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munis brevis 3-4 cm. longus; rhachis primo tomento stellato 
minuto fulvo induta, deinde subglabrescens ;  pedicelli circ. 
8 mm. longi fulvo-tomentelli. Flores pentameri; ovarium circ. 
2 mm. longum 5-costatum glabrum vel tomento sparsum ; 
calycis margo brevissimus dentibus inconspicuis acutis ; petala 
eis S. vacemosae similia; styli in unum columnarem coaliti ; 
fructus immaturus 5-locularis. 
“ China :—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 28° 10’ N. 
Alt. gooo ft. Shrub of 12-20 ft. Flowers green, anthers 
yellow. In open thickets. Sept. 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 
13,308. : 
(3 Schefflera (Heptapleurum) shweliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species praecedenti valde affinis, foliolis coriaceis 7-11 
breviter petiolulatis inter alia divergens. 
Frutex 6 m. altus. Folia superiora tantum visa petiolo 
ad 24 cm. longo suffulta; foliola 7-11, petiolulis vix I cm. 
superantibus praedita ; lamina ad 15 cm. longa, ad 4 cm. lata, 
anguste oblanceolata, apice longiuscule acuminata, basi anguste 
cuneata, margine integra, coriacea, glabra, supra atroviridis, 
infra olivacea, nervis utrinque 7-9, Vix conspicuis, nervulis 
obscuris. Panicula vix omnino evoluta circ. 20 cm. longa, 
terminalis, in triente inferiore tantum ramosa, supra racemi- 
formis ; pedunculus communis brevis ; rhachis sallatoleieeD 
tella; flores cum eis S. salweenensis quadrant; ovarium 
: 5-loculare. 
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“ China .—Shweli Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 30’ N. Alt. 
6000 ft. Shrub of 20 ft. Flowers immature. In thickets. 
Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,817. 
Scutellaria hebeclada, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. Forrestii, Diels sed foliis floribusque 
multo minoribus inter alia differt ; quoad habitum et magni- 
tudinem ad S. indicam, Linn. spectat sed foliis fere sessilibus 
primo intuitu discrepat. 
Herba ad 16 cm. alta, suberecta, basi paulo decumbens 
ibique ramosa ; rami obscure angulati, pilis glandulosis incanis 
patentibus densissime induti. Folia petiolo circ. 2 mm. longo 
dense longiterque hirsuto praedita ; lamina ad 1.2 cm. longa et 
lata, plus minusve deltoidea vel late ovata, apice ambitu rotun- 
data, basi truncatula vel truncato-rotundata, margine crenis 
utrinque 4-5 crenulata, utrinque dense incano-setuloso-hirsuta. 
Racemi terminales ad 5 cm. longi glanduloso-hirsuti; pedicelli 
2-4 mm. longi; bracteae foliaceae pedicellis longiores obovatae 
vel spathulatae. Flores rosei. Calyx 3-4 mm. longus dense 
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