44 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
7000 ft. Prostrate shrub of 2 ft. Flowers white, flushed rose 
exterior. Open dry situations. Aug, 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 
13,118. 
Lespedeza (Campylotropis) atrokermesina, G. Forrest. 
Species pulcherrima foliis subtus argenteo-tomentellis, flori- 
bus atrokermesinis bene notata. 
Frutex 1.2-1.8 m. altus erectus ramis virgatis angulatis to- 
mento brevi subargenteo adpresso dense indutis. Folia stipulis 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis circ. 5 mm. longis sericeo-tomen- 
tellis et petiolo ad 2.5 cm. longo dense sericeo-tomentello prae- 
dita ; foliola 3, terminale aliis paulo majus ; petiolulus medianus 
ad 1.5 cm. longus cum lateralibus 2—3 mm. longis dense sericeo- 
tomentellus ; lamina foliolorum 2.5-6 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, 
elliptica vel obovata, apice rotundata, saepe alte emarginata, 
mucrone I-2 mm. longo sericeo praedita, basi rotundata, in 
sicco chartacea, supra pallide viridis glabra, infra sericeo- 
argenteo-tomentella, costa media supra impressa subtus pro- 
minente sericea, nervis nervulisque utrinque pulchre et con- 
spicuo reticulatis. Racemi axillares et terminales ad 10 cm. 
longi, simplices vel ramulum singulum exhibentes, dense sericei, 
inflorescentiam terminalem 16 cm. longam 12 cm. latam for- 
mantes ; bracteae stipulis similes ; pedicelli circ. 4 mm. longi 
cum bracteolis linearibus 2 mm. longis dense sericei. Calyx 
dense sericeus tubo circ. 2 mm. longo, lobis lineari-lanceolatis 
ad 4 mm. longis. Corolla 1.1-1.2 cm. longa atrokermesina ; 
vexillum circ. 4 mm. latum; alae g-10 mm. longae; carina 
longe rostrata supra medium abrupte sursum curvata, pars 
inferior 7 mm., pars superior 4 mm. longa. Fructus maturus 
deest. 
“China :—Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ 
N. Alt. gooo ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers black-crimson. 
Open situations amongst scrub, Oct. 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 
13,410. 
Ligustrum rugosulum, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. yunnanensi, L. Henry et L. sinensi, Lour. 
a quibus foliis rugosulis utrinque pilosulis inter alia valde 
divergit. 
Frutex 2-5 m. altus erectus; ramuli juniores dense fulvo- 
hirtelli, vetustiores glabrescentes cinerei. Folia petiolo 5—10 
mm. longo dense fulvo-hirtello suffulta ; lamina vulgo 6-8 cm. 
longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, ovato- lanceolata vel rartus subelliptica, 
basi subrotundata vel plus minusve cuneata, apice acuta vel 
obtusiuscula, in sicco firme papyracea, supra obscure viridis, 
