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MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
COMMELINACEAE. 
Aneilema stenothyrsa, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caules complures basi procumbentes, adscendentes, fere 
glabri, 15-30 cm. longi, foliati. Folia ad vaginam amplectentem 
et laminae basin pilosa ceterum glabra, vagina I-1°5 cm. longa, 
lamina anguste ovata vel sublanceolata 3—5 cm. longa, 7-12 mm. 
lata, margine minute scaberula apice apiculo atropurpureo 
plerumque praedita. Panicula angusta e cymis paucifloris 
breviter pedunculatis vel subsessilibus composita, 2°5—3 cm. longa, 
1'5-2 cm. lata. Florum alabastra nutantia. Sepala sicca 
hyalino-albida, elliptica, 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Petala 
(an semper?) sepalis minora, coerulea. Stamina fertilia 2-3, 
filamento barbata; staminodia 3. Fructus circ. 6 mm. longus, 
trilocularis, loculi monospermi. 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers white. Boggy situations along 
the base of the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. 6700-8000 ft. June—July 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4847. 
Sect. Dictyospermum, Clarke ; easily recognised by the small 
narrow panicle. 
LILIACEAE, 
» Smilax tortuosus, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex 1'2-1°8 m. altus, rami valde flexuoso-intricati, hinc 
inde aculeati, vaginis induratis truncatis dense obtecti, internodia 
5-8 mm. longa. Folia ecirrhosa ; vaginae circ. 2 mm. longae auri- 
culatae; lamina sessilis, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, demum 
subcoriacea, 3—3'5 cm. longa, I-1°5 cm. lata, nervi demum 
in utraque facie prominuli. Umbellae ¢ pedunculatae, in ramis 
novellis ex axilla inferiori ortae folio breviores. Pedicelli 3-4 
mm.longi. (Planta ? non visa.) 
“Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers green. Open, grassy situations on 
the margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. October 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 3099. 
In the shape of the leaf S. tortuosus is not unlike S. parvifolia, 
Wall. ; but the sheaths and flowers are different. 
AU Polygonatum uncinatum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma repens. Caulis 25 cm. altus, glaber, basi nudus. 
Foli a 4-5—nim verticillata, glabra, lanceolata, margine anguste 
revoluta, apice uncinata, 5~6 cm. longa, 1-1°4 cm. lata. Flores 
