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52 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
.Meliosma Forrestii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis M. dillentaefoliac, Blume a qua foliis coriaceis 
inter alia signa abunde differt. 
Frutex vel arbor 6-12 m. alta ramulis dense fulvo- 
tomentellis; gemmae tomentosae. Folia alterna petiolo 2-4 
cm. longo dense fulvo-tomentello praedita ; lamina 18-35 cm. 
longa, 7-16 cm. lata, plus minusve elliptica, subabrupte et 
breviter acuminata, basi cuneata, margine subspinuloso-serrata, 
coriacea, supra glabra nisi ad costam nervosque fulvo-tomen- 
tellos, infra ad costam dense tomentella, ad nervos nervulosque 
 fulvo-pilosula, nervis primariis utrinsecus 16-20  parallelis 
supra impressis infra eminentibus ad serraturas excurrentibus. 
Paniculae (submaturae) terminales, pyramidales, 25 cm. longae 
vel ultro tomento denso fulvo obtectae. Florum alabastra 
sessilia basi dense fulvo-pilosula. Sepala 5, suborbicularia, 
I mm. paulo excedentia margine ciliata. Petala suborbi- 
cularia glabra. Fructus deest. 
“China :—Ma-chang-kai Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. 
Alt. 7000 ft. Shrub or tree of 20-40 ft. Flowers (immature) 
creamy yellow. In open forests. July 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 11,744. 
Myricaria rosea, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu laxo, foliis longiusculis vix imbricatis, 
bracteis praelongis flores apertos superantibus inter alia cognos- 
cenda ; ex affinitate M. prostratae, Hook. f. et Thoms. 
Suffrutex decumbens circ. I m. altus, ramis striatis ramu- 
lisque primo glauco-viridibus. Folia 5-15 mm. longa, 1-2 
mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, saepe falcata, sessilia, laxiuscule 
approximata. Inflorescentiae 4-8 cm. longae_ spiciformes 
ramulo florifero bracteis foliaceis lineari-lanceolatis 1.5—2 cm. 
longis crebre ornato; bracteae superiores sterilibus subsimiles 
paulo minores flores longiuscule superantes. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. 
longi. Sepala libera lineari-lanceolata 5-6 mm. longa. Petala 
anguste obovata 5-7 mm. longa rosea. Stamina 10 ad medium 
connata. Fructus deest. 
“China :—Mountains in the N.E. of the rnp bend, 
Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 2-4 ft. 
Flowers rose. Open situations amongst scrub. pa: 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 10,609. 
“Near Atuntsu, Yunnan, 11,000-13,000 ft. on screes; low- 
growing, spreading shrub 1-2 ft. high on somes: rocks by streams. 
June 1913.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 562 
