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ceterum glabra ; eee anguste lanceolata, basi petiolulato- 
attenuata, crenato-serrata serraturis mucronulatis, apice acuminata 
acuta, 6-8 cm. longa, 1°5-1°7 cm. lata. Folia suprema reducta. 
Panicula ¢ gracilis; rhachis ramulique flexuosa, ad 15 cm. 
longa. Flores pedicellati, bractea minuta suffulti. Calyx fere 
ad basin partitus, sepala anguste ovata 4-5 mm. longa, 2-2°5 
mm, lata, petala rotato-expansa, viridulo-lutea, obovato-obcordata, 
4°5-6 mm. longa, 4-5 mm. lata. Stamina 1°5-2°5 mm. lata. 
“ Scandent plant of 3-9 ft. Flowers greenish-yellow. Open 
situations on scrub on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8-gooo ft. June 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 
4755- 
“‘ Scandent plant of 4-8 ft. Shady situations on scrub on the 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’N. Alt. 78000 ft. 
May-June 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4772. 
Also Yunnanfu, Ducloux. No. 496. 
This plant is similar to Hemsleya chinensis, Cogn. (Hooker’s 
Icon. Plant., 1822), in foliage and the structure of the ¢ flowers, 
which, however, are much more numerous and smaller in the new 
species. I have not seen the ? plant. 
DIAPENSIACEAE. 
Diapensia Bulleyana, Forrest, ms., in schedis. Sp. nov. 
- Fruticulus nanus pulvinaris ramosissimus, 5-10 cm. altus. 
Rami plerumque dense conferti, rarius laxiores elongati, pro- 
cumbentes. Folia basi imbricata longius vaginata; vagina 
dilatata 3-5 mm. longa ; lamina saepe recurva, crassa supra sicca 
rugulosa lucida papillosa, subtus pallidior sublaevis, spathulata 
vel elongato-obovata, 5-8 mm. longa, 3-3°5 mm. lata; nervi 
supra immersi subtus obsoleti. Flores terminales singuli sessiles. 
Sepala subcoriacea, obovata, costata, apice apiculata, 5-6 mm. 
longa, 3 mm. lata. Corolla lutea carnosula; tubus 8 mm. 
longus, lobi suborbiculares apice subtruncati, 5-6 mm. diamet. 
Staminum 5 filamenta lata, margine inflexa, basi lobo sive plica 
ornata, 2°5 mm. longa, 1°55 mm. lata. Staminodia epipetala 
tubo fere medio inserta, subconica vel clavata, saepe fere 
falcata. Stylus 12 mm. longus. - 
“Dwarf shrub of 2-4 inches. Flowers canary yellow. 
Exposed situations on ledges of cliffs and humus-covered 
boulders on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 4o’ N. 
Alt. xr1-12,000 ft. Flow. September 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 1853. 
This interesting little plant is exceptional in the genus by the 
presence of five staminodia opposite the petals ; also the yellow 
