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praedita; flores albi roseo-tincti fragrantes circ. 4 mm. diametro; 
calycis tubus turbinatus 1 mm. longus extus tomentellus, intus 
villosulus, lobi triangulares 1 mm. longi acuti glabri vel subglabri ; 
petala rotundata vix 2 mm. diametro; stamina 20 corollam 
aequantia ; carpidia albo-pilosula cum stylo subaequante 1 mm. 
longa ; fructus maturus deest. . 
“Upper Burma:—Ridge of Naung- Chaung, Nwai divide. 
Small bushy compact shrub of 1-3 ft. in open. South-facing 
granite-boulder screes at about 12,000 ft. Flowers white, 
tinged with pink, fragrant. July ror4.” F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 1799. 
r Geert isiiaaana Franch., var. siccanea, W. W. Sm, 
A Be ke subtus glaucis ad nervos tantum pilosis recedit. 
“ China :—Langkong-Hoching Mountains. Lat. 26° 16’ N. 
Alt. 8000 ft. Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers white. Open dry 
situations. May 1913.” G. Forrest. No. gg12. 
“ Langkong-Hoching divide. Lat. 26° 10’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. 
Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers creamy-white. Dry stony situations 
amongst scrub. May 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
I have not seen Franchet’s type, but Forrest’s specimens 
come from very near the type-locality—in lapidosis calcareis 
supra Mo-so-yn prope Lan-kong, alt. 2200 m.; the type is 
described as having leaves ashy-tomentose below, whereas the 
Forrestian plants are pilose on the veins only and may be specifi- 
cally different. See also under Spivaea sinobrahwica above. 
From S. chinensis, Maxim. and S. hirsuta, Schneider, the plant 
collected by Forrest is distinguishable among other points by 
the short stamens ; Franchet does not give any data indicating 
the length of the stamens in his S. yusnanensis. 
Sporoxeia, W. W.Sm. Genus novum Melastomacearum. 
Genus affine Oxysporae, DC. sed inflorescentiis axillaribus 
nec terminalibus nec paniculatis, floribus umbellatim dispositis 
praeter signa minora differt ; structura floris fructusque cum 
Oxyspora bene congruit. : 
Calycis glabrati tubus campanulatus obscure 4-gonus ; lobi 
4, longiusculi, acuti. Petala 4, obovata vel suborbicularia, 
glabra. Stamina 8, paulo inaequalia vel subaequalia ; antherae 
similes lineari-subulatae paulo curvatae, I-porosae, basi breviter 
bilobatulae, connectivo basi non producto postice calcarato. 
varium septis 4 calyci adhaerens, 4-loculare ; stylus filiformis 
declinatus stigmate punctiformi. Capsula breviter quadrato- 
cylindrica, calyce carnosulo 8-costato inclusa, 4-locularis. 
