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76 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
conferti; saepius inferiores 2 superiores 4-6 subcapitati ; 
pedunculi pedicellique nulli vel subnulli; bracteae lineari- 
subulatae + 4mm. longae. Ovarium 4-5 mm. longum anguste 
ovoideum alte sulcatum longiuscule setosum. Sepala 5, linearia, 
4-5 mm. longa, vix I mm. lata, setoso-ciliata. Corolla tubuloso- 
infundibularis pallido-rosea; tubus cylindricus 2-2.1 cm. 
longus, basi circ. 2.5 mm. latus, supra sub ore fere ad 4 mm 
(in sicco) latus, extus pilis setosis reflexis dense praeditus, intus 
minus dense, lobi subrotundati patentes fere 3 mm. diametro 
extus setosi intus puberuli. Stamina inclusa filamentis longius- 
cule setosis. Stylus glaber vix exsertus, staminibus longior. 
Fructus maturi desunt. 
“Shrub of 3-6 ft. Flowers pale rose. Amongst scrub in 
open situations in the mountains of the Chungtien plateau, 
Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. July 1914.” G. 
Forrest. No. 12,636. 
\” Var. divergens, W. W.Sm. Var. nov. 
Foliis latioribus crassioribus floribus fructibusque minoribus 
differt ; structura floris omnino quadrat. 
“Shrub of 6-8 ft. Flowers rose-pink. In open scrub in 
the mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. July 1913.’’ G. Forrest. 
“Shrub of 6-9 ft. In fruit. In open thickets on the 
Lichiang Range, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 
ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,290. 
Abelia gracilenta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A beliae Forrestii, Diels (sub Linnaea) a qua tubi 
corollini forma, fructu puberulo nec pilosulo inter alia abunde 
discrepat. 
Frutex + 2 m. altus; ramuli divaricato-patentes graciles 
superne floriferi juniores incano-tomentelli purpureo-tincti, 
vetustiores cinerei decorticantes. Folia vulgo + 2 cm. longa, 
+ 7 mm. lata, lanceolata apice acuta vel subacuta basi + late 
cuneata in petiolum vix I mm. longum, in sicco chartacea, 
margine integra, supra obscure viridia infra pallidiora utrinque 
glabra vel subglabra, nonnunquam praesertim ad margines hic 
illic pilis minimis conspersa; nervi utrinque praeter costam 
inconspicui. Flores in axillis solitarii vel raro bini; pedunculi 
3-7 mm. longi puberuli bracteis subulatis minimis praediti - 
pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi puberuli bracteolis minimis ornati. 
Ovarium circ. 7 mm. longum cylindricum puberulum. Sepala 
5 lineari-oblonga vel lineari-oblanceolata, 6-7 mm. longa, circ. 
