30 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
oblanceolata, apice rotundata ad summum ipsum abrupte brevi- 
terque acuminata, basi cuneata, dentibus incurvis sinuato-serrata, 
supra lucida vel sublucida glabra, infra pallidior, ad maturitatem 
glabra, costa media nervisque 10-14 paribus subtus eminentibus 
cum nervulis reticulum distinctum utrinque formantibus. 
Panicula terminalis, circ. 6 cm. longa, angusta, rufo-tomentosa ; 
pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi rufo-tomentosi, ut bracteae bracteolaeque 
sublineares caducae. Flores circ. 1.5 cm. diametro; calycis 
tubus turbinatus 3.5 mm. longus, rufo-villosus, lobi anguste 
ovati, 2 mm. longi, valde reflexi, extra rufo-villosi, intus glabri. 
Petala obovata, circ. 5 mm. longa, apice rotundata vel breviter 
emarginata, longiuscule unguiculata, ad basim tantum villosula. 
Stamina 20, circ. 3 mm. longa. Ovarium biloculare apice dense 
villosulum ; styli 3, stamina subaequantes, basi villosuli, ceterum 
glabri, liberi vel fere liberi. Fructus deest 
China :—In the vicinity of Yunnanfu, Yunnan. Maire. 
No. 2450. In Herb. Edin. 
A near ally of E. prinoides, Rehder et Wilson, but differing 
in the obovate leaves, in the petals and styles. 
(lob? Eriobotrya tengyuehensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis E. bengalens1, Hook. f. a qua foliis fere integris 
apice tantum pauci-serratulis floribus duplo majoribus inter alia 
recedit. 
Frutex 6 m. altus vel arbor ad 18 m. alta; ramuli hornotini 
bene evoluti non visi, pars brevissima sub inflorescentia dense 
ferrugineo-tomentosa. Folia persistentia coriacea petiolo 2-3.5 
cm. longo glabro vel glabrescente suffulta; lamina plerumque 
12-17 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, oblonga vel elliptica vel subobo- 
vata, apice abrupte breviterque acuminata, basi late cuneata, 
subintegra ad apicem pauci-serrata vel serratula, supra opaco- 
viridis glabra, infra pallidior subglabra hic illic indumenti 
juvenilis reliquiis conspersa ; costa media supra vix impressa, 
infra eminens, nervis 10-15 paribus ad marginem percurrentibus 
prominulis, reticulo supra obscuro infra manifesto. Panicula 
terminalis thyrsoidea in exemplis nostris subsessilis, ad 10 cm. 
alta, ad 15 cm. lata, dense ferrugineo-tomentosa ; pedicelli 3-5 
mm. longi, tomentosi ut bracteae caducae. Flores circ. 2 cm. 
diametro lacteo-flavidi; calycis tubus breviter cupuliformis 
circ. 3 mm. longus extra tomentellus, lobi anguste ovati, circ. 
2mm. longi obtusiusculi patentes extra tomentelli intus glabri. 
Petala circ. 8 mm. longa obovata glabra. Stamina 20 circ. 5 
mm. longa. Ovarium biloculare apice dense villosulum ; styli 
2 vel 3, circ. 3 mm. longi, ad medium vel ultro connati, longius- 
cule ferrugineo-villosuli. Fructus deest. 
‘‘ China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 5’ N. 
