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222 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
oblonga, apice plus minusve acuminata, basi cuneata, margine 
integra, textura tenuis sub fructu papyracea, glabra, supra 
atroviridis, infra pulchre glauca, nervis utrinque 12-20 haud 
eminentibus. Panicula fructifera angusta ad 40 cm. longa, 
basi ad 15 cm. nuda, racemiformis, infra medioque ramulos 
patentes circ. 4cm. longosemittens ; rhachis stellato-tomentella ; 
flores non visi. Fructus subglobosus circ. 5 mm. diametro 
purpureo-niger 5-locularis; styli in unum coaliti; stigmata 
paulo divergentia. 
“West China —-Siawele Salween divide, spite in scrub 
and on the margins of mixed forests. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 
8000 ft. Shrub of 12-20 ft. In fruit; fruits aicpiabiank. 
February 1918.’’ G. Forrest. No. 16,158. 
The following.is probably identical :— 
“ Western flank of the Tali Range, Yunnan, in open scrub 
in side valleys. Shrub of 12-20 ft. Foliage only. Lat. 25° 
40’N. Alt. goooft. Aug. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,665. 
Scutellaria tenax, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. Franchetianae, Lévl. a qua habitu sub- 
decumbente, racemis terminalibus, foliis multo minoribus 
floribus coeruleis basi flavidis inter alia signa divergit. 
Planta subfruticosa ad 30 cm. alta, caulibus pluribus flexuosis 
saepe decumbentibus tenacibus basi longe nudis dense cinereo- 
pilosis. Folia petiolo circ. 2 mm. longo pilosulo praedita ; 
lamina 1-2 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, hederiformis, apice obtusa, 
basi rotundata, margine dentibus magnis utrinque vulgo 2 notata, 
Ppapyracea, supra pilis appressis conspersa, infra paulo densius. 
Inflorescentiae terminales vel nonnunquam axillares pauci- 
florae et laxiflorae; bracteae inferiores foliis subsimiles sed 
minores, superiores 3-4 mm. longae ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae 
integrae obtusae; axis dense glanduloso-pilosus. Flores in 
paria dispositi, quoad formam atque magnitudinem eis S. dis- 
coloris, Colebr. subsimiles, ad 4 mm. pedicellati. Calyx 2.5 
mm. longus dense glanduloso-pilosus. Corolla 12-13 mm. 
longa, extra pilis glandulosis bene praedita, opaco-coerulea, basi 
flavida, tubo latiusculo, lobo labii inferioris intermedio tubum 
fere aequante. Stamina ad apicem loborum fere attingentia. 
Fructus deest. 
“West China :—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, 
Yunnan, on open dry pasture. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. 
Half-shrubby plant of 1 ft. Flowers dull blue, tube of corolla 
yellow at base. Aug. 1g14.’’ G. Forrest. No. 13,050. 
A very distinct plant with its wiry flexuous stems and small 
hederiform leaves. 
