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flower it is near P. Coetsa, Ham., but differs from it in leaves and 
form of inflorescence, including the bracts. 
Podocarpus Forrestii, Craib et W. W.Sm. Sp. noy. 
Species affinis P, macrophyllo (Thunb.), Don a qua habitu 
humiliore, foliis brevioribus atque latioribus apice obtusis vel 
etiam rotundatis inter alia recedit. 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus ; ramuli sat robusti rigidi crebre foliati. 
Folia cum petiolo 5-8 cm. longa, 9-13 mm. lata, anguste 
oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusissima vel sub- 
rotundata, nonnunquam subapiculata costa media paululo pro- 
jecta, basi in petiolum alatum atque vix discretum circ. 2 mm. 
longum sensim attenuata, margine incrassata, in sicco coriacea, 
supra subglauco-viridia vel opaco-viridia, infra pallidiora 
glaucescentia ; costa media subtus latiuscula prominula. 
Flores masculi desunt. Flores feminei singuli; pedunculus circ. 
8 mm. longus; receptaculum carnosum, glauco-coeruleum, 
circ. 3 mm. longum, basi foliolis os linearibus circ. 2 mm. longis 
munitum. Fructus maturus dees 
Podocarpus macrophyllus, Diels vix Don in Notes R.B.G. 
Edin., vii (1912), 258. 
= West China :—Eastern flank of the Tali Range, Yunnan, 
in shady situations amongst scrub. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
8000-10,000 ft. Shrub of 2-5 ft. Flowers green. Aug. 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 4665. 
Also Aug. 1910. G. Forrest. No. 6852. 
“Western flank of the Tali Shan, in open thickets. Lat. 
25° 40’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 4-9 ft. Aug. 1917.” G. 
Forrest. No. 15,527 
This new species is closely akin to the variety maki, Sieb. of 
P. macrophylius (Thunb.), Don, differing chiefly in the form, 
colour, and consistence of the leaves. Delavay No. 4026, 
referred by Franchet to macrophyillus, is probably this plant. 
4199 Premna scoriarum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate P. latifoliae, Roxb. a qua foliis glaber- 
rimis, calyce 4-dentato inter alia distinguitur. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus. Rami hornotini sat robusti nigridi 
glabri, annotini cinerei. Folia petiolo circ. 2 cm. longo glabro 
praedita ; lamina foliorum majorum 15-21 cm. longa, 7-I0 cm. 
lata, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata vel subelliptica, 
apice caudato-acuminata, basi plus minusve rotundata, margine 
integra nunc paulo undulata, in sicco papyracea, utrinque 
glabra, supra atroviridis, infra pallidior, nervis circ. 6 paribus, 
reticulatione utraque pagina bene conspicua. Inflorescentiae 
late paniculatae ad 14 cm. latae, ad 8 cm. altae; axes dense et 
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