176 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
he 1.Elsholtzia pendulifiora, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis E. polystachyae, Benth. a qua verticillastris 
remotioribus, floribus majoribus plus minusve pendulis, fructibus 
pendulis inter alia signa bene notata. 
Planta suffruticosa aromatica ad 1.2 m. alta, ramis quadratis, 
glandulis nitentibus pilisque brevibus crispatis conspersa. Folia 
membranacea petiolo 2-5 mm. longo rubrido sparsim pilosulo 
praedita ; lamina foliorum superiorum 6-16 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. 
lata, lanceolata, apice sensim et longiuscule acuminata, basi late 
cuneata vel subrotundata, margine regulariter serrata, supra ad 
costam nervosque furfuraceo-pilosula, infra subglabra_ nitenti- 
succino-glandulosa, costa nervisque prominulis rubidis. In- 
florescentiae terminales et axillares; terminalis fructifera ad 
22 cm. longa; rhachis plus minusve albido-pilosa ; verticillastri 
6-12-flori laxiuscule approximati inflorescentiam angustam sub- 
spiciformem formantes ; pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi plus minusve 
pendentes ; bracteae lineares vel lineari-oblongae pedicellos 
vulgo duplo superantes. Flores parvi albi. Calyx circ. 3 mm. 
longus fructu ad 5 mm. auctus, tubuloso-campanulatus glaber ; 
lobi circ. 1.25 mm. longi subulato-lineares. Corollae tubus 
paululo exsertus, lobi rotundati, posticus emarginatus. Stamina 
4 paulo exserta. Nuculae ovoideae circ. 1.25 mm. longae pallide 
brunneae. 
‘China :—Western flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. r0,000 ft. Aromatic half-shrubby plant of 4 ft. Flowers 
white. Open scrub in side valleys. July 1913.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 11,686. 
wed Eranthemum shweliense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis E. albo, Nees a quo ramulis hispidulis, foliis 
senioribus sub anthesi deciduis, inflorescentiis plus minusve 
aggregatis, corollae tubo breviore recedit ; caulibus supra lignosis, 
floribus albis cum illa specie congruit. 
Planta 1-2 m. alta erecta caulibus supra lignosis cinera- 
scentibus, juvenilibus primo hispidulis. Folia seniora sub 
anthesi decidua nobis non visa; folia juniora petiolo 3-5 mm. 
longo dense fulvo-hirsutulo praedita ; lamina 2.5-5.5 cm. longa, 
1-2 cm. lata, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata vel subelliptica, 
apice obtusiuscula vel acutata nunc apiculata, basi plus minusve 
cuneata in petiolum decurrens, margine integra, membranacea, 
pilosula caeterum sparsim pilosula vel_glabrescens. Inflore- 
scentiae 7-15 cm. longae spiciformes ad apices ramulorum dis- 
aaa oe minusve aggregatae, rhachi dense fulvo-pilosula, 
