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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 37 
dense verruculosus, ramulis ad ultimos rigidiusculis angulatis, 
bracteis numerosis lanceolatis vel subulatis. Flores tetrameri 
8-9 mm. diametro pallido-flavi; sepala reniformia circ. I mm. 
diametro ; petala suborbicularia breviter lateque unguiculata, 
circ. 3 mm. longa ; filamenta antheras paulo superantia. Fructus 
4-merus vix maturus globosus haud alatus circ. 9 mm. diametro ; 
semina solitaria purpurea arillo aurantiaco inclusa. 
“China :—Hills to the N.W. of Tengyueh, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° 10’ N._ Alt. 6000-7000 ft. Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers 
greenish-yellow. Open situations amongst scrub. Nov. 1912.” 
G. Forrest. No. 9313. 
“‘ Divide between the Shweli and Tengyueh Valleys. Lat. 
25° N. Alt. 7000 ft. Shrub of 6-8 ft. In fruit. Open situa- 
tions. July 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 8058. 
“Shweli Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 6000 ft. 
Shrub of 30 ft. Flowers creamy-white. In open thickets. 
July 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 11,937. 
This species is closely akin to E. hupehensis, Loes., especially 
to the variety longipedunculata, Loes. 
\- Euonymus Wardii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate E. myrianthae, Hemsl. sed _ foliis 
caudato-acuminatis, pedunculis gracillimis praelongis bene 
notata. 
Frutex 2-3.5 m. altus ; ramuli glabri pallido-virides. Folia 
opposita petiolo I1-1.2 cm. longo anguste alato glabro praedita 
persistentia ; lamina 11-17 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, obovata vel 
oblanceolata, apice acumine I.5—3 cm. longo acuto vel obtusius- 
culo caudato-acuminata, basi latiuscule cuneata, margine indu- 
rato-serrulata, in sicco papyracea, utrinque glabra, supra primo 
lucida mox opaca pallido-viridis, subtus paulo pallidior, nervis 
in sicco subconspicuis primariis 6-7 paribus. Inflorescentiae 
circ. 15-florae ex axillis foliorum delapsorum (squamifor- 
mium ?) inter paria duo foliorum hornotinorum ortae, oppositae, 
ter dichotome furcatae; pedunculi arcuati gracillimi glabri, 
primarii 7-8 cm. longi, secundarii circ. 3 cm. longi; pedicelli 
circ. 1 cm. longi. Flores tetrameri; sepala suborbicularia circ. 
2 mm. diametro; petala late ovata vel suborbicularia 5 mm. 
longa ; stamina fere sessilia ; fructus deest. 
Burma :—At Htawgaw, valley of Naung-Chaung, Lashi 
country, East Upper Burma. Small shrub of loose habit, 8-12 
ft. Flowers greenish. Damp shady mars in forest. May 
1914.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1543. 
Quite unlike any Euonymus recorded from Burma. 
