SPECIES CHINENSES. 85 
of the Ha Shiu fang (about Siku), and the baking stony defiles 
of the Feng S’an Ling (S. side). It does not range northward, 
and the flowering specimen was gathered from a strange outlying 
colony at the edge of subalpine coppice below Chago, in the 
Satanee Valley on 8th May. These magnificent thyrses appear 
before the leaves, which afterwards unfold to hide all trace of 
them: they suggest a glorified Veronica Hulkeana on a big scale, 
and have the most delicious scent of raspberry ice. Kansu, 
West China.” Farrer and Purdom. No. 44 in Herb. Edin. 
This should prove a very decided acquisition to horticulture. 
The leaves are very beautiful, and with the ample inflorescences 
justify Mr. Farrer’s description of this plant as a noble bush. 
The foliage suggests to us an affinity with B. agathosma, Diels, 
but the relationship is not close. 
4 Buddleia glabrescens, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu similis B. Davidii, Franch. a qua aliisque 
affinibus foliis -_ remote dentatis calyce glabro vel subglabro 
inter alia signa dignoscitur ; a B. albifiora, Hemsl. foliis subses- 
silibus inflorescentia valde diversa floribus multo majoribus 
differt. 
Frutex ramosus 1-3 m. altus ramis robustis quadrangulatis 
vel subquadrangulatis primo sparse fulvo-tomentellis vel fulvo- 
pilosulis vel subglabris, omnibus cito glabris vel glabrescentibus. 
Folia opposita petiolo brevissimo vix I mm. longo suffulta vel 
subsessilia, vulgo 5-6 cm. longa, 2-2.5 cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata 
vel ovata, apice longiuscule acuminata vel acuta, basi plus 
minusve late cuneata, integra vel remote sinuato-denticulata 
vel dentata, in sicco membranacea, suprd nunc sparse fulvo- 
tomentosa nunc sparse pilosula infra nunc dense fulvo-tomentosa 
nunc sparse pilosula minute glandulosa; nervi 5-6-paria in 
foliis glabrioribus satis conspicui. Inflorescentiae amplae ; 
ramuli superiores elongati foliosi inflorescentia + 12 cm. longa 
+ 5 cm. lata effusa terminati (cf. specimina sub n. 12,753) ; 
ramuli inferiores breves inflorescentia magis compacta + 6 cm. 
longa + 4cm. lata onusti (cf. sub n. 12,433) ; cymulae pluriflorae 
pedunculis + I cm. longis tomentellis vel subglabris suffultae ; 
bracteae bracteolaeque lineares vel subulatae ; pedicelli 2-4 mm. 
longi graciles glabri vel sparse pilosi. Calyx anguste tubulosus 
circ. 4 mm. longus tubo corollae adpréssus, extus viridis inter- 
vallis subscariosis glaber vel raro pilis paucis praeditus, nunquam 
tomentosus, intus glaber, dentibus 1 mm. longis subulatis. 
Corollae saturate coeruléo-lavendulaceae tubus 9-10 mm. 
longus cire. I.5 mm. latus, extus parte inferiore glaber supra 
albido-tomentellus glandulis nitentibus conspersus, intus albido- 
pilosulus ; lobi rotundati circ. 3 mm. diametro extus tomentelli 
