SPECIES ASIATICAE. 163 
in sicco papyracea, supra densiuscule pilosa, infra molliter 
tomentosa, nervis vulgo 11--14 paribus; stipellae ovatae ad 5 mm. 
longae. Paniculae amplae foliis fere dimidio breviores multi- 
ramosae pilis patentibus fulvidis densissime indutae. Flores 
eis G. pinnatae multo minores. Calyx campanulatus cire. 3 mm. 
longus, fulvido-pilosus, 10-costatus, in lobos anguste triangul- 
ares acutos ad medium fissus. Petala 5 circ. 2.5 mm. longa ob- 
longa ut videtur albida. Stamina 10 filamentis basi pilosulis. 
Ovarium pilosum. Stigma capitatum 5-lobatum. Fructus 8-9 
mm. longus asymmetricus subpyriformis eo G. pinnatae multo 
minor in spec. nostris plerumque semine unico munitus. 
‘West China :—Descent to the Yangtze from the eastern 
boundary of the Lichiang valley, Yunnan, in open situations. 
Lat. 279 15’ N. Alt. 7-8,o00 feet. Tree of 40-50 feet. In 
fruit. Aug. 1913.’? G. Forrest, Nos. 10745, 11410. Also No. 
16629 (July 1918) ; No. 16913 (September 1918). 
The above species is an interesting addition to the Flora of 
China where the genus Garuga has not apparently been found 
previously. ‘The specimens are in fruit. The description of the 
flowers is taken from one or two flowers still persistent on the 
fruiting branches. 
uaS Ilex intricata, Hook. f., var. oblata, W. E. Evans. Var. nov. 
A typo habitu ex collectore multo elatiore, foliis multo latiori- 
bus in petiolum abruptius angustatis, fructibus 2-3-seminiferis 
differt. 
A small, glabrous, evergreen tree, 6-9 metres high, with 
spreading branches; the secondary branches many, spreading 
horizontally, densely leafy, the younger closely covered with 
about 8 longitudinal rows of elongated warty excrescences 0.5mm. 
or more in length. Leaves about 1-2 cm. long, leathery, rather 
dull on both surfaces, dark green above with impressed veins, 
paler beneath; the lamina broadly elliptic, suborbicular or even 
oblate, 5-15 mm. in length, the apex abruptly rounded or retuse, 
apiculate, the base almost truncate or at least rapidly narrowed, 
the margin obscurely serrate, the serrations with rounded outer 
margin and forward-directed apiculus ; the petiole 3-6 mm. long, 
slender, markedly channelled above. Flower unknown. Fruit 
small, spherical, 4-5 mm. in diameter, smooth, dark brownish- 
black when dry, borne on a peduncle 2-4 mm. long and sur- 
mounted by the short broad style; loculi 2-3 (by abortion ?) each 
containing a pale stone. 
“Upper Burma:—Lai Kam Valley-head. Alt. 8,500 ft. 
Small tree of 20-30 ft. with branches in flat moss-hung tiers, 
from a distance suggesting a Cedrus. Flower unknown. An 
uncommon occurrence in the upper rain-forest, in its opener 
