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166 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
sime) saepe tandem glabrescens; nervi 4-5 paria cum costa infra 
paulo eminentes. Inflorescentiae masculinae paucae ad apicem 
ramuli annotini orientes, ex axillis foliorum delapsorum enatae, 
quasi ad basim foliorum novorum positae, vulgo 3-6-florae, ped- 
unculo nullo, pedicellis 5-7 mm. longis gracilibus dense fulvido- 
pilosis. Perianthii segmenta 6, circ. 3 mm. longa, ovata, apice 
rotundata, glabra, linea costali extra saepe sericea excepta. 
Stamina 9 circ. 2 mm. longa, filamentis glabris eis seriei tertiae 
biglandulosis, antheris bilocellatis. Flores feminini .desunt. 
Fructus (si num. 13464 huc soit allocatus) fere globosus brev- 
iter apiculatus circ. 5 mm. diametro pedicello circ. 1 cm. longo 
suffultus, perianthii tubo vix esti 
“West China :—Ascent of the Kart pass east of Yeh-chih, 
Yunnan, in open thickets. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 9-10,000 ft. 
Shrub of 20 ft. Flowers olive- a June 1917.”’ G. For- 
rest. No. 13877. 
“‘On the Li-ti-ping, Yunnan, amongst scrub. Lat. 279 12’ N. 
Alt. ro,o00 ft. Shrub of 6-9 ft. Flowers dull orange. June 
1g17.’’ G. Forrest. No. 13950. 
“Li-ti-ping, Yangtze-Mekong divide, in thickets on the mar- 
gins of pine forests. Lat. 279 12’N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Shrub of 
6-9 ft. Flowers olive-brown. June 1918.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
16331. 
“S.E. Tibet :—On the Ka-gwr- rae oa Meee divide, 
Tsarong, in open thickets. Lat. ’N. Alt. 9—-10,000 ft. 
Shrub of 8-16 ft. Flowers ae June 1918,” G. For- 
rest. No.16563. 
a es © Following} in fruit agrees well in twig, leaf, and indumen- 
“Chi — east of Tali Lake, Yunnan, in open thickets. 
Lat. 25° 48’ N. Alt. 8,000 ft. Shrub eS 20 ft. In fruit. 
August 1914.”” G. Forrest. No. 13464. 
~»” Lindera strychnifolia, Villar, var. velutina, G. Forrest. Var. nov. 
Foliis primum subtus dense sericeis tarde glabrescentibus bene 
notata. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in thickets. 
Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 7,000 ft. Shrub of 20 ft. Foliage only. 
September 1917.”? G. Forrest. No. 15928. Also July 1918. 
No. 17658. 
Litsea euosma, WW. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species aspectu L. citratae, Bl. a qua inter alia foliis subtus 
molliter villosis differt ; etiam affinis L. molli, Hemsl. a qua foli- 
orum forma removitur; a L. salicifolia, Roxb. ejusque varietati- 
bus fructibus globosis distinguitur. 
