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24 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
costa media et nervi 7-8 paria supra multum impressi sub- 
paralleli infra eminentes indumento suboperti; stipulae dimi- 
dium petiolum aequantes sublineares tomentosae. Corymbi 
ad 4 cm. longi, ad 6 cm. lati, laxiusculi convexi, ramis ramulisque 
pedicellisque dense et adpresse fulvido-tomentosis ; pedicelli sub 
anthesin circ. 2mm. longi; calyx ex toto dense et adpresse albido- 
tomentosus ; tubus circ. 3 mm. longus turbinatus, lobi triangu- 
lares circ. 1 mm. longi acutiusculi mucronulati ; petala suborbi- 
cularia circ. 2.5 mm. diametro, vix unguiculata, margine minute 
erosula, patentia, lactea; stamina 20 corolla paullo breviora ; 
carpidia 2; stigmata capitata. Fructus pyriformis, 4 
longus, apice 3 mm. latus, kermesinus, laxe villosus, calycis lobis 
tomentosis inflexis coronatus; pyrenae 2, plano-convexae, circ. 
3.5 mm. longae, 2.5 mm. latae. 
China :—Descent to the Yangtze from the eastern bound- 
ary of the Lichiang Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 
gooo ft. Shrub of 6-10 ft. Flowers creamy-white. In open 
thickets. July 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 10,419 
“Duplicate of above in fruit. Fruits dull crimson. Sept. 
1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 11,338. 
“On the Tong Shan, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo- 
10,000 ft. Shrubof6—-gft. Flowers creamy-white. Open scrub 
in rocky situations. July I914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 12,720. 
A very beautiful species closely allied to C. Henryana and 
C. salicifolia, from which its rounded leaves well distinguish it. 
C. coriacea, Franch. is distinguished by the obovate leaves, 
longly cuneate at the base, and with Sahay shining upper 
surface. 
Cotoneaster pannosa, Franch., var. robustior, W. W. Sm. 
A typo foliis majoribus ad 3 cm. longis anguste ellipticis 
paululum discedit. 
‘“‘ China :—Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. Lat. 7° 40’ 
N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 8 ft. Flowers creamy-white. 
Open situations amongst rocks. July 1914.” G. Forrest. 
No. 12,869. 
More robust than the type and with larger leaves; the 
plant occupies an intermediate position between C. pannosa, 
Franch. and C. turbinata, Craib, or rather deviates from typical 
C. pannosa in the direction of C. turbinata. 
Cotoneaster rubens, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. verruculosae, Diels a qua foliis subtus 
tomentosis, floribus rubris recedit. 
