212 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
secus circ. I2-nerviis, petiolis densissime cinereo-tomentosis, 
fructibus anguste cylindricis recedit. 
Arbor 18-24 m. alta ; ramuli mediocriter crassi primo dense 
cinereo-tomentosi, tandem glabrescentes; gemmae anguste 
ovoideae dense fulvo- vel cinereo-tomentosae. Folia decidua 
petiolo 2-4 cm. longo subtereti densissime cinereo-tomentoso 
praedita ; lamina 16-20 cm. longa, 10-12 cm. lata, elliptica, 
apice rotundata obscure acuminulata, basi rotundata, membra- 
nacea, supra opaco-viridis glabra, infra pallidior molliter cinereo- 
villosa, ad costam nervosque dense cinereo-tomentosa, nervis 
utrinsecus 10-12, subtus prominentibus, reticulatione utrinque 
subconspicua. Flores ignoti. Pedunculus circ. 1.5 cm. longus, 
crassus, dense fulvo-pilosus; sepala petalaque ex cicatricibus 
12; regio staminum circ. 1 cm. longa; gynophorum nullum. 
Fructus circ. 14 cm. longus, 2.5-3.5 cm. latus, anguste cylin- 
dricus, symmetricus nunc apice paulo contortus; carpella 
congesta circ. 12 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, ad 3 mm. rostrata 
extra lenticellis magnis notata; semina I-2, ovoidea, I0 mm. 
longa, 7 mm. lata, rubra. 
“ Western China -—-Mekong- Salween divide, Yunnan, in open 
pine forests. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Tree of 60-80 
ft. Flowers pink—seen in flower in 1905, flowering May. July 
1917.” G. Forrest. No. 14,466 
‘“ Kari Pass, Mekong-Yangtze divide, in open forests. Lat. 
27° 40° N. Alt. gooo ft. Tree of 50-60 ft. Flowers? 
August 1914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 12,915. 
““ Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open situations in side 
valleys. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8000-9000 ft. Shrub of 12-20 
ft. Flowers? July 1919.’ G. Forrest. No. 18,083. 
“S.E. Tibet :—Salween—Kiu-chiang divide, Tsarong pro- 
vince, in thickets. Lat. 28° 40’ N. Long. 98° 15’ E. Shrub of 
20 ft. Oct. 1919.” G. Forrest. No. 18,930. Also Nov. 1919. 
G. Forrest. No. 18,790. 
Magnolia nitida, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis M. Pealianae, King a qua foliis minoribus 
glaberrimis utrinque nitidis inter alia recedit ; quoad folia est 
similis Micheliae Bodinieri, Fin. et Gagnep. sed fructu ovoideo 
haud elongato-spicato praeter signa alia discrepat. 
Arbor vel frutex 6-12 m. altus. Rami subgraciles glabri. 
Folia petiolo 1.5-2 cm. longo glabro supra canaliculato flavo- 
viridi suffulta ; lamina 7-9 cm. longa, 2.5-4 cm. lata, oblonga 
vel anguste ovato-oblonga, apice breviter acutata, basi late 
cuneata vel subrotundata, coriacea, glaberrima, supra nitidis- 
sima laete viridis, infra pallidior nitens nervis plerumque 7-10 
paribus haud conspicuo eminentibus. Flores desunt. Pedun- 
