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184 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
albo-calcaratis. Ovarium glabrum stylo densiuscule pilosulo. 
Fructus maturus circ. 2 cm. longus seminibus 4 complanatis 3-4 
mm. diametro rugoso-verruculosis. 
“China :—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. 
Lat 27° 30° N. Alt. 1t0,000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers 
white, flushed rose, with a few deeper coloured markings,amongst 
open scrub. July 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 12,822. 
“Yangtze Valley at Pung-tzu-la, Yunnan. Lat. 28° 12’ N. 
Alt. 7ooo ft. Shrub of 4 ft. Flowers creamy-white. Open 
dry situations amongst rocks. Aug. 1914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 
13,162. 
Justicia Wardii, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis J. stccaneae, W. W. Sm. a qua floribus fascicu- 
latis bracteis bene praeditis fere duplo majoribus inter alia 
divergit. 
Fruticulus diffusus ad 60 cm. altus ; caules flexuosi ramosi 
primo dense cinereo-tomentelli mox glabrescentes substraminei. 
Folia petiolo circ. 5 mm. longo cinereo-pilosulo praedita ; lamina 
ad 4.5 cm. longa, ad 2 cm. lata (in foliis superioribus tantum 
visis), elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata vel oblanceolata nunc 
obovata, apice breviter acuminata vel acuta vel rarius rotundata. 
basi cuneata, margine paulo undulata, tenuiter papyracea, 
utrinque sparsim pilosula ; juvenilia incano-tomentella. Flores 
ad 2 cm. longi, in axillis superioribus 4~-6-fasciculati, haud ter- 
minales, inflorescentiam subspicatam interruptam formantes ; 
pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi vel obsoleti; bracteae numerosae sub- 
involucrantes circ. 5 mm. longae lineari-lanceolatae dense cinereo- 
pilosulae. Calyx ad 8 mm. longus dense pilosulus in lobos 
lmeari-oblongos acutos ad duas partes vel ultro partitus. 
Corollae fere 2 cm. longae extra albido-pilosulae tubus limbo 
paulo longior basi cylindricus supra ampliatus ; limbi in sicco 
rubridi labium posticum 7-8 mm. longum breviter bifidum, 
anticum ad medium in lobos oblongos trifidum. Stamina 2 
filamentis supra glabris prope insertionem  albo-villosulis, 
antherarum loculis inferioribus albo-calcaratis. | Ovarium 
“China :—N.W. Yunnan; by streams in arid region of 
Yangtze. Alt. 10,000 ft. Straggling shrub, spreading a good 
deal. Stems 1-2 ft. high. May 1913.” F. K. Ward. No. 301. 
Loranthus scoriarum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate L. coccinei, Jack a quo foliis lanceolatis 
apice basique attenuatis inter alia recognosci 
_ Frutex circ. 1 m. altus. Ramuli primo tenuiter ferrugineo- 
