226 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
‘Plant of 6-12 inches, growing in clefts of cliffs in the Ming 
Kwang valley, near Pei sha. Lat. 25° 25’ N. Alt. 6~7o00 ft. 
Fruiting October 1905.” G. Forrest. . 929. 
In habit this is somewhat similar to Chine hamosa, Wall., 
of India and Southern Yunnan. 
HAMAMELIDACE AE. 
Corylopsis yunnanensis, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus. Rami graciles, adulti cortice brunneo, 
atropurpureo vel purpureo-fusco albo-lenticellato tecti, novelli 
glauco-pruinosi. Folia petiolo glauco et piloso o°7-I1'2 cm 
longo praedita, chartaceo-herbacea, supra glabra, subtus glauca, 
primum sericeo-pilosa demum ad nervos rufos pilosa ceterum 
glabra,inaequilateraliter subovato-elliptica vel obsolete pentagona, 
basi subtruncata ipsa fere cordato-incisa, apice triangulari acuta, 
leviter repando-serrata serraturis incurvatis, 5-6 cm. longa, 
3-3°5 cm. lata ; nervi subtus prominuli circ. 8 utrinque adscend- 
entes. Folia tempore florendi haud evoluta, novella stipulis 
magnis scariosis, extus saepe purpureis glabris vel pubescentibus 
intus dense sericeo-tomentellis concavis late obovatis vel 
suborbicularibus, 1-1°8 cm. longis 1'2 cm. latis occulta, in ramulis 
floriferis 2~3—na postea evoluta. Spicae densae pendulae, 1°5-2°5 
cm. longae; bracteae scariosae suborbiculares, longe pilosae, 
circ. 6 mm. diamet.; bracteolae similes sed multo minores, 
3-4 mm. longae, I°5-2 mm. latae. Calycis segmenta triangulari- 
ovata, dorso pilosa, 1°5-2 mm. longa, nonnunquam basi appendi- 
culo minuto aucta; petala ampla, conspicua, lutea vel intense 
- flava, suborbicularia, subito in unguem contracta, 6-7 mm 
longa, 5-6 mm. lata; “ nectaria’’10, crassa, 05-1 mm. longa, 
apice truncata atque subimplicata. Stamina 4-5 mm. longa. 
Styli 2-2°5 mm. longa, basi incrassata parce pilosa. Capsula 
parte infera longitudinaliter costata, supera pilosa, stylis 
extrorsum curvatis persistentibus coronata. 
“Shrub of 10-20 ft. Flowers pale yellow. Open situations 
in mixed forests in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10-r1,000 ft. Fruiting September 
1996.” G. Forrest. No. 3008. 
“Shrub of 4-10 ft. Flowers light orange yellow. Dry, open 
situations on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
t. g-10,000 ft. Flow. May 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 
095: 
“ Shrub of 6-10 ft. Flowers bright yellow. Moist situations 
in thickets on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ 
N, Alt. 8-gooo ft, Aprilxgo6.” G. Forrest, No. 4731. 
