinque lanuginosis. Stamina 

 circiter 30. Stylus crassus, cylindricus, 5 mm. longus, stigmate 

 minuto. 



Borneo. Sarawak : Gunong Rumput, /. Anderson 188. 



798. Anaphalis Bournei, Fyso)i [Compositae-Inuloideae] ; 



A, brevifoliae, DC, arete affinis sed foliis angustioribus longiori- 

 bus, ramulis hand tarn nrcte adpressis et inflorescentiam prope 

 magis distantibus differt; ab A. neilgheTrianaj DC, capitulis 

 majoribus, indumento conipactiore recedit. 



Catilis frutlcosus, inferne copiose ramosus, basi foliis marcidis 

 reflexis tectus, simul ac partes reliquae plantae lana alba adpressa 

 obtectus. Folia lineari-oblonga, acuta, 0'6~l-2 cm. longa, 1-2 

 mm. lata, in ramulis novellis inter se circiter 1 mm. distantia, 

 primo erecta, mox divaricata, demum reflexa, in ramulis floriferis 

 apicem versus magis distantia, internodiis supremis usque ad 

 1-5 cm, longis, costa consjncua, margine primo insigniter involuto. 

 Capitula 1 cm. diametro, ramulis 18-22 cm. longis gracilibus 

 gesta ; involucri bracteae ovatae, acutae; receptaculum 3 mm. 

 diametro, foveolatum. 



South India. Pulney Hills, very common on the downs in dry 

 and rocky places forming rounded humps like A, Beddomei and 

 A, travancorica^ Bourne 2696, Fyson. iN'ilgiri Hills, Kotagiri, 

 ^Vight, K.D. 1630, Courtallam, Wight. Anamally Hills, Wight, 

 K.i). 1630. 



799. Rhododendron Andersonii, Ridley [Ericaceae- 



Rhodoreae] ; inter species tubifloros R. malayano, Jack, affinis 

 sed omnino majus^ foliis rigide coriaceis latioribus recedit. 



Frutex^ ramis validulis, innovationibus lepidotis. Folia 

 lanceolata, apice acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, obtusa, 7-11 cm. 

 longa, 1-5— 4'5 cm. lata, rigide coriacea, supra glabra, laevia, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-12 irregularibus pagina superiore 

 depressis inferiore elevatis costaque prominente, dense lepidota, 

 lepidibus orbicularibus in medio punctatis, petiolo crassiusculo 

 1 cm. longo suffulta. Flores 8, terminales, umbellati, bracteis 

 lallidis subamplexicaulibas; pedicelli graciles, 1-5 cm. longi, 

 _3pidoti. Calyx discoideus, margine unJulatus. Corolla tubulosa, 

 2'5 cm, longa, lobis obovatis rotuhdatis 1 cm. longis 7 mm. latis. 



