40 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ad ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta vel modice acuminata, bas! 
plerumque plus minusve rotundata, crebre serrato-denticulata, 
in sicco papyracea, supra viridia glabra, infra pallidiora ad 
costam nervosque nervulosque ultimos pilis acicularibus albidis 
subscabride obsita; petioli robusti 3-4 cm. longi crispato- 
scabriduli. Cyma convexa e radiis 5-7 approximatis composita 
25-30 cm. diametro dense crispato-scabridula ; pedicelli ultimi : 
strigoso-scabriduli ; flores radiantes 3-4.5 cm. diametro, sepalis 
4 late ovalibus vel ovatis. Calycis dentes (florum fertilium) 
triangulares vix I mm. aequantes glabri. Petala oblonga circ. 
mm. longa pallido-flavida. Stamina inaequalia, majora 
corollam paulo superantia, minora petalis breviora ; antherae 
violaceae. Ovarium semisuperum stylis 3 erectis coronatum. 
Capsula ovoidea cum stylis persistentibus circ. 4 mm. longa, 
2.5 mm. lata; semina fusiformia 1 mm. paulo superantia 
apice basique in alam protracta brunne 
est China:—Shrub of 10-15 ft, Sterile florets pale 
yellow, fertile florets same with violet anthers. Open situations 
in thickets in the Mingkwong Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. 
Alt. 6500-7000 ft. July 1912.’’ G. Forrest. No. 8705. 
“ Shrub of 10-15 ft. Fertile florets dull yellow, anthers soft 
lavender. Sterile florets light yellow. Open situations amongst 
scrub in the Mingkwong Valley. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 6000- 
7000 ft. June igi2.” G. Forrest. No. 8301. 
Near Tengyueh, Yunnan, West China. Howell. No. 
A robust species with large leaves and ample inflonescante. 
The under surface of the leaves is covered almost entirely with 
white needle-like hairs which follow the venation up to the 
ultimate reticulations. The character of this indumentum 
marks it off very easily from the other members of the section. 
ust Ilex atrata, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis I. sikkimensi, King a qua perulis albo-ciliatis, 
costa media subtus dense fulvo-tomentosa, calyce lerumque 
5-mero, fructibus scarlatinis saepius 5-pyrenis inter alia re- 
cognoscitur. 
Arbor usque 6-metralis. Ramuli hornotini 4-6 mm. crassi 
glabri striato-sulcati. Gemmae circ. 2 cm. longae perulis magnis 
ovatis I-1.5 cm. longis margine longiuscule albo-ciliatis obtectae. 
Folia in alterum annum in ramulis remanentia petiolo 2-3 cm. 
longo ad 3 mm. lato alato praedita ; lamina vulgo 12-15 cm. 
longa, 4-5 cm. lata, plus minusve elliptica, apice mediocriter 
acuminata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, margine in sicco 
paululo recurvata minute et densissime serrulata, tenuiter 
coriacea supra glabra nitida atroviridis, subtus vix pallidior ad 
costam dense fulvo-tomentosa caeterum glabra, costa media 
