66 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
hirsutus. Corolla ad 1.5 cm. longa extra plus minusve glandu- 
loso-pilosa. 
“China :—Dry calcareous hills at Pau-pieu-kai, N.E. 
Yunnan. Alt. 2550 m. Upper lip of corolla rose, lower white. 
May-—June.’”’ Maire. Nos. 510, 558 (anno 1914) in Herb. Edin. 
C2%>Scutellaria shweliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu fruticuloso, ramis foliisque dense hirsuto- 
glandulosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis inter se remotis 
racemum laxissimum formantibus inter affines chinenses bene 
notata: 
Fruticulus 30-60 cm. altus ramosus ; ramuli substricti pilis 
glandulosis patentibus albidis dense molliterque hirsuti. Folia 
petiolo 1-4 mm. longo dense hirsutulo praedita ; lamina 0.8— 
3 cm. longa, 0.5-2 cm. lata, late ovata vel elliptica vel fere 
orbicularis, apice rotundata, basi plus minusve rotundata, 
margine subintegra vel paucicrenata, utrinque densiuscule 
hirsutula; nervi 3-4 paria. Ramuli floriferi ad 20 cm. longi 
foliis parvulis remotis praediti ; flores in axillis solitarii pedicellis 
ad 5 mm. longis dense glanduloso-hirsutis suffulti; folia axil- 
lantia pedicellis fere duplo longiora. Calyx 3-4 mm. longus 
densiuscule patenti-hirsutus. Corolla ad 1.6 cm. longa, extra 
glanduloso-pilosula pallide coerulea. 
China :—Shweli Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N._ Alt. 
6000 ft. Shrubby plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers light blue. Open 
situations. May 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 9871. 
qgbt Spiraea lichiangensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. gracili, Maxim. ex Himalaya occidentali 
a qua foliorum serratura, corymbis paucifloris, floribus multo 
majoribus inter alia differt ; aS. Rosthornit, Pritzel foliis glaber- 
rimis primo intuitu discrepat. 
Frutex 1.2-1.8 m. altus ramis gracilibus plerumque glaber- 
rimis pallide brunneis lucidis; ramuli hornotini gracillimi 
purpurei glabri; gemmae parvae acutae albo-pilosulae. Folia 
petiolo gracili 3-5 mm. longo glabro praedita; lamina vulgo 
2.5-3.5 cm. longa, 1.8-2.5 cm. lata, late ovata, in dimidio 
superiore ambitu triangulari dentibus mediocribus nigro-calloso- 
apiculatis subcrenatim notata, basi rotundata integra, in sicco 
tenuiter membranacea, utrinque glabra, supra pallide viridis, 
infra multo pallidior, dense et minute papillosa, reticulo nervorum 
in sicco utrinque manifesto. Inflorescentiae corymbosae — 
florae glaberrimae ad apices ramulorum foliosorum 3-5 c¢ 
longorum orientes ; pedicelli 1-1.5 cm. longi; flores albi circ. 
1.2 cm. diametro ; calycis glaberrimi tubus circ. 2 mm. longus, 
