DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 433 
delapsorum exceptis. Alabastrorum perulae extimae rotunddtae 
dorso subglutinoso-puberulae, interiores extus rubro-glandulosde 
et glutinoso-puberulae, intimae longe membranaceae flavidae 
rubro-glandulosae et puberulae. Folia longe petiolata magnitttd- 
ine varia nunc ad 16 em. longa nunc circ. 4 cm. ad apicem ram- 
orum rosulatim 5-6 horizontaliter expansa; lamina crasse 
coriacea rigida oblongo-ovalis vel obovalis vel ovalis ad 12 ¢m. 
longa 5 cm. lata nunc in formis parvis cire. 4 cm. longa 2 ffi. 
lata, apice rostrata mucrone rubro terminata ibique subrevoluta, 
margine firma cartilaginea plana vel paullo recurva, basi late 
rotundata vel late obtusa ; supra plerumque laete viridis interdum 
purpurascens glabra (in juventute utrinque dense sebaceo-floccosa 
et rubro-glandulosa), costa media sulcata erubescente, venis pti- 
mars paullo conspicuis utrinsecus ad 14; subtus flavido-viridis 
nune demum fulva venularum ultimarum reticulo maculis albidis 
conspicuis glandularum vestigiis ubique notato, costa media éle- 
vata, venis primariis fere occultis; petiolus ad 4 cm. dongus 
glauco-purpureus ut rami annotini glaber. Gemmae florales 
globosae 1.5 cm. diam. extus glutinosae. Flores in umbellas 
terminales plurifloras (Q—) dispositi; pedicelli validi cire. 2.5 em. 
longi plus minusve breviter glandulosi sub calyce incrassati. 
Calyx parvus vix 1.5 mm. longus glandulis breviter stipitatis 
vestitus; cupulae margo undulatus vix 7-lobatus glandulose- 
ciliatus. Corolla pallide rosea sparsim kermesino-maculata 
cupulari-campanulata circ. 3.5 cm. longa glabra tenuis 7-lobata ; 
lobi imbricati rotundati integri vel nunc paullo retusi 1.5 cm. 
longi 2 cm. lati. Stamina 14 inaequalia, longiora ad 2.8 cm. longa 
breviora 2 cm.; filamenta glabra. Discus glaber. Gynaeceum 
circ. 3.5 cm. longum corollam aequans; ovarium conoideum sul- 
catum truncatum ad juga glandulis rubris fere sessilibus 
vestitum; stylus glandulis rubris breviter stipitatis a basi ad 
apicem indutus; stigma lobulatum haud discoideum. Capsula 
paullo curvata plerumque circ. 2 cm. longa 1 cm. diam. sed nusc 
4cm. longa, nunc 1.5 cm. longa 5 mm. diam. ab apice 5-valvatim 
dehiscens lateribus valvarum albidis. Semina pallide brunnea 
complanata es Alatonensiats circ. 4 mm. longa 1-1.5 mm. lata, 
chalaza longe acuminato-prolongata, micropyla rosulato-fimbriata. 
Species Seriei Ponanel 
Western N.W. Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide. Alt. 
10,000 ft. Lat. 28° 12'N. Shrub of 4-6ft. Flowers pale rose- 
pink with a few crimson markings. In open thickets. Forrest 
No. 14,151, July r91r7._ [All the specimens under this number 
save only a small check sample sent by a different route were 
sunk in a steamer torpedoed by the Germans. | 
Yunnan. Without precise locality. Forrest No. 15,428. 
[All the specimens of this save a small twig in leaf sent by an- 
other route were sunk in a steamer torpedoed by the Germans. ie 
