SPECIES ASIATICAE, 227 
subcylindricis antheras vix aequantibus. Ovarium ovoideum 
circ. 1.5 mm. longum glabrum stylum apice trilobulum sub- 
aequans. Fructus deest. 
“ Western China :—At A-tun-tsu, N.W. Yunnan, in rain- 
forest undergrowth. Alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. June 1913.” 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 556. 
: “ Upper Burma :—Ridge of Naung Chaung, Nwai divide. 
Alt. 11,000~12,000 ft. Flowers pure white, or petals some- 
times bordered with red. In damp shady moss-covered places 
on the ridge beneath dwarf bamboo brake. July ror14.”’ 
F. Kingdon Ward. Nos. 1811, 1812. 
Uv Vaccinium oreogenes, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species inter congeneres indo-burmanicos floribus solitariis 
ex axillis foliorum superiorum natis bene notata; folia eis 
V, Doniani, Wight sociorumque ejus subsimilia ; nullo modo 
affinis V. modesto, W. W. Sm. speciei chinensi floribus solitariis 
praeditae. 
Frutex ad 1 m. altus ramosus ramulis junioribus glabris 
valde angulatis bene foliatis, senioribus cinerascentibus. Folia 
petiolo 2-3 mm. longo latiusculo sparsim puberulo praedita ; 
lamina plerumque 4-6 cm. longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, lanceolata, 
apice sensim acuminata, basi cuneata, margine crebro et minute 
serrulata, supra opaco-viridis glabra, costa media pilosula 
excepta, infra paulo pallidior glabra papillosa, nervis 6-7 
paribus subtus in sicco paulo prominulis. Flores in axillis 
superioribus solitarii pedicellis 6-7 mm. longis subarcuatis 
glabris suffulti; bracteolae cito deciduae 4-5 mm. longae 
lineari-lanceolatae membranaceae glabrae nunc ad medium 
pedicellum, nunc sub calycem positae. Calycis lobi deltoidei 
2 mm. longi, apice apiculati, in sicco rubidi. Corolla globosa 
8-g mm. longa, lobis ovatis obtusis 1.5-2 mm. longis, ex col- 
lectore alba. Stamina ro filamentis 3 mm. longis pilosis, 
antheris 1.5 mm. longis tubulis 2.5 mm. longis praeditis, aristis 
duabus subulatis dorso affixis. Ovarium circ. 3 mm. longum 
glabrum stylo 7 mm. longo. Fructus deest. 
‘Upper Burma :—Naung Chaung Valley on open grassy 
granite hills at gooo—10,000 ft. Small bushy shrub of 2-3 ft. 
Flowers white. July 1914.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1732. 
aot Viburnum shweliense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Thyrsosmatis, Rehder et affinis V. yun- 
nanensi, Rehder a quo foliis multo majoribus, petiolis duplo 
majoribus glabrescentibus inter alia ex descriptione differt ; 
facies ramorum atque foliorum V. Simonsii, Hook. f. et Thoms. 
in memoriam revocat. | 
