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divide. Lat. 26° N. Alt. 6-7o00 ft. November 1903.” 
G. Forrest. No. 800 
A similar plant was s collected by Delavay (No. 2538). 
Allied to C. pannosa, Franch., but the leaves more shining, 
with the nerves deeper sunk, and the flowers apparently mostly 
solitary. 
RUBIACEAE. 
Luculia gratissima, Sweet. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 145. Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. iti, p. 36 (1880). 
This plant is very variable also in Yunnan. The difference 
between the typical species and L. Pinceana, Hook.f.,is apparently 
not a specific one. Forrest collected the following forms :— 
1. Inflorescence glabrous. Corolla lobes with a short erose 
appendage at each side close to the base. 
“Spreading shrub of 4-10 ft. Flowers pale pink, corolla 
fleshy, deliciously fragrant, perfume same as apple blossom. 
Dry, open situations, slopes of the Salwin, Salwin-Irrawadi 
divide. Lat. 26° 15’ to 27° N. Alt. 5500-7000 ft. Forms a 
distinct belt. November 1903. The Chinese call it “ Ting 
shan.” G. Forrest. No. 967 partly ¢. 
“Shrub of 6-20 ft. Flowers rose-pink, fragrant. Dry, open 
situations in the Lichiang valley. Lat. 27° 10’. Alt. 8 
gooo ft. September 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2991 2. 
“‘ Shrub of ro—30 ft. Open situations in mixed thickets on the 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 6700- 
8000 ft. July-September 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 46983. 
2. Inflorescence hairy, ovary whitish-tomentose. Corolla 
lobes with a short erose or fimbriate appendage at each side 
close to the base. 
“ Dry, open of aura; slopes of the Salwin, Salwin-Irrawadi 
divide. Lat.) 26° 357 27° N. Alt. 5500-7000 ft.” G. 
Forrest. No. 967 partly <5 
“Dry hillsides amongst scrub. Valley of the Salwin between 
Hsia-Ku Ti and Ya-Ko, Salwin-Irrawadi divide. Lat. 26° 30’. 
Alt. 5—7o00 ft. November 1903.” G. Forrest. No. 1027. 
Leptodermis Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex ramosus,0°6—1°2 m. altus. Ramuli basi nudi,antrorsum 
foliati. Folia breviter petiolata stipulis obtusis vel truncatis 
glanduloso-fimbriatis praedita | membranaceo-herbacea, supra 
sparse strigosa, subtus glabra glaucescentia, 1°5-2°5 cm. longa, 
1-12 cm. lata. Flores ad apices ramulorum solitarii, ampli, 
basi stipulis foliorum 2 plerumque laminatorum liberis tecti. 
Calycis glaberrimi tubus 2 mm. longus, segmenta lanceolata, 
