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186 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NovVARUM. 
superiore minute serrulata, tenuiter coriacea, glaberrima, supra 
opaco-viridis vel nunc nitidula, infra paulo pallidior ; costa media 
supra impressa, infra multo eminens, nervis venulisque sub- 
conspicuis. Inflorescentiae 5—9 cm. longae, in axillis superiori- 
bus numerosae, erectae, rigidiusculae, ad 15—florae, pilis ferrug- 
meis sparsim indutae, floribus remotiusculis, pedicellis vix I 
mm. longis calyce brevioribus. Calycis twbus ovoideus circ. 2 
mm. longus glaber lobis ovatis obtusis 1 mm. vix aequantibus. 
Corolla ad 6 mm. longa flava. Stamina circ. 50, in spec. nostris 
corolla subbreviora. Fructus, si Forrest num. 8241 huc recte 
allocatus, circ. 6 mm. longus, ovoideus vel breviter cylindricus, 
nnews 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in thickets. 
Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 6-10 ft. July 1917.” 
G. Forrest. No. 15653. 
“Divide between the Shweli and Tengyueh Valleys, Yunnan, 
amongst scrub. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6-7,000 ft. Shrub of 6-12 
ft. In fruit. June 1gr2.’’ G. Forrest. No. 8241. 
Among the species of the subsection Lodhra with racemose in- 
florescence, the above comés nearest to S. swmuntia, Buch.-Ham. 
The inflorescence is almost spicate but the species is far re- 
moved from S$. khasiana, Brand and its allies. 
‘)\ 7. Teucrium holocheilum, W.E. Evans. Sp. nov. 
Inter Teucria indo-chinensia haec corollae labio inferiore in- 
tegro distinctissima est. 
Planta repens ; caules vetustiores prostrati ad nodos radicantes, 
ramos floriferos erectos vel decumbentes longitudinaliter sulcatos 
patenti-glanduloso-villosos (ad 50 cm. attingentes) émittentes. 
Folia opposita late cordiformia longe petiolata; petiolus 3-4 cm. 
longus ; lamina 3-5 cm. longa, 2.5—5 cm. lata, apice obtusa bast 
leviter cordata margine regulariter crenata, lobis anterioribus 
majoribus, parce et adpfesse hirsuta. Inflorescentiae breves 
cymesae axillares laxae corymbiformes 7~13-florae pedunculo 
petiolum aequante nudo ubique plus minusve glanduloso-hirsuto 
suffultae ; florum pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi ad basim bi-bracteati 
bracteis viridibus ovatis lanceolatisve integris vel apice pauci- 
dentatis saepe basi connatis. Flores mediocres. Calycis viridis 
tubus campanulatus inconspicue quinquinervius sub anthesi 
cire. 5 mm. longus, ore obliquo quinquidentato, dentibus anguste 
triangularibus subaequalibus acutis 2 mm. longis. Corollae 
ros€o-marmoratae tubus anguste cylindricus longe exsertus circ. 
11 mm. longus; labium superius valde reductum integrum, in- 
ferius concavo-spathulatum 6 mm. longum integrum. Stamina 
quatuor 2-3 mm. exserta anteriora longiora stylum apice bi- 
glabrum 4-lobatum receptaculo: 
