SPECIES ASIATICAE. Ig 
vel oblongo-ovata, apice rotundata vel obtusiuscula, basi trun- 
cata vel truncato-rotundata, margine crenis 6-9 notata, papy- 
racea, supra dense et breviter fulvido-pilosula, infra densissime 
incano-tomentosa ; nervi 4-5 paria. Cymae subglobosae densi- 
florae in axillis superioribus, dense albido-villosae pedunculis 
pedicellisque brevibus. Calyx circ. 4 mm. longus tubulosus 
ad duas partes in lobos lineari-oblongas acutas divisus longe 
albido-villosus. Corolla circ. 6 mm. longa; tubus cylindricus 
fere 5 mm. longus extus hic illic villosus; lobi oblongi apice 
dense et longissime violaceo-villosi, quintus major fimbriatus. 
Stamina ad 4 mm. exserta. Fructus deest. 
“China :—Near Atuntsu, Yunnan-Tibet frontier. Alt. 
12,000-13,000 ft. Bushy undershrub 14-2 ft. high. Flowers 
blue-violet. Aug. I913.”” F. K. Ward. No. 1048. 
Y2 0 Cassiope myosuroides, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. palpebratae, W. W. Sm. ; foliis longi- 
uscule scarioso-acuminatis infra mire bullatis ab omnibus 
speciebus asiaticis divergit. 
Fruticulus humilis 7 cm. vix superans suberectus vel decum- 
bens. Folia arcte imbricata tetrasticha 2-2.5 mm. longa, vix 
m. lata, ovata apice I mm. longo acuminato scarioso prae- 
dita, lateribus anguste scariosa, dorso convexa bullam ellipticam 
utrinque viridem extus setis adpressis ciliolatis modice obsitam 
intus glabram formantia. Flores axillares cernui (albidi ?) 
pedicellis gracilibus circ. 2 cm. longis subabrupte abeuntibus 
dense araneoso-fulvido-villosis suffulti, Sepala 4-5 libera circ. 
3 mm. longa plus minusve late elliptica in sicco atropurpurea, 
utrinque glabra, apice obtusa anguste scariosa. Corolla cam- 
panulata circ. 8 mm. longa lobis 5 ovatis + 2.5 mm. longis obtusis. 
Stamina 8 (in specimine dissecto) inclusa filamentis 2 mm. longis 
subulatis sparse pilosulis, antheris ovoideis apice aristis duabus 
elongatis ornatis. Discus 1o-crenatus. Stylus 2.5 mm. longus 
columnaris apice truncatus. Fructus maturus deest. 
“Upper Burma :—Burmo-Chinese frontier. Ridge of 
Naung-Chaung, Nwai divide. On bare granite rocks, north 
face, at 12,000 ft., and on summit with rhododendron carpet 
at 13,000 ft. Flowers over. 15th July ror4.’’ F. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 1788. 
Very readily distinguished by its leaves, scariose acuminate 
at the apex and with the rest of the lamina forming a green 
elliptic boss furnished with ciliolate setae. 
uo Cornus alsophila, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. Wilsonianae, Wangerin a qua foliis subtus 
glaucis, nervis primariis 5-6 paribus, ovario glabriore minore, 
