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ro DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Scandent shrub of 4-8 ft. Onscrub. May 
1913 a... Borpest, - No. : 
“Valley of the Mekong on the Tengyueh-Talifu route, 
Yunnan. 5000 ft. Procumbent plant, flowers deep rich blue. 
Aug. 1904.”’ G. Forrest. No. 623. 
) Brandisia praticola, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. Hancei, Hook. f. et B. voseae, W. W. Sm. 
sed multo minor ; foliis floribusque abunde differt. 
Fruticulus circ. 60 cm. altus erectus supra fastigiato-ramosus ; 
ramuli graciles furfuraceo-pubescentes. Folia brevissime vel vix 
petiolata ; lamina lineari-lanceolata vel lineari-oblonga, vulgo 
3-4 cm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, apice plus minusve acuta, basi 
cuneata, in sicco submembranacea, utrinque furfuraceo-pubescens 
nervis subtus elevatis. Flores in axillis superioribus solitarii in- 
florescentiam laxam paniculatam e racemis brevibus compositam 
formantes ; folia regionis floralis inferioribus paulo minora 
caeterum similia; pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi bracteolis binis 
spathulatis vel linearibus 2-7 mm. longis saepe deficientibus 
apice praediti. Calyx campanulatus circ. 1.5 cm. longus ad 
trientem in lobos triangulares acutos fissus extus minute puber- 
ulus levissime Io-costatus. Corolla e calyce paululo exserta 
tubulosa leviter curvata tubo circ. I cm. longo extus intusque 
puberulo vel glabrescente, labio postico 7-8 mm. longo vix 
emarginato potius subintegro, antico minore 3-lobo intus longi- 
uscule albo-pilosulo, Filamenta complanata; antherae albo- 
barbatae confluentes. Stylus pilosulus ovario dense tomentoso. 
“ China :-—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 28° 10’ N. 
Alt. gooo ft. Plant of 2 ft. Flowers dull purple. Open stony 
pasture. Sept. 1g914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 13,350. 
Brandisia rosea, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate B. Hancei, Hook. f. a qua foliis lanceo- 
latis cuneatis, calyce bilabiato, corolla rosea inter alia facile 
distinguitur. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus erectus vel suberectus ramulis dense 
albo-stellato-tomentosis. Folia petiolo 4-5 mm. longo tomen- 
toso suffulta ; lamina lanceolata, 4-5 cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata, 
acutissima, basi cuneata, in sicco chartacea, supra atroviridis 
sparsim stellato-puberula glabrescens, infra dense albo-tomen- 
tosa, nervis supra vix impressis vulgo I-2 paribus. Flores 
axillares solitarii vel bini saturate rosei pedunculis 4-8 mm. 
longis insert tomentosis suffulti. Calyx campanulatus 
7-8 mm. longus ad trientem bilabiatus dentibus obsoletis vel 
brevibus, extus albo-tomentosus intus dense pilosus. Corolla 
