SPECIES ASIATICAE. 165 
tibus apice biaristatis. Ovarium depresso-globosum stylo 3 mm. 
longo simplici. Semina matura non visa. 
‘West China :—Yunnan. August 1917.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
15944. New to the flora of China 
Ligustrum Coryanum, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. rugosulo, W. W. Sm. a quo foltis haud rug- 
osis utrinque bene pilosis, pedicellis calycibusque pilis patenti- 
bus longiusculis fulvidis dense indutis inter alia recognoscitur. 
Frutex erectus; ramuli juniores densissime et longiuscule ful- 
vido-hirsuti, vetustiores cinerascentes sed (annotini saltem) in- 
dumento diu persistente muniti. Folia petiolo 3-5 mm. longo pilis 
fulvidis dense obsito praedita ; lamina majorum ad 7 cm. longa, 
2.5 cm. lata, nunc minorum circ. 1.5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, ovata 
vel elliptica vel elliptico-titicealata, apice obtuse angustata, vel 
nunc bene rotundata, brevissime mucronulata, basi rotundata vel 
subrotundata vel nunc late cuneata, in sicco papyracea, supra 
opaco-viridis, pilis fulvidis subappressis bene conspersa, ad cos- 
tam densius, infra dense atque molliter pilosa, nervis 4-6 paribus 
haud eminentibus subobscuris. Paniculae terminales ad 6 cm. 
longae, ad 4 cm. latae densiflorae ; axes omnes densissime fulvo- 
pilosi; pedicelli ad 2 mm. longi dense pilosi. Calyx circ. 1.5 
mm. longus cupularis extra undique dense pilosus dentibus 4 
parvulis. Corolla alba 4-4.5 mm. longa glabra; tubus circ. 1.5 
mm. longus; lobi oblongi obtusi tubo circ. duplo longiores. Fil- 
amenta glabra lobis corollinis longiora, antheris bene exsertis. 
Fructus deest. 
West China :— Province of Yunnan. Collected in 1921. 
Details of the exact locality are not yet available. G. Forrest. 
No. 19358. 
The specific name is in honour of Reginald Cory, Esq., of 
Duffryn, Cardiff, who is a keen supporter of botanical explora- 
tion in Western China. 
9\\> Lindera kariensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. glaucae, Bl. et is membranaceae, Maxim. ; 
foliis apice bene rotundatis, filamentis glabris inter alia notata. 
rutex 2-6 m. altus. Ramuli primum sparsim puberuli cito 
Slabweseutss cinerascentes. Folia decidua ad anthesin evoluta, 
tunc tenuiter membranacea, maturitate papyracea, petiolo ad I 
em. longo primum minute puberulo vel nunc fulvo-sericeo mox 
glabrescente suffulta ; lamina vulgo 5.5-6. 5 cm. longa, 3-3-5 cm. 
lata, plus minusve elliptica vel obovata, apice rotundata, basi late 
cuneata vel subrotundata, supra primum praesertim ad costam 
nervosque fulvo-pilosula tandem glabra vel fere glabra, infra pal- 
lido-viridis ad costam dense fulvo-sericea (ceteroquin sparsis- 
