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Easily recognised from the other stoloniferous species by the 
curvate tube of the corolla and hardly exserted stamens. 
LAURACEAE. 
Machilus mekongensis, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex? Rami glabri. Folia petiolo 1-2 cm. longo praedita, 
lamina papyracea, glabra subtus glauca, late ovata vel obovata, 
obtuse acuminata, 6-g cm. longa, 3°5-4'5 cm. lata, nervi rufo- 
colorati utrinque circ. 3-4 angulo acuto adscendentes subtus 
tenuissime prominuli ; nervuli minutissime reticulati. Paniculae 
cum pedunculo 3-6 cm. longo 6-10 cm. longae, 2°5-3 cm. latae, 
ramuli utrinque 2-4 patentes, cymosi, plerumque triflori ; pedicelli 
2-3 mm. longi. Flores+pubescentes, ca.3 mm. longi. Perianthii 
segmenta carnosula, triangulari—ovata, 1°6-2 mm. longa, 1°2 mm. 
lata. Staminodia exteriora 6 subspathulata, interiora 3 bi- 
glandulosa, intima 3 minuta, lanceolato-clavata pilosa. 
“* Shupa valley. Shrubby hillsides. Alt. 11,000 ft. Yangtse- 
Mekong divide, Tibet. 1904.’ G. Forrest. No. 370. 
““Mekong-Salwin divide behind Tsekou mission, Tibet. 
1904." G. Forrest. No. 372. 
Litsea Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex 1°8—3 m. altus. Rami graciles rufo- vel fusco- corticati, 
tempore florendi efoliati foliaque novella subgignentia. Umbellae 
ex axillis foliorum pristinorum delapsorum longe pedunculatae, 
pedunculis 1°5-3°5 longis. Involucri phylla lata, subrotunda, 
extima 2 scariosa fusca pallidius marginata, 0°5-0°6 cm. longa ; 
interiora pallida, mox decidua ; pedicelli albo-sericei, 2-5-3 mm. 
longi. Flores din umbella 8-12, basi sericei, flavi. Perianthii 
segmenta 5-6 late elliptica, concava, trinervia, intus glabra, 
3°5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Stamina 6 exteriora 2°5 mm. longa, 
3 interiora biglandulosa 2 mm. longa. 
“Shrub of 6-10 ft. Moist, shady hillside. South end of 
Chao Cheo valley. Alt. 7ooo ft. March 1905.” G. Forrest. 
No. 374. 
This graceful species belongs to the group of L. sericea ; it is 
easily recognised by the long peduncles of the inflorescences. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
°° Astragalus coelestis, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis fere omnino hypogaeus, gracilis, apice hypophyllis 
squamiformibus praeditus. Stipulae amplae, late ellipticae, 
