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186 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
paulo ampliatus glaber ; lobi rotundati. Stamina perfecta duo 
inclusa. Stigma vix bilobum; ovarium glabrum. Fructus 
maturus deest. 
** West China :—Western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide, 
Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Undershrub of 2-2} 
ft. Flowers rose and yellow. Open shady situations. Aug. 
1912.’’ G. Forrest. No. 9084. 
Lysionotus gracilis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. Wardit, W. W. Sm. infra descriptae, a qua 
foliis acuminatis, bracteis linearibus, calycis segmentis linearibus 
inter alia distinguitur. 
Fruticulus 15-30 cm. altus erectus vel suberectus, super 
arborum truncos saxaque errans. Caulis gracilis basi saepe 
radicans undique plus minusve brunneo- vel fulvido-hirsutulus. 
Folia ternata vel opposita, petiolo 3-8 mm. longo pilis articulatis 
hirsutulo suffulta ; lamina 2-6 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, pler- 
umque anguste lanceolata, apice longiuscule acuminata, basi 
cuneata, margine plus minusve grossi-dentata, coriacea, opaco- 
viridis, supra glabra nisi ad apicem saepe sparsim pilosum, infra 
glabra nisi ad basim costae, costa utrinque paulo prominula, 
nervis 5-6 paribus in sicco obscuris. Inflorescentiae in axillis 
foliorum superiorum ortae, in speciminibus nostris 1—2-florae ; 
~pedunculi 3—4.5 cm. longi, gracillimi, flexuosi, sparsim pilosi vel 
saepe glabrescentes ; bracteae bracteolaeque 2-3 mm. longae, 
lineari-oblongae, glabrae; pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi, glabri. 
Flores fere 3 cm. longi, albi striis venisque roseo-purpureis. 
Sepala basi paululo connata, 8-g mm. longa, lineari-oblonga, 
glabra. Corollae bilabiatae angustae tubus circ. 1.8 cm. longus 
basi cylindricus glaber vel subglaber; lobi rotundati intus 
furfuraceo-pubescentes. Stamina perfecta duo inclusa. Stylus 
stamina fere aequans stigmate obscure bilobo. Ovarium lineare 
sparsim furfuraceum. Fructus deest. 
“Upper Burma :—Valley of Naung-chaung. Alt. 6000- 
7000 ft. In forest or open but sheltered places. Undershrub 
on moss-clad tree trunks and rocks. Flowers white, striped 
and veined with pinkish purple. August r914.’’ F. K. Ward. 
No. 1894. 
Lysionotus Wardii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. serratae, D. Don sed multo minor; cauli- 
‘bus et petiolis et paginis foliorum inferioribus plus minusve 
dense hirsutulis inter alia recedit. 
_ Suffrutex circ. 20 cm. altus erectus vel suberectus, super 
arborum truncos saxaque errans. Caulis gracilis, basi radicans, 
