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atque lenticellis magnis notatis. Folia persistentia tenuiter 
coriacea ad apicem ramorum subapproximata petiolo ad 3.5 cm. 
longo robusto persistenter fulvo-tomentoso suffulta; lamina 
vulgo 12-20 cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, obovata vel subelliptica, 
apice rotundata vel obtusa saepe breviter acutata, basi cuneata 
vel subrotundata, supra nitens glabra, sulco impresso ad basin 
tomento impleto excepto, nervis circ. 10 paribus distinctis paulo 
impressis, infra tomento fulvido ubique densiuscule induta, costa 
media nervisque valde prominentibus cum nervulis prominulis 
conspicuo reticulatis. Paniculae breviramosae cire. 8 cm. 
longae, pedunculo robusto rigido dense fulvo-tomentoso, pedi- 
cellis brevissimis. Perianthii segmenta 6 inaequalia, exteriora 
. circ. 5 mm. longa ovata, interiora 8 mm. longa, oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, utrinque fulvo-tomentella. Stamina perfecta 9, circ. 5 mm. 
longa, filamentis fulvido-villosulis, ea ordinis tertii glandulis 
binis fere sessilibus praedita ; antherae dorso villosulae ; stamin- 
odia ordinis quarti villosula. Ovarium depresso-globosum fere 
2 mm. diametro villosulum stylo circ. 3 mm. villosulo praeditum. 
Fructus deest. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in dense 
thickets in side valleys. Lat. 259 40’ N. Alt. 8,ooo ft. Shrub 
of 20-25 ft. Flowers, exterior light brown, interior ruddy 
brown. June 1g1g9.’’ G. Forrest. No. 18071. 
41S? Alseodaphne mollis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species inter congeneres indicas atque chinenses foliis infra 
cinereo-villosis, paniculis gracilibus sericeis lactifloris, floribus 
parvis, inter alia notata. 
Frutex vel arbor 6-12 m. alta, ramis gracilibus dense cinereo- 
tomentosis, annotinis tarde glabrescentibus. Folia persistentia 
ad apicem ramorum subapproximata papyracea petiolo ad 1.5 
cm. longo dense cinereo-tomentoso munita; lamina vulgo 12-16 
cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, obovata vel subelliptica, apice rotund- 
ata vel obtusa vel breviter acuminata, basi late cuneata vel sub- 
glandulis breviter stipitatis filamentis villosis antheris extror- 
sum dehiscentibus ; staminodia longiuscula apice lanceolata fila- 
