SPECIES ASIATICAE, 185 
puberuli mox glabrescentes, Folia opposita vel subopposita 
rarius alterna petiolo circ. 5 mm. longo furfuraceo-puberulo 
suffulta ; lamina 5-10 cm. longa, 1.5—4 cm. lata, lanceolata vel 
ovato-lanceolata vel rarius oblanceolata, apice acuta vel 
acuminata, basi in petiolum sensim cuneata, in sicco papyracea, 
adulta utrinque glabra vel fere glabra (juvenilia utrinque 
ferrugineo-furfuracea subtus densissime), costa subtus prominula, 
nervis 4—5-paribus subobscuris. Inflorescentiae axillares circ. 
3 cm. longae spiciformes 10-12-florae; rhachis erectiuscula 
ferrugineo-furfuracea tandem glabrescens;  pedicelli_nulli; 
bracteae solitariae circ. 1 mm. longae late ovatae obtusae ferru- 
gineo-tomentellae. Calyx subquadrato-globosus circ. 2 mm. 
longus lobis vix evolutis extra dense ferrugineo-tomentellus. 
Corolla circ. I cm. longa recta tetramera, extra furfuracea, 
rubido-aurantiaca, segmentis oblongis patentibus. Stylus 1 cm. 
longus gracilis glaber stigmate capitato coronatus. 
“ China :—Outskirts of lava bed west of Tengyueh, Yunnan. 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5000 ft. Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers reddish- 
orange. Parasite on many large trees. May tIg12.” G. 
Forrest. No. 7689. 
In a note Mr. Forrest says that the plant was brought in by 
natives. The locality is correct, but he cannot vouch for the 
accuracy of all the statements on the ticket. The species is 
closely akin to L. coccineus, Jack, a Burmese and Malayan species. 
s+ Lysionotus Forrestii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
: Species affinis L. ophiorrhizotder, Hemsl. ex descriptione esse 
videtur ; inter species chinenses et burmanicas foliis in sicco 
tenuiter membranaceis, petiolis plus minusve hirsutulis, pedicellis 
longissimis gracillimis 1—2-floris, inter alia recognoscitur. 
Fruticulus 60-75 cm. altus erectus ramosus, ramis flexuosis 
gracilibus primo dense fulvo-hirsutulis tandem glabrescentibus, 
senioribus cinerascentibus et decorticantibus. Folia ternata 
vel opposita, petiolo 1-2 cm. longo plus minusve dense fulvo- 
hirsutulo praedita ; lamina plerumque 6-8 cm. longa, 2.5-3.5 
cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata vel subelliptica, apice acuta vel 
acuminata, basi plus minusve late cuneata, margine integra vel 
remote et irregulariter serrata, tenuiter membranacea, supra 
opaco-viridis, infra olivacea, utrinque glabra, costa nervisque 
pagina inferiore distinctis. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum 
superiorum ortae 1—-2-florae ; pedunculi 3-4 em. longi, gracillimi, 
flexuosi, glabri vel ad basim sparsim hirsutuli; bracteae 2-3 
mm. longae, lineari-oblongae, glabrae ; pedicelli 5-10 mm. longi, 
. glabri. Flores circ. 3.5 cm. longi rosei et lutei. Sepala circ. I 
em. longa, lineari-lanceolata, subfalcata, basi vix connata. 
Corollae bilabiatae tubus circ. 2.5 cm. longus cylindricus supra 
