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obtusissimum. Appendices connectivorum magni ovati antheris 
fere aequilongi. Stigma terminale truncatulum; ovarium 
minute villosulum. Capsula submatura fere globosa villosula 
seminibus paucis. 
“West China:—Taping-pu Valley, Yunnan, in shady 
thickets by streams. Lat. 25° 30’ N. Alt. zooo ft. Plant 
of 4-6 inches. Flowers white, veined purple. May 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 9925. 
Wikstroemia leptophylla, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter species chinenses foliis linearibus glabris, inflorescentiis 
paniculatis, floribus pentameris bene notata. 
Frutex I-1.5 m. altus, ramosus, bene foliatus, ramulis 
novellis plus minusve quadratis gracilibus pallido- -viridibus 
glabris, senioribus cinerascentibus.* Folia opposita vix petiolata ; 
lamina 3-6 cm. longa, 3-6 mm. lata, linearis vel lineari-lanceolata, 
apice plus minusve acuta, basi in insertionem sensim angustata, 
margine revoluta, in sicco membranacea, glabra, pallido-viridis, 
subtus pallidior, costa media infra eminente. Inflorescentiae 
ramulos terminantes, vulgo e racemis ternis compositae, circ. 
6 cm. longae, 10-20-florae, glabrae, pedunculis 2-3 cm. longis, 
pedicellis vix r mm. longis. Perianthii flavido-viridis tubus 
12-13 mm. longus, circ. 2 mm. latus, anguste cylindricus, glaber ; 
lobi circ. 1.5 mm. longi, ovato-oblongi, obtusi. Stamina 8, 
biseriata, antheris 1 mm. longis filamenta superantibus. 
Ovarium circ. 4.5 mm. longum, oblongum, glabrum apice 
sparsim pilosulo excepto; stigma magnum capitatum stylo 
brevi suffultum. Fructus deest. 
“* West China :—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, 
Yunnan, in open dry situations amongst rocks. Lat. 27° 45’ N. 
Alt. gooo ft. Shrub of 3-4 ft. Flowers yellowish-green. Sept. 
igts. .-G. Forrest. No..21,230. 
‘* Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan, in 
open situations on the margins of thickets. Lat. 27° 45’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers green. July 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 10,563 
Allied perhaps to W dolichantha, Diels. 
69% Wikstroemia mekongensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter species chinenses tetrameras foliis papyraceis oblanceo- 
latis vel obovatis obtusis glabris, inflorescentiis late paniculatis, 
floribus purpureo-kermesinis inter alia signa bene notata. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus, ramosus, bene foliatus, ramulis novellis 
subteretibus sat crassis pallido-viridibus glabris. Folia opposita 
petiolo crasso 1-2 mm. longo suffulta ; lamina vulgo 4-5.5 cm. 
longa, 1.5—2.5 cm. lata, oblanceolata vel obovata, apice rotundata 
