28 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
breviter excisa, margine dentata dentibus 12-20 mucronulatis, 
in sicco papyracea, utrinque sparsissime araneoso-pubescens vel 
glabrescens ; folia caulina 2-3, secus caulem distributa petiolo 
longe vaginante praedita ; lamina ut in foliis radicalibus ; folia 
bracteiformia 2-3 subulata prope involucrum imserta. Capi- 
tulum nutans discoideum album. Involucri phylla 7-12, circ. 
1.3 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, lanceolata, acuta vel breviter 
acuminata, basi villosula, supra glabrescentia, ex collectore alba. 
Flores ligulati nulli; disci flores involucro multo breviores ; 
tubi pars infima filiformis vix I mm. superans, pars superior 
anguste campanulata circ. 2.5 mm. longa. Pappus 3 mm. 
longus fragilis albus. Achaenia immatura. 
“Upper Burma :—Amongst granite boulders and rocks grow- 
ing in wet moss in sheltered places. Near summit of granite 
mountain at an elevation of 13,000 ft., ridge of Naung-Chaung, 
Nwai divide.. Flowers pure white. July 1914.’’ Kingdon 
Ward. No. 1796. 
Desmodium praestans, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. 
. Species pulchra foliis permagnis simplicibus basi rotundato- 
truncatis subtus dense albido-tomentosis conspicua. 
Frutex I.2 —-2.7 m. altus ; ramulisubteretes primo densissime 
molliterque albido-tomentosi, tandem glabrescentes sordide 
brunnei. Folia simplicia petiolo 1-2.5 cm. longo valido apice 
basique incrassato dense albido-tomentoso et stipulis mox 
deciduis linearibus 7-8 mm. longis tomentosis praedita ; lamina 
saepe permagna, ad 22 cm. longa, ad 17 cm. lata (etiam prope 
inflorescentiam), nunc 5-15 cm. longa, 5~10 cm. lata, ovata vel 
suborbicularis, apice rotundata vel obtusa, breviter mucronata, 
basi truncato-rotundata vel rotundata, margine undulata, in 
sicco papyracea, supra pallide viridis dense molliterque incano- 
pilosa vel -tomentosa, infra densissime albido-tomentosa ; nervi 
5-6 paria supra paululo eminentes conspicui, infra prominuli 
cum nervulis reticulum manifestum formantes. Flores pur- 
pureo-coerulei in paniculam terminalem amplam ad 27 cm. 
longam ad I9 cm. latam dispositi; rhachis ramosa cum ramis 
primariis ad 15 cm. longis dense tomentosa; bracteae ovatae 
vel.lanceolatae ad 1 cm. longae dense albo-tomentosae ; pedicelli 
ad 1 cm. longi patenter tomentosi. Calyx circ. 4 mm. longus 
dense villosus in lobos ovatos obtusiusculos fere ad medium 
fissus. Corolla circ. t cm. longa glabra. Fructus (unus tantum 
visus) Vix maturus circ. 2.5 cm. longus breviter stipitatus, 
articulis 4, dense adpresso-sericeus. 
“China :—Mekong Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 
8000 ft. Shrub of 6-g ft. Flowers purple-blue. Dry situations 
amongst rock and scrub. Aug.1gr4.’’ G. Forrest. No. 13,096. 
