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168 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoOVARUM. 
sis, Hook. f. etiam affinis foliis 12-16-nerviis gaudet; L. assam- 
ica, Hook. & staminibus villosis praeter alia signa recognoscitur. 
Frutex vel arbor 3-12 m. alta. Ramuli mediocriter crassi 
glabri nigrescentes ; alabastra foliaria anguste ovoidea circ. 1.5 
cm. longa perulis fulvo-sericeis induta. Folia alterna diu per- 
sistentia sed sub anthesi plus minusve caduca textura firme papy- 
racea, petiolo 3~4.5 cm. longo glabro suffulta ; lamina plerumque 
10-18 cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, obovata vel nunc subelliptica, 
apice subrotundata vel obtusa vel nunc acutiuscula, basi late cune-. 
ata, maturitate glaberrima, supra nitens pulchre reticulata, ingra 
pallido-viridis, costa media prominula, nervis lateralibus inter se 
longe distantibus tantum 5-6-paribus utrinque paulo eminenti- 
bus. Umbellulae forum masculinorum solitariae vel 2—5-natae 
in axillis foliorum delapsorum vel caducorum orientes, vulgo 4- 
florae, saepe glomerulos circ. 20-floros efficientes, pedunculo 
brevissimo, pedicellis ad rt cm. longis minute pubescentibus, 
bracteis sericeis cito deciduis ; umbellulae florum feminorum non 
visae sed ex speciminibus fructiferis solitariae esse videntur. 
Perianthii segmenta 6 late ovata apice rotundata circ. mm 
longa glabra vel fere glabra. Stamina 9, filamentis brevibus 
glabris, ea seriei tertiae glandulis magnis carnosis praedita; 
antherae 4-locellatae omnes introrsum dehiscentes. Ovarii rudi- 
mentum subconspicuum. Fructus haud maturus ovoideus circ. 
6 mm. longus tubo perianthii paululo aucto suffultus. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open 
thickets. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 10-20 ft. 
Flowers green. July 1917.’ G. Forrest. No. 15705. 
“Shweli-Salween divide, in open forests. Lat. 25° 20/ N. 
Alt. 7-8,000 ft. Tree or shrub of 30-40 ft. Flowers deep 
green-yellow. August 1918.’’ G. Forrest. No. 17531. 
Also August 1912. G. Forrest. No.*9022. August 1917. 
G. Forrest. No. 15876. July 1918. G. Forrest. No. 17648. 
September 1918. G. Forrest. No. 17697. 
All from the Shweli-Salween divide. 
pees peels Hook. f. et Thoms., var. tsarongensis, 
A typo foliis magis ovatis subtus minus pilosis glaucescenti- 
bus, nervis conspicuis, corollae tubo graciliore extra glabro, 
ovariis haud connatis divergit. 
“S.E. Tibet : :—Salween-Kiwchang divide, province of Tsar- 
ong, in open thickets. Lat. 28° 4o’N.° Alt. ? Much-branched 
erect shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers creamy-yellow, flushed pink. 
G. Forrest. No. 18864. 
This plant is so closely allied to L. tomentella, Hook. {. et 
oms. from the East Himalaya that I hesitate to make it more 
