SPECIES ASIATICAE. 25 
Fruticulus plus minusve prostratus ramis crassis saepe com- 
planatis, ramulis hornotinis brevissimis pilis sordide albidis 
obtectis, vetustioribus cinereis ob bases petiolorum persistentes 
verrucosis. Folia ad 1.5 cm. longa, ad I cm. lata, orbicularia 
vel late elliptica, apice basique rotundata, obscure mucronulata, 
papyracea, supra cito glabrescentia nervulis 2-3 paribus im- 
pressis, infra dense fulvo-tomentosa ; petioli tomentosi circ. 
I mm. longi. Flores terminales subsessiles solitarii basi foliis 
bracteisque circumcincti. Calycis tubus 3-4 mm. longus ovoideo- 
turbinatus adpresse villosus ; lobi circ. 3 mm. longi late ovati 
apice obtusi extus medio tomentosi margine ciliati rubridi. 
Petala erectiuscula orbicularia circ. 4 mm. diametro rubra. 
Stamina 10 calycis lobos subaequantia. Carpidia 2 apice dense 
villosula. Fructus non visus. 
“China :—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 24-4 ft. Flowers 
red. Open situations amongst rocks. July 1914.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 12,663. : 
402 Cotoneaster Wardii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. Francheti, Bois a qua habitu diverso, 
ramulis floriferis multo longioribus, foliis majoribus tomento 
argenteo praeditis inter alia signa differt 
rutex I.5-2.4 m. altus ; ramuli hornotini tomento argenteo 
dense induti, annotini tarde glabrescentes. Folia petiolo circ. 
4 mm. longo dense tomentoso praedita; stipulae lineares 
tomentellae petiolos fere aequantes ; lamina 2.5-3.5 cm. longa, 
1.5-2 cm. lata, ovata, apice acuta vel acutiuscula, saepe longius- 
cule mucronata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, papyracea, 
supra viridis vix lucida, ad costam impressam parce pilosa 
ceterum glabra, infra tomento denso argenteo induta; nervi 
5-6 paria supra paulo impressi subtus prominuli tomento operti. 
Corymbi circ. 2 cm. longi, 2.5 cm. lati, 10—15-flori, ramos circ. 
4cm. longos terminantes ; rami cum pedicellis dense tomentosi ; 
bracteae bracteolaeque lineares longiusculae ; pedicelli 4-5 mm. 
longi. Calyx ex toto densiuscule et adpresse albido-pilosus vel 
tomentosus ; tubus circ. 3 mm. longus turbinatus; lobi tri- 
angulares 2.5 mm. longi acuti vel acuminati; petala erecta 
suborbicularia fere 4 mm. diametro, breviter unguiculata, integra, 
alba; stamina 20 fere 3 mm. longa; carpidia 2 apice dense 
albido-pilosula. Fructus desideratur. 
“* South-East Tibet :—Ka-gwr-pw temple, near the Chinese 
frontier, in forest at 10,000-11,000 ft. Shrub of 5-8 ft., silver- 
leaved. July 1913.” Kingdon Ward. No. 916. 
A plant akin to C. Francheti, Bois, but very different in 
habit and form of inflorescence. 
