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SPECIES ASTATICAF. — 13 
ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. In thickets. May 1912.’ G: Forrest. 
No. 7887. 
[The above species is very near B. trevesioides, W. W. Sm., 
and is found in the same region. I did not see, however, any 
evidence of intermediates, and the leaf-form is very extra- 
ordinary.—G. F.] 
. Brassaiopsis shweliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. aculeatae, Seem. a qua foliolis coriaceis 
facile distinguenda est. 
Frutex circ. 7.5 m. altus ramis crassissimis hic illic aculeatis. 
Folia ampla petiolo ad 4o cm. longo ferrugineo-tomentoso cito 
glabrescente praedita digitata; petioluli circ. r cm, longi 
ferrugineo-tomentelli mox subglabri; foliola 6-7, ad 24 cm. 
longa, ad 7 cm. lata, apice plus minusve longe acuminata, basi 
anguste cuneata, margine (dimidio superiore) indurato-serrata, 
coriacea, primum tomento stellato ferrugineo vel albido con- 
spersa, tandem glabra; costa nervique 12~15 paria subtus 
eminentes reticulo nervulorum subconspicuo. Inflorescentia 
ampla circ. 30 cm. longa ; rhachis crassa primum tomentella 
mox glabrescens rugosissima Bs oriuntur fere recto angulo 
pedunculi numerosi circ. 2.5 ¢ m. longi crassi umbellam multi- 
floram solitariam gerentes, fracteis cic. 1. 5 cm. longis coriaceis 
persistentibus cymbiformibus incurvis apice indurato-acutatis 
praediti ; pedice elli circ. 1 cm. longi ferrugineo-tomentelli. 
Calycis dentes circ. I mm. longi acuti; petala non visa; fructus 
globosus circ. 7 mm. diametro bilocularis, tomento tenui 
crustaceo tandem ares indutus, disco hemisphaerico stylo 
simplici 2 mm. lon 
“ China ae Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 
ft. Shrub of 25 ft. In fruit. Open situations in thickets. 
July 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 8702. 
Brassaiopsis trevesioides, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate B. mitis, Clarke et B. fatsioides, Harms ; 
folia eis Trevesiae palmatae, Vis. subsimilia. 
Frutex 6-9 m.altus. Aculeidesunt. Folia 40 cm, vel ultra 
diametro petiolo circ. 40 cm. longo sparsim furfuraceo-tomentello 
mox glabrescente suffulta, alte palmato-lobata, basi cordata, 
in sicco papyracea, utrinque glabrescentia, subtus primo fortasse 
indumento detersili ferrugineo plus minusve conspersa ; pars 
integra circ. 9 cm. alta (quasi petiolulos conjungens) ; lobi circ. 
II, oblongi, in spec. nostris ad 18 cm. longi, ad 6 cm. lati, apice 
caudato-acuminati, basi excisi sinum latiusculum formantes, 
margine serraturis multo incurvis praediti; nervi subtus 
