180 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ortae, graciles, ut videtur plus minusve pendentes, multiflorae, 
basi nudae; rhachis plus minusve ferrugineo-tomentella, basi 
glabrescens ; bracteae bracteolaeque lineares vel subulatae 
1-2 mm. longae tomentellae ; pedicelli 6-8 mm. longi tomentelli 
simplices vel saepe biflorae. Flores 12-13 mm. longi, extra 
plerumque sparsim tomentelli pallido-flavidi. Antherae circ. 
3 mm. longae. Ovarium parvum circ. I mm. longum glabrum 
stylo gracili glabro. Squamae hypogynae oblongo-quadratae 
liberae. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—Yunnan ; Szemao forests at 5000 ft.; tree 25 ft., 
with pale yellow flowers.’’ A. Henry. No. 11,g10A 
Henry Nos. 11,910 and 11,9108 in Herb. Edin. appear to be 
the same species. 
\o1+ Helicia shweliensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate H. erraticae, Hook. f. a qua bracteis 
conspicuis foliaceis viridibus inter alia dignoscitur. 
Arbor 5-10 m. alta. Ramuli glabri vel subglabri nisi ad 
insertiones foliorum rufo-tomentellas, seniores brunnescentes 
vel nigricantes. Folia junidra petiolo 2-3 mm. longo glabro 
(nisi ad basim ipsam) praedita; lamina plerumque 6-9 cm. 
longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, obovata vel oblanceolata, apice acuta 
vel e circuitu rotundato breviter abrupteque acuminata, basi 
in petiolum sensim attenuata, margine denticulis glanduloso- 
apiculatis conspicuis notata, in sicco membranacea, glaberrima, 
supra atroviridis infra flavido-viridis, costa nervisque 6-7 pari- 
bus utrinque paululo eminentibus ; folia seniora in specimini- 
bus fructiferis saepe majora ad 13 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. lata 
subcoriacea ad 7 mm. petiolata. Inflorescentiae spiciformes 
7-11 cm. longae, ex axillis foliorum delapsorum ortae, undique 
floriferae, glabrae; bracteae conspicuae 5-20 mm. longae foli- 
aceae lanceolatae vel lineari-lanceolatae virides glabrae ; brac- 
teolae circ. 2 mm. longae; pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi glabri. 
Flores circ. 1.3 cm. longi, extra glabri, laete lutei, fragrantes. 
Antherae 3 mm. longae. Ovarium stylusque glabri. Squamae 
hypogynae rotundatae liberae. Fructus vix maturus circ. 
I cm. diametro ovoideus. 
“China :—Yunnan, valley of the Shweli (Lung Chiang). 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 ft. Shrub or tree of 15-30 ft. Flowers 
bright lemon yellow, fragrant. In thickets. May 1912. 
G. Forrest. No. 7852. 
The following in fruit appear to be the same :— 
“Yunnan, divide between the Shweli and Tengyueh Valleys. 
Lat. 25° N. Shrub of 6-12 ft. In fruit. In open thickets. 
Alt. - 7000 ft. July 1912.” G.Forrest. No. 8766. 
— Shweli Valley. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7ooo ft. 
