DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 267 
quoque mm. quad. cire. 4) pruinosa; subtus primo albido-grisea 
(postea nunc pallide viridis) papillis epidermicis ceriferis ubique 
tecta et squamis biformibus discontiguis (in quoque mm. quad. 
circ. 7-8) lepidota saepe squamis majoribus nigricantibus uni- 
formiter distributis punctulata, costa media elevata lepidota, 
velHs primariis utrinsecus ad 10 prominulis; petiolus ad rt cm. 
longus ut rami vestitus. Flores ‘in racemo-umbellas 6-floras 
dispositi, rhachi brevi circ. 5 mm. longa lepidota et setulosa ; 
bracteae sub anthesi plus minusve persistentes extimae crustaceae 
apiculatae extus lepidotae; pedicelli ad 4 cm. longi purpurei 
divaricati lepidoti. Calyx viridis 7 mm. longus profunde 5- 
lobatus; cupula extus dense lepidota; lobi circ. 6 mm. longi 
ovati subacuti extus plus minusve lepidoti margine squamo-ciliati. 
Corolla campaniformis lutea tenuiter carnosula circ. 1.5 cm ionga 
basi subgibbosa et calyce coroniformi cincta, extus sparsim lepi- 
dota intus basi pubescens ; lobi 5 rotundati integri circ. 6 mm. 
longi 8 mm. lati. Stamina 10 corolla breviora inaequalia; 5 
longiora circ. 1.4 cm. longa, 5 breviora circ. I cm.; filamenta a 
basi brevi glabra sursum ultra medium villosa. Discus glaber. 
Gynaeceum staminibus brevius vix 1 cm. longum; ovarium 
petasiforme sulcatum truncatum circ. 3 mm. longum dense lepi- 
dotum; stylus clavatus brevis crassus aber stigma lobulatum. 
Species Rh. brachyantho, Franch. affini 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mt. Sela. Soulié No. 1027. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide. N.W. of 
Tzeku. Lat. 289° 15’N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Dry open situations in 
pine forests. Forrest No. 692. July 1904. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide. Lat. 289 10’ N. 
Alt. 12,000 ft. Amongst open scrub and on the margins of 
thickets and pine forests. Shrub of 3-4 ft. in fruit. Forrest 
No. 13,302. Sept. 1914. 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide. Lat. 28° 10’ 
N. Alt. 11,000 ft. In open scrub. Shrub of 5 ft. Flowers 
yellow. Smeal No. 13,550. Oct. 1914. | 
W.N.-W.-Yunnan. Mekong-Salween. Lat. 28° 20’ N. Alt. 
r1~13,000 ft. Amongst boulders and scrub and on clifis. Shrub 
of 2-4 ft. Flowers dull yellow. Foliage strongly aromatic. 
Forrest No. 14,052. June 1917. 
S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 
28° 4o! N. Long. 98° 15’ E. On cliffs and rocky slopes. For- 
rest No. 19,190. July 1919. 
S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 
28° 40’ N. Long. 98° 15’ E. Strongly aromatic shrub of 3 ft. 
Flowers dull olive-yellow. On boulders and cliffs. Forrest 
No. 19,198. Aug. 1919. 
S.E. Tibet. Tsarong. Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 
