178 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM, 
Plant of 2 ft. Flowers pale rose. Shady moss-covered rocks. 
Jan. 1913.’ G Forrest. No. 9484. 
“Valley of the Taping. Lat. 24° 30’ N. Alt. 2000 ft. 
Shrubby plant of 3-4 ft. Flowers pale purplish-rose. Shady 
situations by streams. Feb. 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 12,149. 
A species closely allied to E. indicum, Clarke and E. latert- 
florum, Clarke, differing from both in the calyx. These three 
plants are undoubtedly congeneric, and differ markedly in the 
corolla from the typical members of the genus. E. indicum 
has been referred to the American Thyrsacanthus (otherwise 
Odontonema), to Asystasia, to Mackaya (South African), and 
has been made the type of a new genus by Lindau, Odonto- 
nemella. There is much to be said in favour of Lindau’s grant 
of generic rank. 
\ol Helicia annularis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species quoad flores affinis H. silvicolae, W. W. Sm. infra 
descriptae sed subglabra et follis minoribus tenuiter mem- 
branaceis, et squamis hypogynis in annulum connatis inter alia 
divergit. 
Arbor parva ad 6 m. alta. Ramuli graciles glabri brunnei 
tandem cinerascentes. Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm. longo gracili 
glabro instructa ; lamina plerumque 8-12 cm. longa, 3-4.5 cm. 
lata, plus minusve elliptica, apice breviter et obtusiuscule 
caudato-acuminata, basi late cuneata, margine serratulis satis 
grossis indurato-apiculatis notata vel nonnunquam subintegra, 
in sicco tenuiter membranacea, seniora subpapyracea, 
utrinque opaco-viridis glabra vel cito glabra, costa utrinque 
eminente, nervis 6-8 paribus gracillimis, reticulo venularum 
subinconspicuo. Inflorescentiae 9-16 cm. longae ex axillis 
foliorum subpersistentium ortae, erectae, cariltitlarae. basi — 
excepto floriferae ; rhachis glabra vel cito glabrescens ; bracteae 
bracteolaeque mnie fere squamiformes, ovatae ad lineares, 
pilosulae ; pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi pilosuli vel subglabri, solitarii 
vel 2-3-fasciculati. Flores 11-12 mm. longi extra glabri 
pallido-flavidi. Antherae fere 3 mm. longae. Ovarium circ. 
2.5 mm. longum glabrum stylo gracili glabro. Squamae hypo- 
gynae in annulum circ. I mm. altum connatae. Fructus im- 
maturus ovideus fere met 
“ China :—Yunnan ; Szemao woods at 4600 ft., tree 20 ft., 
_-« with sui yellow flowers. A. teney. No. 12,315. 
_ Henry No. 12,3158 from tree of 10 ft. with blackish fruit 
appears to be the same. i 
