SPECIES ASIATICAE. 179 
lobi lineari-lanceolati acuti 13 mm. longi, duo supremi in unum 
latiorem coaliti. Corolla glaberrima longe exserta saturate 
rosea ; vexillum patens suborbiculare apice integrum haud emar- 
ginatum basi paulo truncatum atque auriculatum, 1.6 cm. 
longum, 1.5 cm. latum, ungui brevi 2 mm. longo suffultum ; alae 
irregulariter oblongae basi longe appendiculatae, 1.7 cm. longae, 
6 mm. latae, ungui vix 3 mm. longo; carina obtusa 1.7 longa, 5 
mm. lata, ungui 3.5 mm. longo. Stamen vexillare ima basi 
liberum medio cum caeteris connatum ; antherae uniformes par- 
vae. Ovarium stipitatum adpresse hirsutum, stylo 5-6 mm. 
longo glabro, stigmate parvo capitato. Legumen circ. «7.. Ci. 
longum, 1 cm. latum, longe et patentim ferrugineo-hirsutum 
margine sinuatum; semina vix matura pauca reniformia rubro- 
nigra ad 9 mm. lata. 
“West China :—Yunnan, descent to the Yangtze from the 
eastern boundary of the Lichiang valley. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 
7-8,000 ft. Scandent plant of 9-12 ft. Flowers purplish-rose. 
Onscrub. August 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 10732. In flower. 
Type 
“Vunnan, Yung-peh mountains. Lat. 26° 4o’ N. Alt. 8,000 
feet. Scandent shrubby plant of 12-18 ft. Flowers. deep rose. 
Open dry situations in scrub. August 1919.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 15312. Flower and fruit. 
Rubus potentilloides, W. E. Evans. Sp. nov. 
Species Rubo fragarioidet, Bertol. valde affinis ; habitu humili, 
forum structura, ramis inermibus approximat ; foliis anguste et 
alte multifidis, stylis vulgo brevioribus circ. 2 mm. longis con- 
stanter recedit. 
Suffrutex pygmaeus repens 3-8 cm. altus. Rami gracillimi ex 
toto inermes, juniores pilis pallidis patentim pubescentes, vetus- 
tiores prostrati radicantes ramos erectos foliosos flore solitario 
‘terminatos emittentes. Folia petiolata; petiolus 1-3 em. longus 
gracilis pubescens stipulis liberis circ. 3 mm. longis late ellipticis 
vel suborbicularibus obtusis intcgris onustus ; lamina glabra setis 
paucis tuberculatis exceptis, ambitu orbicularis, 2-7 mm. dia- 
metro, foliolis 5 rarius 3 divergentibus distincte petiolulatis in 
segmenta cuneata margine profunde et acute angustidentata fere 
ad costulam fissis. Flos parvus diametro 15-20 mm., pedunculo 
pubescente 6-12 mm. longo suffultus ; calyx intus fere glaber ex- 
tra pubescens in lobos 4-5 mm. longos suborbiculares (rarius an- 
gustiores) vulgo abrupte acuminatos acumine 1 mm. longo nig: 
rescente ad medium divisus; petala nivea 6-7 mm. longa glabra 
late elliptica integra vel sinuata, apice obtuso vel truncato rarius 
Jobato. Stamina circ. 30 glabra biseriata, exteriora cire, 2 mm. 
longa, interiora multo minora, filamentis planis e basi gradatim 
