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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 225 
Sideroxylon shweliense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. burmanico, Coll. et Hemsl. a quo foliis 
anguste lanceolatis recedit; a S. Wightiano, Hook. et Arn. 
floribus majoribus differt. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus. Ramuli annotini cinerei glabri. Folia 
alterna petiolo 6-8 mm. longo primum minute cinereo-adpresso- 
pilosulo demum glabrescente praedita ; lamina 7-8 cm. longa, 
circ. 2.5 cm. lata, anguste lanceolata, apice longiuscule acutata, 
acumine ipso obtusiusculo, basi cuneata, in sicco papyracea, 
supra laete viridis nitens glabra nisi ad costam sparsim pilosulam, 
infra pallidior glabra vel sparsissime (praesertim ad costam) 
pilosula. Flores 1~-4-fasciculati in axillis foliorum delapsorum, 
pedicellis 3-4 mm. longis fulvo-tomentosis suffulti. Calycis 
segmenta 3-4 mm. longa valde imbricata inaequalia late ovata 
obtusissima extra fulvo-tomentosa intus in parte superiore 
pilosula. Corolla flavida circ. 8 mm. longa extra glabra vel 
subglabra intus ad tubum pilosula lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 
circ. 5 mm. longis. Stamina 5 filamentis 1.5 mm. longis glabris 
antheris 2.5 mm. longis; staminodia 5 lanceolata acuta lobos 
corollae subaequantia paulo fimbriata. Stylus glaber cum 
ovario tomentoso 5-loculari circ. 1r mm. longus. Fructus circ. 
3 cm. longus ovoideus. 
“Western China:—In mixed forests in ravines on the 
ee ae flank of the Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 
° 40’ N. Alt. gooo—10,000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers 
chekiny Geib May 1919.’ G. Forrest. No. 17,886. 
“Sept. 1919. In fruit.” G. Forrest. No. 18,555. 
Silene sinowatsoni, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu S. rosiflorae, F. K. Ward affinis sed floribus 
remota; ob structuram floris in vicinitatem S. yunnanensis, 
Franch. posita est sed notis multis differt. 
Planta in cultura plus minusve decumbens basi ramosus 
caulibus ad 30 cm. longis flexuosis remotiuscule foliosis capillis 
albis patentibus glandulosis bene indutis. Folia sessilia, ad 4.5 
cm. longa, ad 2 cm. lata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta 
vel subacuta, basi rotundata, tenuiter papyracea, utraque facie 
et ad marginem pilis albidis glandulosis bene instructa. In- 
florescentiae terminales laxissime cymosae pauciflorae ramis 
dense albo-glanduloso-pilosis ; pedicelli seniores 3-5 cm. longi 
glanduloso-pilosi ; bracteae foliosae circ. 1 cm. longae glandu- 
losae. Calyx 16-17 mm. longus, circ. 6 mm. latus, tubulosus, 
basi vix angustatus, dentibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
circ. 5 mm. longis, roseo-purpureus, ad nervos Io purpureos pilis 
glandulosis bene praeditus. Petala calycem fere duplo superantia, 
