170 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ae 
Machiius shweliensis, \V. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate M. bracteatae, Lec. et M. yunnanensis, 
Lec. a quibus foliis pluriveniis atque perianthiis sericeis differt ; 
basis inflorescentiae ut in speciebus affinibus, bracteis imbricatis 
magnis permultis fulvo-sericeis circumdata est. 
Arbor 9-12 m. alta ramis glabris nigrescentibus. Folia per- 
sistentia petiolo circ. 1.5 em. longo mox glaberrimo suffulta ; 
lamina vulgo 11-18 cm. longa, 2.5-4 cm. lata, lanceolata vel 
piicticoshuiceblata, longiuscule acuminata, basi cuneata, cori- 
acea, utrinque glaberrima, supra subnitens, infra paulo pallidior, 
costa media supra impressa subtus eminente rubida, nervis 16- 
20 paribus, superficie minute et pulchre reticulata. Inflores- 
centiae ad apices ramorum plures bracteis imbricatis fulvo-sericeis 
basi praeditae ; paniculae 7-9 em. longae; ramuli glabri vel glab- 
rescentes ; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi. Perianthii segmenta 4-5 
mm. longa lanceolata vel anguste elliptica utrinque sericea. 
Stamina 9 circ. 3 mm. longa filamentis undique villosulis, eis 
ordinis tertii glandulis binis cordatis longe stipitatis (stipitibus 
villosulis) praeditis; antherae ordinis tertii extrorsum dehis- 
centes; staminodia haud conspicua. Ovarium subglobosum 1.5 
mm. diametro stylo gracili 2.5 mm. longo munitum. Fructus 
globosus 2.5 cm. diametro, perianthii segmentis refractis, tubo 
haud incrassato. : 
“West China :—Shweli Valley, Yunnan, in open forests. 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6-7,000 ft. Tree of 30-40 ft. Flowers yel- 
low.”’ G. Forrest. No. 9624. 
“Divide between the Shweli and Tengyueh Valleys, Yunnan, 
in thickets. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7,000 ft. Tree of 30-40 ft. 
May 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 7908. 
Quite distinct from the known Chinese species. In its many- 
nerved leaves it is akin to M. odoratissimus, Nees, but it differs 
in the large mass of sericeous bracts at the base of the inflores- 
cence (the bracts persisting until the inflorescence is almost com- 
pletely developed), in the hairy filaments, and in the large fruit 
an inch in diameter. 
$9 Meliosma dumicola, W.W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis M. Fischerianae, Rehder et Wils. a qua foliis 
oblanceolatis integris subtus praesertim ad costam mnervosque 
pilosulis, petiolis longioribus, inflorescentia terminali, floribus 
flavidis inter alia divergit. 
Frutex ex collectore 9 m. altus; ramuli annotini sat crassi 
pilosuli tarde glabrescentes. Folia subcoriacea, persistentia, 
petiolo 2.5-3.5 cm. longo suffulta; lamina 10-13 em. longa, 3-4 
- — lata, anguste oblanceolata, acuminata, basi anguste cuneata, 
