SPECIES ASIATICAE. 75 
lobi 5 oblongo-lanceolati aestivatione sinistrorsum contorti. 
Stamina 5 fauci corollae inserta paululo exserta filamentis 
brevissimis ; antherae dorso affixae oblongae. Ovarium bilo- 
culare ; stylus filiformis; stigma bilobum. Ovula in loculis 
solitaria apice pendula funiculo incrassato. Fructus (haud 
Mmaturus) crustaceus forsan demum in coccos 2 indehiscentes 
divisus. 
Species unica alpina in provincia yunnanensi Chinae occi- 
dentalis crescens. 
**" Trailliaedoxa gracilis, W. W. Sm. et G. Forrest. 
Fruticulus erectus ramosissimus 20-45 cm. altus, nunc paulo 
- elatus usque ad 60 cm., habitu Genistae, caudice magno lignoso 
caules multos emittente ortus. Caules stricti graciles teretes 
virides dense minute crispato-pilosuli, vetustiores subglabres- 
centes, ramis ramulisque plurimis modice foliatis. Folia 
petiolo brevissimo vix I mm. excedente suffulta; lamina 
7-10 mm. longa 3-4 mm. lata obovata vel oblanceolata apice 
rotundata basi in petiolum sensim angustata integra subcoriacea 
supra viridis glabra vel sparsim pilosula infra pallidior ad costam 
albido-pilosula ceteroquin glabra vel subglabra nervis utraque 
facie obscurissimis ; stipulae bifidae breves subulatae. Cym- 
ulae subglobosae ramulos terminantes vel in axillis superioribus 
orientes 6~12-florae dense crispato-pilosulae folia subaequantes ; 
pedunculus + 5 mm. longus; pedicelli vix 1-2 mm. super- 
antes dense pilosuli. Calycis tubus cylindricus circ. I mm. 
longus dense crispato-pilosulus ; lobi circ. 1 mm. longi lineares 
acuti. Corollae roseo-albidae vel flavidae tubus elongato- 
infundibularis circ. 3 mm. longus circ. 0.75 mm. latus extus 
glaber vel sparsim pilosulus, fauce intusque glaber; lobi 5 
patentes circ. 1.5 mm. longi, + 1 mm. lati, oblongo-lanceolati 
obtusiusculi extus glabri vel sparse pilosuli intus glabri. 
Stamina fauci corollae inserta paullulo exserta glabra antheris 
0.75 mm. longis dorso affixis filamenta brevissima superantibus. 
Ovarium biloculare stylo filiformi exserto circ. 5 mm. longo, 
stigmate bilobo; ovula in loculis solitaria pendula funiculo 
incrassato. Fructus immaturus bisulcatulus crustaceus. 
“* West China :—Tufted shrub of 8-12 inches. Flowers ruddy 
yellow. On limy pasture and ledges of cliffs in the mountains 
in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. 
Alt. 11,000 ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,535. 
“Shrub of 2 ft. Flowers rosy-white. Stony pasture and 
amongst shrub and side valleys in the mountains in the N.E. 
of the Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Aug. 
T913.”’ G. Forrest. No. 10,713. 
“Shrub of 12-18 inches. Flowers creamy-white. Open 
