14 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
prominuli. Inflorescentia corymboso-paniculata, circ. 20 cm. 
longa, circ. 30 cm. lata, a basi ramosa, parce puberula ; pedun- 
culi ad 12 cm. longi, pedicelli 1.5 cm. longi, fructu ad 2 cm. 
aucti, glabri vel glabrescentes ; umbellae floriferae fere 4 cm. 
diametro multiflorae. Calycis dentes vix evoluti; petala 5, 
circ. 4mm. longa triangularia vel ovato-triangularia, acutiuscula, 
extra sparsim puberula, viridi-flava; ovarium obconicum fere 
glabrum biloculare, cum disco hemisphaerico 4 mm. longum, 
stylo simplici 2 mm. longo. 
“China :—Shweli Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 
ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. Flowers greenish-yellow. Open situa- 
tions. July 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 8670. 
Buddleia Cooperi, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. limitaneae, W. W. Sm. et B. Forrestii, Diels 
et B. taliensi, W. W. Sm., sed calycis segmentis, stylo brevissimo 
inter alia ab omnibus facile separatur. 
Frutex ad 1 m. altus caulibus plus minusve quadrangulatis 
anguste alatis infra glabrescentibus supra sparsim stellato- 
puberulis, ramulis paucis gracilibus. Folia sessilia vel petiolo 
brevissimo circ, 2 mm. longo suffulta ; lamina vulgo 10-15 cm. 
longa, 4-7.5 cm. lata, late lanceolata vel oblanceolata, apice 
longiuscule saaiiee, basi late cuneata, margine plus minusve 
serrata serraturis calloso-apiculatis, in sicco tenuiter mem- 
branacea, supra viridis sparsim scabridule puberula, subtus 
subolivacea tomento exiguo vel fere deficiente praedita. In- 
florescentiae laxae e cymis breviter pedunculatis 1~—3-floris 
compositae ; cymae partim ex axillis foliorum superiorum 
remotis quasi verticillastri orientes, partim paniculam termin- 
alem brevem angustam efficientes. Bracteae subulato-lineares. 
Flores pedicellis plus minusve 5 mm. longis sparsim puberulis 
suffulti ex collectore albi purpureo-tincti. Calycis plus minusve 
5 mm. longi extrinsecus minute puberuli vel stellato-furfuracei 
tubus ad medium in dentes triangulares breviter calloso-apicu- 
latos sinu mediocri lobulis minimis saepe praedito inter se 
separatos divisus. Corolla I-1.2 cm. longa; tubus circ. 4 mm. 
latus, extra glaber vel parce pilosulus intra pilosus, lobi circ. 
2.5 mm. diametro extra glabrescentes intra dense pilosi. Stamina 
ad medium tubum affixa. Ovarium glabrum circ. 2. m. 
longum, stylo brevissimo circ. 0.5 mm. longo, stigmate conspicuo 
quam stylus longiore. Fructus deest. 
“ Bhutan :—Between Rudong La and Pumthang, at an 
elevation of 11,000 ft. A bush of 2-3 ft., on gravel and debris. 
Flowers white, tinged purple. 23rd July 1915.” Cooper. 
No. 4154. 
This Himalayan plant finds its nearest affinities in certain 
