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228 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Frutex 2-3 m. altus; ramuli crassi glabri lenticellis magnis 
circularibus conspicuo conspersi cinerei. Folia petiolo 2—2.5 cm. 
longo subglabro vel pilis fasciculatis consperso supra sulcato 
suffulta ; lamina plerumque 8-12.5 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, 
ovalis vel oblongo-ovalis, apice obtusa vel paulo acutata, basi 
plus minusve late cuneata, margine serraturis induratis nume- 
rosis notata, membranacea, decidua, supra atroviridis glabra, 
infra pallidior, ad costam paulo eminentem atque ad nervos pilis 
fasciculatis conspersa ; nervi 6~7-jugi paulo flexuosi in dentes 
excurrentes. Inflorescentiae terminales et ramulos_ breves 
laterales bifoliatos terminantes paniculatae, circ. 5 cm. longae, 
circ. 5 cm. latae, pilis fasciculatis albidis dense indutae ; pedun- 
culus 3-4 cm. longus pilosus ; bracteae 2-5 mm. longae, lineari- 
lanceolatae vel sublineares, membranaceae, sparsim pilosulae. 
Calycis lobi ovati vix 1 mm. longi obtusi glabri. Corolla alba 
rotata ; tubus circ. 3 mm. longus glaber ; lobi 1.5-2 mm. longi 
late ovati reflexi. Stamina summam corollam aequantia ultra 
lobos reflexos projicientia. Ovarium turbinatum glabrum circ. 
3 mm. longum. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open 
scrub. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 6-9 ft. 
Flowers creamy-white. July 1917.’ G. Forrest. No. 15,818. 
Viola pogonantha, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate V. belophyllae, de Boissieu (V. serpens, 
Wall., var. macrantha, Franch.) ; foliis longiuscule petiolatis 
longe acuminatis, petalis intus villosulis, ovario dense villosulo 
inter alia signa notata. 
Planta 10-15 cm. alta. Rhizoma elongatum articulatum, 
ad collum stipulis emarcidis indutum, ut videtur estoloni- 
ferum. Caulis brevis foliis caulinis et basilaribus subsimilibus. 
Folia petiolo gracili 8-12 cm. longo infra glabro supra prope 
laminam setulis deflexis albidis bene praedito suffulta ; lamina 
6-8 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, plus minusve ovata, apice 
longiuscule acuminata, basi alte cordata lobis subrotundatis, 
margine regulariter serrato-crenata crenis obtusis, supra setulis 
albidis conspersa, infra ad costam nervosque satis setosula ; 
stipulae pallido-virides circ. 1.5 cm. longae lineari-lanceolatae 
longissime acuminatae subintegrae vel fimbriis glanduloso- 
capitatis paucis instructae. Pedunculi circ. 6-8 cm. longi 
petiolis breviores bracteolis linearibus circ. 7 mm. longis. Flores 
mediocres albi purpureo-striati. Sepala circ. 7 mm. longa, 
lineari-oblonga, apice obtusiuscula vel subacuta, albido-pilosula 
appendicibus circ. 2 mm. longis quadratis, Petala circ. 1 cm. 
longa, oblonga, intus ad dimidium inferius pilis albidis bene 
barbata ; calcar circ. 3 mm. longum, pro longitudine latum, 
