38 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
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ve Evodia vestita, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
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Species sectionis Oxyactis, Rehder et Wilson, ex affinitate 
E. Henryi, Dode et E. hupehensis, Dode a quibus foliis subtus 
velutinis inter alia differt: ab E. velutina, Rehder et Wilson 
inflorescentiis subsessilibus, carpellis longe rostratis recedit. 
Frutex 6-8 m. altus. Ramuli hornotini dense fulvido- be 
ferrugineo-velutini. Folia 3-4-juga, cum petiolo ad 35 c 
longa ; petioli 2-7 cm. longi ut rhachis dense velutini ; joliola 
petiolulo 2-7 mm. longo suffulta, ad 13.5 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. 
lata, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice plerumque 
acuminata acumine ipso obtusiusculo vel acutiusculo, basi 
rotundata vel late cuneata, minute crenulata, supra obscure 
viridia infra cinerea, supra sparsim pilosula glabrescentia, ad 
costam paulo densius, infra ex toto dense molliterque villosa ; 
utringue 10-12. Flores desunt. Inflorescentia fructifera 
subsessilis, late et dense paniculata, ad 8 cm. alta, ad Io cm. 
lata, ramis ramulisque dense velutinis. Fructus brunneus ad 
5 . altus, sparsim villosus; carpella 4-5, erecto-patentia 
obovata acumine circ. 3 mm. longo praedita intus villosula ; 
semina in quoque loculo duo inaequalia, majora fere 4 mm. 
longa, seperEoee nitentia, nigra. 
“‘ China :—On the Tong Shan in the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo—ro,000 ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. In 
fruit. Inopenthickets. Sept. 1913.”’ G. Forrest. No. 11,091. 
This species is very closely allied to E. velutina, Rehder et 
Wilson, but differs in the subsessile inflorescence and long-beaked 
carpels, 
Gymnosporia berberoides, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis G. vartabili, Hemsl..a qua ramulis minute 
glanduloso-puberulis, foliis minoribus obovatis ad costam minute 
puberulis inter alia abunde discrepat. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus ramulis primo paulo complanatis minute 
glanduloso-puberulis, annotinis cinerascentibus tarde glabres- 
centibus ; spinae circ. I cm. longae magnitudine formaque eis 
Crataegi oxyacanthae, Linn. subsimiles. Folia alterna petiolo 
2-3 mm. longo minute puberulo suffulta; lamina in spec. 
florifero 2-3 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, in spec. fructifero major 
ad 4.5 cm. longa, ad 3.5 cm. lata, obovata, apice rotundata 
saepe emarginata, basi cuneata, margine serrulata, 
in sicco tenuiter papyracea, supra atroviridis sublncidé, infra 
pallidior, utrinque ad costam nervosque minute puberulo- 
asperata, reticulo nervorum utrinque plus minusve conspicuo. 
Flores in cymulas 3-5-floras dispositi; pedunculi circ. 2 cm. 
longi graciles sparsim puberuli vel glabri; pedicelli circ. 5 mm. 
