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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 29 
‘““ Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 
27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers bright 
blue. In open scrub. July r913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 10,387. 
“On the Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27°55’ N. Alt. 
10,000 ft. Shrub of 6-7 ft. ‘Flowers deep purple-blue. Open 
situations of the margins of thickets. Aug. 1913.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 10,918. 
Dischidia cylindrica, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate D. tubuliflorae, King et Gamble a qua 
corollae tubo intus villoso, lobis glabris recedit. 
Planta epiphytica repens caulibus tenacissimis puberulis. 
Folia 3.5-4 cm. longa, + 1.2 cm. lata, lanceolata, apice + acuta, 
basi rotundata, coriacea utrinque glabra, siccando rugosula 
marginibus paululo recurvis ; costa gracilis basi glandula notata ; 
petiolus 1-2 mm. longus puberulus. Umbellae pauciflorae 
pedunculo + 1 cm. longo suffultae; flores tubulosi, compara- 
biles solummodo eis D. tubuliflorae, pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis 
praediti. Calyx. vix 2 mm. superans lobis ovatis obtusiusculis 
extus sparse puberulis. Corolla anguste tubulosa usque ad 1.5 
cm. longa, basi urceolata, supra aeque tubulosa, extus glabra, 
intus parte mediana villosa fauces versus glabra ; lobi circ. 2 mm. 
longi erecti carnosuli glabri. Coronae squamae 5 tenuissimae 
hyalinae supra rotundatae infra sagittatae, ex descriptione eis 
speciel supra citatae simillimae. Antherae erectae cellulis 
parallelis, appendicibus longis acuminatis supra in apiculum 
hyalinum cohaerentibus ; alae corneae basi caudatae ; pollinia 
oblonga caudiculis aequilonga. Styli subulato-acuminati. 
Fructus deest. 
“‘ Borneo :—Near Kuching, Sarawak ; a creeper in swampy 
country, flower yellow. April 1914.’’ Native Collector No. 
104 1n Herb. Edin. 
A very close ally of D. tubuliflorae, King and Gamble, from 
which it is distinguished by the corolla being villous within and 
the lobes glabrous. Both species are remarkable for the very 
elongated corolla tube. 
Eriobotrya obovata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis E. prinoidi, Rehder et Wilson a qua foliis obo- 
vatis, petalis haud profunde emarginatis, stylis 3 stamina sub- 
aequantibus inter alia differt. 
Arbor vel frutex; altitudo non nota. Ramuli hornotini 
ferrugineo-tomentosi, annotini grisei glabrescentes. Folia per- 
sistentia coriacea petiolo circ. 2 cm. longo glabro vel glabrescente 
praedita ; lamina 8-11 cm. shen 3-4.5 cm. lata, obovata vel 
