68 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
of 4-5 ft. Flowers creamy-white. Open stony pasture. June 
1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,117. 
go> Var. aridicola, W. W.Sm. Var. nov. 
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A typo ramis saepe nudiusculis defoliatis sed vix spines- 
centibus, foliis minoribus subtus densissime tomentosis, inflores- 
centiis minoribus paulo recedit. 
“China :—Arid region of Yangtze, Yunnan. 10,000 ft. 
Small compact shrub. May 1913.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 
05. 
“Small bushy shrub in shrub belt and forest, at go00- 
10,000 ft., near Atuntsu, Yunnan. June 1913.” F. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 476 
“Descent to the Yangtze Valley from the eastern range of 
the Lichiang Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. gooo- 
10,000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers creamy-white. Open 
rocky situations. Junerg13.” G. Forrest. No. 10,084. 
‘‘Mountains of the Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 11,000 ft. Shrub of 2-3 ft. Flowers cream-yellow. Open 
rocky situations amongst scrub. July 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 
12,634. 
This species and its variety are very close indeed to the 
Afghan species S. brahuica, Boiss. It must also be a near ally 
of S. yunnanensis, Franch. of which, however, Franchet says 
that the leaves are glabrous above. 
Spiraea Wardii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species birmanica quae ex affinitate S. canescentis, D. Don 
esse videtur sed foliis minoribus ellipticis utrinque glabris, 
ramulis inflorescentiae plerumque unifloris differt ; in viciniam 
S. alpinae, Pallas fortasse melius posita. 
Fruticulus circ. 1 m. altus ramulis annotinis plus minusve 
laxe albido- vel fulvido-tomentellis, senioribus glabris vel 
glabrescentibus atropurpureis vel nigridis cortice valde fissili 
praeditis. Folia petiolo vix 1 cm. longo glabro vel sparsim 
puberulo suffulta; lamina 5-6 mm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, 
elliptica, apice rotundata brevissime calloso-apiculata vel 
brevissime emarginata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, integra, 
tenuiter papyracea, utrinque glabra, supra atroviridis nervulis 
obscuris, infra pallidior minute papillosa reticulo nervorum 
subconspicuo. Inflorescentiae subumbellato-racemosae vel si 
vis corymbosae circ. 10-florae fulvido-tomentellae, ad apices 
ramulorum foliosorum 2-3 cm. longorum orientes; ramuli 
inflorescentiae 5~7 mm. longi tomentelli plerumque 1-flori, rarius 
2-flori, folio caulinis simili vel bractea lineari apud medium 
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