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supra in niaturitate ad costain nervosque dense stellato- 

 tomentosa ceterociuin sparsini, infra pilis stellatis .siib- 

 ferrugineis vel fulvidis ubique densiuscule indiita : nervi 

 vulgo 7-8 paria utrinque panlo eniinentes. Inflorescentiae 

 4-6 cm. longae foliis niulto breviores cymoso-paniculatae 

 20-40-florae ; pedunculi primarii breves cum pedicellis 

 circ. 5 mm. longis dense fulvo-stellato-tomentosi. Sepala 

 5 libera valvata circ. 7 mm. longa, ovato-lanceolata, sub- 

 acuta, textura firma, extra et ad marginem intus fulvo- 

 tomentosa : pars media faciei interioris lanceolata indumento 

 tenuiore signata. Petala desunt. Tubus staminalis ad 

 circulum nigrum reductu.s a quo procedunt stipites quinque 

 nigri circ. 1 mm. longi quorum ad apices stamina vulgo 

 quatuor inserta antheris bilocularibus vix 1 mm. longis 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus filamenta glabra subaequan- 

 tibus ; sub insertione staminum processus duo (staminodia (), 

 unus anterior, alter posterior, circ. 4 nnn. longi, lanceolati, 

 submembranacei, appressi at(|ue stamina omnino includ- 

 entes. Ovarium ovoideum circ. 8 mm. longum dense fulvo- 

 tomentosum 5-loculare ovulis multis angulo interior! affixis 

 anatropis; styli 5 liberi circ. 1 mm longi. 



"West China: — Mekong - Salween divide, Yunnan, in 

 mixed thickets in side valleys. Lat. 26" 10' N. Alt. 

 8000 ft. Shrub of 20 35 ft. Flowers deep creamy yellow. 

 July 1919." G. Forrest. No. 18,409. 



"Shweli valley, Yunnan, in forests. Lat. 25" N. Alt. 

 5000 ft. Tree of 30-50 ft. Perianth thick and fleshy, 

 exterior dull pale brown with a short pubescence, interior 

 dull lake ; anthers golden-fellow, in fours enclosed in pairs 

 of small leafy bracts which are deep brown ; ovary green. 

 July 1912." G. Forrest. Nos. 8841, 8253. 



In foliage and inflorescence C'ralr/ia recalls certain species 

 of Sterculia. The androecium is characteristic, The 

 staniinal ring is not developed but is represented by a 

 black circular band from which arise Ave short stalks 

 bearing two lanceolate petal-like structures, probably 

 staminodes, appicssed" to one another and eacli pair clo.sely 

 enveloping a group of four stamens. 



The generic name is in honour of William Craig, M.D., 

 K.R.C.S.Ed., F.R.8.E., Honorary Secretary of the Botanical 

 Society from 1900-1912; President- of that Society for 



