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^ Dracoce'phaluin taliense, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. 



Species valde affinis D. tangutico, Maxim, a quo habitu 

 diverse, caulibus supra ramosis paucifloris, verticillastris 

 1-2-floris regione foliata baud discretis eacumque ± inter- 

 mixtis inter alia recedit. 



Herba perennis 45-60 cm. alta caulibus gracilibus infra 

 simplicibus | supra medium ramosis ramulis ascendentibus 

 bene foliatis paucifloris. Folia 2-8-jugo-pinnatisecta seg- 

 mentis linearibus usque ad 2*5 cm. longis 1 mm. latis acutis 

 revolutis supra glabris subnitentibus infra ad costam 

 prominentem albo-villosis. Verticillastri saepius 1-2-flori 

 pauci vulgo 4-5 inflorescentiam laxam spiciformem (termin- 

 alem sed una cum regione foliata intermixtam) baud con- 

 spicuam formantes. Bracteae f oliis simillimae ; pedicelli 

 fere nulli. Calyx ±1'2 cm. longus tubulosus mediocriter 

 albo-villosulus viridis vel supra purpurascens ; dentes 

 3-4 mm. longi triangulari-lanceolati subspinescentes. 

 Corolla ±2 cm. longa saturate purpurea extus dense 

 intus sparse albo-villosa; tubus supra ventricoso-ampliatus, 

 labium superum circ. 3 mm. longum emarginatum, inferum 

 circ. 5 mm. longum lobo medio reniformi. Stamina e 

 tubo exserta filamentis albo-villosis. Nuculae maturae 

 desunt. 



" Plant of li-2 ft. Flowers deep soft purple, open dry 

 situations amongst pine scrub and on ledges of cliffs on the 

 western flank of the Tali Range, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 40' N. 

 Alt. 10,000 ft. Aug. 1913." G. Forrest, No. 11,524. 



This species differs much less from the Kansu plant than 

 the allied species do. 



Note on Parasyringa, a New Genus of Oleaceae. 

 By W. W. Smith, M.A. 



(Read 10th February 1916.) 



In 1886 Franchet described under Syringa sempervirens 

 a peculiar Yunnan plant and found it necessary to extend 

 the scope of the genus Syringa for the accommodation of 

 his new species. This he did by making a new section 



