DIELS—CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 179 
Flores breviter pedunculati bini, singuli perbreviter pedicellati. 
Receptaculum anguste conico-lineare, circ. 7 mm. longum 
glabrum. Sepala 4 oblanceolata, subtus piasieas glabra, Io mm, 
longa, 0°15 mm. lata. Corollae tubus cylindricus extus glaber, 
intus pilosus, circ. 10 mm. longus, faucem versus vix ampliatus ; 
limbi lobi 4, breves, circ. 2°5 mm. diamet. Amntherae sub- 
sessiles, breves, ellipsoideo-rotundatae. Stylus glaber 10 mm. 
longus. 
‘Shrub of 10-15 ft. Exterior of corolla pink or rose, interior 
yellowish-white, sweetly fragrant. Rocky, open situations 
amongst scrub in side valleys, eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27°15’ N. Alt. 9000 ft. May 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No, 2155 
This species is nearly related to L. Zandert, Graebner. It 
differs from it by its more glabrous leaves, narrower sepals, and 
relatively longer corolla. 
It was collected also by Delavay (¢.g. No. 4305), and dis- 
tributed as Abelia biflora, Turcz. 
Viburnum atrocyaneum, C. B. Clarke, in Flor. Brit. Ind. iii, 
7 (1882). Descript. ampl. 
Frutex 1°8-2°5 m. altus. Rami cinereo-corticati, novelli 
pallidiores. Folia petiolo 05-1 cm. longo praedita, coriacea, 
utringque glaberrima, lanceolato-oblonga, integra vel basin versus 
hinc inde obsolete calloso-serrulata, 4°5-6 cm. longa, 1I°5-2 
cm. lata; nervi nervulique supra subinsculpti, subtus praeter 
costam pallidam (siccam) luteolam vix conspicui. Corymbi 
breviter pedunculati parvi, glabri, radii 1-1-5 mm. longi; flores 
pedicellati; pedicelli stricti circ. 1°5-3 mm. longi; bracteolae 
mox deciduae. Calycis tubus 0°75 mm. longus, dentes breves 
triangulari-ovati. Corollae expansae 5-6 mm. diamet. tubus 
circ. I mm. longus, latus, limbi lobi circ. 1 mm. longi. Stamina 
1°5-1°8 mm. longa. Drupa subglobosa 5-6 mm. diamet. ; 
exocarpium coeruleo-atrum laeve, endocarpium purpureum. 
Semen 4-5 mm. diamet. facie ventrali alte sulcatum, testa 
purpurea, albumen ruminatum. 
‘‘ Spreading shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant. 
On exposed cliffs, side reyes on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. sie 15’ N. Alt. 1o-11,000 ft. May 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2139. 
‘‘ Shrub of 6-8 ft. ie shrubby hillside on descent from 
Sung Kwei pass to Lang Kung valley. Alt. 9-10,000 ft. Grow- 
ing on chalky clay. North of Tali. December 1904, fruit.” 
G. Forrest. No. 443. 
This has not been recorded previously from China; it was 
described first from the Mishmi Mountains. 
