pf 
48 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ad medium vel ultro pilosus. Ovarium circ. 3 mm. longum 
gla brum. 
“China :—Mingkwong Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. 
Alt. zooo-8000 ft. Semiscandent: shrub of 6-12 ft. Flowers 
yellow, non-fragrant. On scrub. Oct. 1912.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 9273. 
In appearance this species resembles the Manipur variety 
of Lonicera ferruginea, Rehder. With its pilose style and com- 
paratively small flowers it should perhaps be placed in Rehder’ S 
subsection Breviflorae. 
2 : . 
Lonicera oresbia, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Purpurascentium, Rehder; a L. obovata, 
Royle bracteis minimis, bracteolis deficientibus recedit; a 
L. serpyllifolia, Rehder foliis glaberrimis, bracteis minoribus, 
corollis saccatis differt; a L. aemulante, Rehder foliis haud 
ciliatis, bracteis minoribus, stylo pilosulo divergit ; L. Farrert, 
WwW Sm. species aeque glaberrima bracteis longioribus, 
bracteolis minutis, corolla gracillima dignoscitur. 
Fruticulus gracilis ramulis primo rubentibus glabris deinde 
cinerascentibus cortice fibroso. Folia decidua floribus fere 
coetanea petiolo 1.5-2 mm. longo glabro suffulta; lamina 
7-15 mm. longa, 6-7 mm. lata, obovata, apice rotundata, basi 
cuneata, membranacea, utrinque glabra, supra viridis infra 
subglauca. Flores pedunculis 3-4 mm. longis glabris praediti ; 
bracteae lanceolatae circ. I mm. longae glabrae ad medium 
ovarium attingentes ; bracteolae nullae; ovaria ex toto connata, 
circ, 2 mm. longa, glabra, annulo calycino undulato circ. I mm. 
alto coronata. Corolla tubulosa 9-12 mm. longa extus glabra 
intus basi sparsim albo-villosa ; tubus basi circ. 1.5 mm, latus 
gibbosus ; lobi circ. 1 mm. longisubaequales. Stamina corollam 
paulo superantia supra medium tubum inserta filamentis 
glabris. Stylus staminibus paululo longior in parte inferiore 
albo-villosus. 
China :—In the shrub and forest belt at 13,000-14,000 ft. 
Near Atuntsu, N.W. Yunnan. 1913. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 
526. 
/ Lonicera Standishii, Carr., var. Monbeigii, W.W.Sm. Var. 
nov. 
A typo bracteis magnis ovaria longe superantibus corollam 
saepe subaequantibus, calycis ore truncato longiuscule setosulo- 
cihato divergit. 
China :—N.W. Yunnan. 1907. Pére Monbeig. No. 135 
in Herb. Edin. 
