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nunc in foliis maximus denticulis paucis obscure notata, sub an- 
thesin membranacea, ad dehiscentiam fructuum textura firme 
papyracea atque tactu aspera, supra giabra, infra primum spar- 
sim pilosa praesertim ad costam et nervos tandem glabrescentia 
sed nonnunquam indumento molli densiusculo diu persistente 
subtus munita, costa media nervisque 7-12 paribus infra eminen- 
tibus, reticulo nervorum distincto. Pedunculi circ. 2 cm. longi 
albido-tomentosi. Sepala 4, irregulariter late ovata, paulo 
imbricata, ad 1 cm. longa, fere 1 cm. lata, indumento denso 
flavido utrinque induta. Petala irregulariter quadrata circ. 1 
cm. longa et lata, apice grossidentata, utrinque plus minusve 
dense pilosula. Stamina numerosissima antheris 3 mm. longis 
acttatis minute puberulis, filamentis 4 mm. longis puberulis. 
Discus crassus indumento tenui indutus staminum insertionibus 
conspicuo foveolatus. Ovarium>quadriloculare tomentosum 3 
mm. longum stylo subulato ad 7 mm. longo ad medium puberulo. 
Fructus lignosus cum setis ad 5 cm. diametro; setae circ, 2 cm. 
longae debiles haud subulatae nec apice spinosae, basi ad apicem 
setulis hispidae, post dehiscentiam fructuum persistentes ; locult 
muris crassissimis circ. 2 cm. longi, 1 cm. lati; semina in loculis 
solitaria oblonga circ. 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata nigra nitentia, 
fere ad medium arillo viridi-flavido margine eroso circumdata. 
‘West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in mixed 
forests. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7-8,o00 ft. Shrub or tree of 30-50 
ft. In fruit. April r919.’’ G. Forrest. No. 17795. 
‘“Bastern flank of the N’Maikha-Salween divide, Yunnan, in 
open forests. Lat. 26° N. Alt. 8,000 ft. Duplicate of 17795 
in flower. Flowers soft yellow. May 1o919.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 17884. 
“Tava bed west of Tengyueh, Yunnan, in open situations on 
the outskirts of the bed. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5,000 ft. Shrub or 
tree of 20-40 ft. In fruit. July 10912.” G. Forrest. No. 
535: 
“Stweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in forests. Lat. 25° 6’ N. 
Alt. 7-8,000 ft. Shrub or tree of 20-50 ft. Flowers green-yel- 
low. April 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 13656. Also Nos. 16240, 
18032, 18390. 
\k Staphylea Forrestii, Balf. f£ Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. holocarpae, Hemsl. a qua fructibus cylind- 
rico-campanulatis inter alia differt; a 5. Emodi, Wall. foliolis 
lateralibus distinctius petiolulatis, petiolis brevioribus, floribus 
ex ramulis annotinis ortis, capsulis basi latiusculis, seminibus 
multo minoribus recedit. 
Arbor ro-17 m. alta; ramuli glabri. Folia (adulta tantum 
visa) 3-foliolata, raro 5-foliolata, petiolo 4-9 cm. longo glabro 
