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76 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
rocky pasture and amongst scrub in the mountains of the 
Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. gooo ft. 
July 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,638. ° 
The generic name is in honour of the wife of the collector. 
The exact position of this genus in the Rubiaceae is not satis- 
factorily determined. Mature fruit would aid materially. The 
plant in its floral structure is closely allied to the Alberteae, a 
tribe confined to Africa; from them, however, it is widely 
different in habit. In this latter respect it suggests Hamiltonta 
among the Paederieae. 
\p Viburnum foochowense, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
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Species affinis V. Fordiae, Hance a quo foliis ovato-lanceo- 
latis subacuminatis supra lucidulis sparsim pilosulis corymbis 
brevi-pedunculatis inter alia differt 
Frutex ramulis primo pilis fasciculatis dense fulvo-tomen- 
tosis. Folia petiolo 3-10 mm. longo tomentoso suffulta ; 
lamina 4-8 cm. longa, 1.5-4.5 cm. lata, plerumque ovato- 
lanceolata vel ovata, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, apice 
subacuminata vel acuta, margine serrato-dentata, chartacea 
vel tempore maturitatis fructuum subcoriacea, supra atro- 
viridis lucida ad costam impressam setosula caeterum sparsim 
pilosula vel glabra, minute punctulata, infra pallidior ad costam 
nervosque eminentes setosula, caeterum sparsius setosula vel 
glabrescens ; nervi utrinque 5-6 subparalleli ad marginem 
excurrentes ; stipulae nullae. Corymbus terminalis circ. 5 cm. 
diametro, pedunculo 3-10 mm. longo tomentoso suffultus, 
radiis primariis plerumque 5 fulvo-tomentosis, floribus e radiis 
ordinis tertii natis. Calycis lobi 0.5 mm. longi triangulares 
cum ovario pilosi. Corolla rotata 5 mm. diametro ad tres 
partes in lobos suborbiculares divisa extra pilosula. Stamina 
3 mm. longa corollam paululo superantia. Drupa ovoidea 
circ. 5 mm. longa, rubra glabra. 
“On the Min River, Foochow, China. Nov. 1897 and Jan. 
1898.” Coll. W. R. Carles. Nos. 834, 852. 
Viburnum parvifolium, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. Fordiae, Hance et V. hirtulo, Rehder a 
quibus foliis parvis 2-4.5 cm. longis inter alia dignoscitur. 
Frutex ramulis primo pilis fasciculatis dense fulvo-tomen- 
tosis tandem glabrescentibus brunneis. Folia petiolo + 5 mm. 
longo tomentoso suffulta ; lamina saepe rotundato-ovata, 2 cm. 
longa, fere 2 cm. lata, nonnunquam ovata, ad 4.5 cm. longa, 
ad 3 cm. lata, basi plerumque rotundata, apice acuta (saepe 
brevissime), margine dentata, in sicco membrancea, supra 
