184 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoOVARUM. 
suffulta; foliola subaequalia 7-10 cm. longa, 3.5-4.5 cm. lata, 
oblonga-elliptica apice longiuscule acuminata, basi plus minusve 
late cuneata, textura crasse papyracea, fere ad basim subregular- 
iter serrata, supra atroviridia glabra, infra pallidiora basi ad 
axillas nervorum sparsim albo-villosula ceterum glabra; nervi 
utrinque 6-7 sat conspicui; petioluli laterales 2-3 mm. longi, 
medianus 2.5- 3- 5 cm. longus. Flores desunt. Fructus 4.5-6.5 
cm. longus, 2- 3 cm. latus, cylindrico-campanulatus basi rotund- 
atus vix wabiltiatis: Semina circ. 7 mm. longa nitentia 
olivacea. 
‘‘West China :—In open forests on the Tong Shan, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 20 N. Alt. 9,000 ft. Tree of 30-50 ft. Flowers said 
to be crimson ? In fruit. August 1914.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
13344. 
The nearest relative of this’ species is S. holocarpa, Hemsl. 
from which it differs in the leaf characters and the fruit. The 
seed is somewhat larger than in that species, but much smaller 
than that of the West Himalayan S$. Emodi, Wall. ‘The alleged 
colour of the flower is very doubtful. 
US Staphylea shweliensis, W..W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis S. Emodi, Wall. a qua foliolis petiolisque 
minoribus, ffoliolis lateralibus bene  petiolulatis, _ flori- 
bus multo minoribus praeter alia signa recedit. 
Arbor parva vel frutex 6-9 m. altus; ramuli glabri. Folia cum 
floribus subcoetanea trifoliolata, petiolo vulgo 4-6 cm. longo 
glabro praedita; stipulae conspicuae ad 2.3 cm. longae lineari- 
lanceolatae membranaceae; foliola subaequalia vulgo 6-8 cm. 
longa, 3-3-5 cm. lata, plus minusve elliptica, apice longiuscule et 
acutissime acuminata, basi plus minusve late cuneata, textura 
membranacea, regulariter glanduloso-serratula saepius tantum 
ad medium, supra viridia glabra, infra subglauca glabra; nervi 
utrinque 5-6 subconspicui; petioluli laterales circ. 3 mm. longi, 
_ medianus circ. 1.5 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae ramulos annotinos 
terminantes 20-30-florae 5-6 cm. longae; pedunculus 4-6 cm. 
longus; pedicelli circ. 8 mm. longi; bracteae lineares 2-3 mm. 
longae. Flores ex collectore pallido-flavi. Sepala circ. 6 mm. 
longa oblonga. Petala obovata calycem subaequantia. Stam- 
inum filamenta sparsim pubescentia. Styli in speciminibus 
ae a duo cum ovario sparsim et longiuscule villosuli.. Fruc- 
eest. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Vieweii® in thickets. 
Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt 9,000 ft. Shrub of 20-30 ft. Flowers 
ae nee on exterior. July 1917.”’ G. Forrest. 
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iets allied to s. Emodi, Wall. this species differs in the 
