SPECIES ASIATICAE. 155 
This may be the plant referred to by Franchet in Plant. De- 
lav. Livt. 1, p. 10, as ? Anemone demissa, Hook f. et Thoms. 
var. yunnanensis. 
q)’ Betula riparia, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate B. lwminiferae, Winkl. et B. Baeumkeri, 
Winkl. a quibus bracteis magnis in fructu maturo samaras 
longe superantibus inter alia signa distinguitur; a B. alnoides, 
Buch.-Ham. amentis solitariis nec non foliorum nervatione facile 
recognoscitur ; samarae eis B. luminiferae subsimiles. 
rutex 6-9 m. altus. Ramuli primo pilosuli, annotini glabri 
atrobrunnei nitentes. Folia petiolo 1-1.5 cm. longo primum 
longiuscule albido- vel fulvido-piloso suffulta; lamina major- 
um 8—1o cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanceo- 
lata, longe et argute acuminata et glanduloso-apiculata, basi 
rotundata, margine ad acumen ipsum argute serrata, supra atro- 
viridis glabra, infra pallidior ad costam nervosque adpresse al- 
bido-pilosa, saepe sparsim; nervi utrinque 12-16. Inflorescen- 
tiae fructiferae solitariae (pendulae?) ad 9 cm. longae, 6-7 mm. 
latae, cylindricae; bracteae conspicuae samaras superantes circ. 
6 mm. longae margine ciliolatae lobo intermedio spathulato later- 
alibus 2-3-plo longiore. Nuculae obovatae pubescentes alis 
rr lc paulo tantum latioribus cinctae eis B. lumintferae 
minore 
West China :—Li-ti-ping, ae PPE divide, Yun- 
nan, forming thickets by streams. Lat. 2'N. Alt. 10,000 
ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. June 1918.”’ GC. soni No. 16334. 
A member of the Acuminatae, Regel, this species is dis- 
tinguished by the multicostate leaves and the conspicuous bracts. 
got’ Catalpa tibetica, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis C. ovatae, G. Don a qua floribus majori- 
bus, fructibus brevioribus atque latioribus, seminibus duplo 
majoribus recedit. 
Frutex altitudinis ignotae. Folia quoad formam atque mag- 
nitudinem eis C. ovatae similia supra glabrescentia infra molliter 
pubescentia. Inflorescentiae forma cum ea C. ovatae quadrat. 
Calyx 8-9 mm. longus lobis rotundatis. Corolla 2.5 cm. longa 
vel paulo ultro lobis rotundatis erosulis. Fructus 13-18 cm. 
longus, 1.2-1.3 em. latus, cylindricus, paululo curvatus. 
.“S.B. Tibet :«-Salween-Kiu-chiang divide, Tsarong, in mixed 
forests. Tat. 28° 4o’ N. Long. 98° 15’ E. Alt. ? Flowers 
creamy-yellow, flushed and marked pale purple and yellow. 
June rorg.’’ G. Forrest. No. 18950. 
‘August 1919. In-fruit.”” G. Forrest. No. 18926. 
