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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 73 
4-12 mm. longa, 3-9 mm. lata, suborbicularia vel ovata vel 
elliptica, apice obtusa basi rotundata vel cuneata, integra vel 
trilobulata, utrinque glabra, membranacea. Inflorescentia 
ramosissima ramulis capillaribus, pedicellis i ipsis ad 8 cm. longis 
vel ultro subscandentibus. Flores parvi albi. Sepala cire. 
3 mm. longa elliptica. Stamina (ut videtur pauca) circ. g fila- 
mentis filiformibus apice vix dilatatis, antheris filamenta subae- 
quantibus oblongis muticis. Achaenia plerumque 2-3 sessilia, 
circ. 5 mm. longa, apice basique angustata, valde striata, stylo 
conspicuo praedita. 
f Upper Burma :-—Hpimaw, near the Chinese frontier. 
Growing in damp thickets in shade of shrubs and long grass, 
in wet gulleys with granite sandy soil. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. 
Petals deciduous white. Stamens pale pink or violet. Plant 
reaches a height of 8 or ro feet, supporting itself on the bushes 
by entangling its capillary flowering stems. August 1914.” 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1857 
A peculiar species ; the long capillary subprehensile branches 
of the inflorescence are very remarkable. 
+ Thea taliensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Eu-Thea; ob ovarium hirsutum stami- 
naque brevissime coalita ex affinitate T. sinensis, Linn. esse 
videtur a qua habitu, foliis majoribus oblanceolatis vel obovatis, 
floribus multo majoribus, fructu lignoso differt. ; 
Frutex circ. 3 m. altus. Rami satis crassi glabri. Folia 
petiolo 5-7 mm. longo glabro praedita; lamina ad 14 cm 
longa, plerumque 4-6 cm. lata, raro ad 7.5 cm., oblanceolata 
vel obovata, apice obtusiuscule acuminata, basi cuneata, 
margine serrata, papyracea, glabra, utrinque papilloso-asperu- 
lata, supra vix lucida, infra olivacea, nervis supra haud dis- 
tinctis infra subconspicuis, nervulis immersis. _Pedunculi I-1.5 
cm, longi glabri. Flores expansi 5-6 cm. diametro. Sepala 
‘orbicularia, 5-10 mm. diametro, coriacea, margine lato mem- 
branaceo ciliolato cincta, extra glabra, intus sericea. Petala 
alba, late elliptica, circ. 2 cm. lata, obtusa. Stamina basi 
tantum coalita circ. 1-2 cm. longa. Ovarium. dense albo- 
villosulum stylo basi villosulo supra subglabro. Fructus 
depresso-globosus plus minusve 5-angulatus pilosulus muro 
3-4 mm. crasso lignoso praeditus ; semina in loculis solitaria. 
“ China :—Ghi Shan east of Tali Lake, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° 48’ N. Alt. gooo it. Shrub of ro ft. Flowers white. 
Open scrub. Aug. 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 13,4 477. 
“ Western flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
7000-8000 ft. Shrub of ro ft. In open scrub. Aug. 1914.” 
G. Forrest. No. 13,503. 
