SPECIES ASIATICAE. 67 
lobi triangulares acuti 1 mm. longi; petala rotundata circ. 
5 mm. diametro ; stamina 40-50 corollam superantia ; carpidia 
circ. I mm. longa glabra stylo apicali longiusculo circ. 4 mm. 
longo, stigmate capitato. Fructus maturus deest. 
‘China :—Lichiang Range, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 35’ N. Alt. 
12,000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers creamy-white. In 
shady forests and thickets. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
10,15 
‘Mountains west of the Fengkow Valley, Yuman. Lat. 
27° 40’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Shrub of 4 ft. Flowers white, 
faintly tinged rose. Open pine forests. June 1914.” G. Forrest. 
No. 12,481. 
95%) Spiraea sinobrahuica, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species aliquatenus intermedia inter S. dasyantham, Bunge 
ex regione pekinensi et S. brahuicam, Boiss. cum S. Boisstert, 
Schneid. ex Afghanistania ; a primo floribus majoribus praeter 
alia signa divergit, ab aliis foliis basi plus minusve rotundatis 
Magis quam cuneatis, umbellis multifloris recedit ; a S. hirsuta, 
Schneid. et S. chinensi, Maxim. staminibus brevibus recognos- 
citur ; a S. yunnanensi, Franch. foliis utrinque dense pilosulis 
vel tomentosis discrepat. 
Frutex 1.2-2.4 m. altus ramis gracilibus ; ramuli hornotini 
dense fulvido-tomentelli, annotini glabrescentes cinereo-brunnei ; 
gemmae pluriperulatae albido-tomentellae. Folia petiolo 2-4 
mm. longo dense fulvido-tomentello praedita ; lamina 1.2-2.4 cm. 
longa, 0.8-1.9 cm. lata, late ovata vel obovata vel subelliptica, 
in dimidio superiore ambitu rotundato grosse et irregulariter 
dentata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, in sicco papyracea, 
supra opaco-viridis dense et adpresse pilosula, infra paululo 
pallidior, plus minusve fulvido-tomentosa, nervis 3~4 paribus 
subtus elevatis. Inflorescentiae umbellato-racemosae, I0-20- 
florae, fulvido-tomentellae, ad apices ramulorum foliosorum 
2-4 cm. longorum orientes ; pedicelli circ. I cm. longi fulvido- 
tomentelli: flores albi circ. 8 mm. diametro; calycis tubus 
turbinatus. 1 mm. longus dense albido- vel fulvidottomentellus 
lobis triangularibus acutis 1 mm. longis tomentellis; petala 
rotundata; stamina 20 vix ad mediam corollam pertinentia ; 
carpidia circ, r mm. longa longiuscule albo-pilosula stylo apicali 
0.5 tam. longo praedita. Fructus maturus deest. 
a:—Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 10’ N. Alt. gooo—10,500 ft. Shrub of 5-8 ft. Flowers 
white. Amongst scrub in side valleys. May 1gto.” G. 
Forrest. No. 5580. 
“ Descent to the Yangtze from the eastern boundary of the 
Lichiang Valley. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. Shrub 
