SPECIES ASIATICAE. 175 
7 cm. longi tomento albo detersili saepa induti, apice bracteis 
lineari-subulatis ad 1 cm. longis saepe pilosis praediti ; pedunculi 
secundarii 3-6-nati, 5-10 mm. longi, albo-tomentosi vel dense 
fulvido-pilosi ; bracteae florales inaequales suborbiculares, circ. 
1.5 cm. longae, circ. 1.3 cm. latae, apice longiuscule mucronatae, 
basi rotundatae, virides, tenuiter membranaceae, extra sparsim 
pilosulae et lineatae, intus lineatae, flores 3-4 bracteolasque 
includentes ;_ bracteolae 5-7 mm. longae lineari-lanceolatae 
longe acuminatae minute puberulae vel albo-pilosulae. Calyx 
6-7 mm. longus in lobos 5 lineari-lanceolatos acuminatos minute 
puberulos partitus.  Corollae circ. 1.8 cm. longae pallido-roseae 
tubus gracilis extra plus minusve albido-pilosulus, limbus alte 
bilabiatus. Stamina 2 antheris bicellulatis. Ovarium minute 
pilosulum stylo filiformi. 
China :—Descent to the Yangtze from the eastern boundary 
of the Lichiang Valley. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Semi- 
shrubby plant of 2-4 ft. Flowers pale rose. Shady open situa- 
tions. on the margins of thickets. July 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 10,697. 
A graceful plant with very characteristic bracts. 
nit 
Me 4 Dicliptera induta, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis D. Roxburghianae, Nees a qua caulibus dense 
fulvo-hirsutulis, bracteis rigidis papyraceis inter alia recedit. 
Caules ramosi primo dense fulvo-tomentosi, deinde hirsutuli, 
Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm. longo fulvo-tomentoso vel fulvo-hir- 
sutulo praedita ; lamina 3-4 cm. longa, I.5—2.5 cm. lata, ovata, 
apice plus minusve acuta, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, 
integra, membranacea, utrinque ad costam nervosque densiuscule 
fulvo-pilosa ceterum sparsim pilosa. Inflorescentiae ee 
cymulis axillaribus brevipedunculatis, terminalibus non visis 
pedunculi primarii et secundarii brevissimi vix 2-3 mm. super- 
antes dense fulvo-hirsutuli; bracteae inferiores circ. 5 mm 
longae lineari-subulatae pilosulae; bracteae florales inaequales 
oblanceolatae I-1.4 cm. longae, apice acutatae et mucronatae, 
basi cuneatae, opaco-virides, rigidae subpapyraceae, utrinque 
pilosulae; bracteolae ad I cm. longae lineari-lanceolatae 
longissime acuminatae pilosae. Calyx circ. 5 mm. longus in 
lobos 5 lineares acutissimos puberulos divisus. Corollae wt a) 
cm. longae tubus gracilis extra albido-pilosulus. Stamina 2 
antheris bicellulatis, polline typico. Ovarium minute ils 
“ China:—N.E. Yunnan. Plain of Kiao-Kiou. Alt. 400 
Flowers rose.” Maire in Herb. Edin. under 826/1913. 
A weedy plant of the'cultivated area. I cannot match this 
among the Indo-Chinese species of Diclipiera. 
