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178 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
“SE. Tibet :—-Province of Tsarong, Salween-Kiu-chiang 
divide, in thickets by streams. Lat. 28° 4o’ N. Long. 98° 15’ 
E. Shrub of 8-12 ft. Flowers olive-yellow. July 1919.” G. 
Forrest. No. 18946. 
octet SUOLER Wall. var. tsarongensis, W. E. Evans. 
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A typo ramis crassioribus cum squamis 1-2 cm. diametro, 
foliis junioribus longe albo-sericeis vetustioribus utrinque laxe 
sed distincte adpresse hirtis, calyce distincte hirto divergit. 
“SE. Tibet :—Tsarong, Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 
28° 40'N. Long. 98915’ E. Loose cushion plant of 2-4 inches. 
Flowers pale yellow. Ledges and crevices of cliffs and on screes. 
Fl. July ro1g.”’ G. Forrest. No. 19272. 
Though both Indian and Chinese specimens of P. ertocarpa, 
Wall. may show slight hairiness of the leaves and even of the 
calyx, which is described as glabrous, both by Sir Joseph Hooker 
in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii, 349, and by T. Wolf in Bibl. Bot. Heft. 
Ixxi, 81, the present plant much exceeds any specimens 1 
have seen in this respect, as well as in the peculiarly thickened 
branches, and seems well worthy of varietal distinction. 
HO) “ Pueraria Forrestii, W.E. Evans. Sp. nov. 
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Species Puerariae Lacei, Craib affinis ; foliolis valde latioribus 
apice obtusissimis margine irregulariter lobatis, racemi pedun- 
culo basi haud bracteato, floribus majoribus, petalorum omnium 
unguibus multo brevioribus, vexilli apice haud emarginato 
facile atque certe distinguenda. 
Suffrutex late scandens ad 5.5 m. attingens; ramuli 4-6 mm. 
diametro saepe irregulariter torti patentim ferrugineo-hirsuti. 
Folia pinnatim 3-foliata petiolo 8-12 cm. longo suffulta ; stipulae 
oblongae obtusae 2 cm. longae dense pilosae basi bilobae, lobis 
linearibus ipsis x cm. longis; foliola lateralia irregulariter sub- 
orbicularia, terminale oblatum, apice obtusissima basi late rotund- 
ata 8-14 cm. longa, 6-8 cm. late subchartacea, margine irregular- 
iter pauci-lobata lobis (apiceque) longe et tenuissime mucronatis, 
ciliata tenuiter adpresse sericea subtus pallidiora, nervis laterali- 
bus 5-6 remotis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus, nervu- 
lis transversis subtus distinctis parallelis; petioluli circ. 5 mm. 
longi, foliolo terminali a lateralibus usque ad 4.5 cm. remoto; 
stipellae lineares acutae'ad 1.5 cm. longae vix 1 mm. latae. 
Racemi axillares solitarii sub anthesi saepe 20 cm. longitudine 
excedentes infra (circ. ad 5 cm.) nudi haud bracteati supra multi- 
flori; bracteae lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolatae circ. 8 mm. 
Wligiae pilosae deciduae ; pedicelli 4 mm. longi apice bracteolis 2 
_lanceolatis 3-5 mm. longis instructi. Calycis extra longe fer- 
oo intus adpresse hirsuti tubus 4-5 mm. longus; 
