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SPECIES CHINENSES. IOI, 
modice curvatum apice obtusiusculum ; petalum anticum alte 
cristatum postico subaequale; petala interiora paulo breviora. 
Capsula immatura ellipsoidea circ. 3 mm. longa; stylus 4 mm. 
longus. 
“N.W. Yunnan. Near Atuntsu, elevation 12,000-14,000 ft. 
July rorr.”’ Kingdon Ward. Nos. 63, 64. 
»Cotinus nana, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. Coggygriae, Scop. sed habitu nano, foliis 
minimis coriaceis, floribus kermesinis recedit. 
Fruticulus .5-1.5 m. altus ramosus; ramuli juniores teretes 
subglauci vel rubescentes glabri, vetustiores cinerei. Folia alterna 
petiolo vix 3 mm. superante epiloso glauco suffulta; lamina 
usque ad 1 cm. longa, 8-g mm. lata, suborbicularis apice basique 
rotundata vel obtusissima, coriacea integerrima utrinque epilosa 
supra viridis infra cereo-glauca. Flores parvi in cymas com- 
positas paniculam pro planta amplam efformantes dispositi ; 
ramuli inflorescentiarum pernumerosi pilis glanduloso-capitatis 
dense induti; bracteae vix I mm. superantes subulatae ; 
pedicelli 5-10. mm. longi glanduloso-pilosi. Sepala + I mm. 
longa, triangularia acuta. Petala circ. 2 mm. longa, oblongo- 
elliptica ex collectore kermesina. Stamina 5 sepalis paulo 
longiora, antheris filamenta subaequantibus. Flores herma- 
phroditi vel feminei desunt. 
“Shrub of 13-4 ft. Flowers crimson. Open dry situations 
in the mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July 1913.’ G. Forrest. 
No._10,336. 
A very beautiful little shrub, distinguished from its ally 
C. Coggygria, Scop. (Rhus Cotinus, Linn.) by its habit, its very 
small coriaceous leaves, less than half an inch in diameter, and 
by its crimson petals. 
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qe Cypripedilum Bardolphianum, W. W. Sm. et Farrer. 
Species affinis C. micrantho, Franch. et C. ebracteato, Rolfe ; 
ab hoc floribus multo minoribus, ab illo foliis haud acuminatis, 
scapo haud villoso differt ; ab ambobus labello mire verrucoso 
distinguitur. 
Planta 7-8 cm. alta. Folia duo opposita circ. 6 cm. longa, 
circ. 3 cm. lata, late oblanceolata apice subrotundata glabra. 
Scapus folia vix superans gracilis uniflorus pilis confervoideis 
sparse praeditus. Sepalum elliptico-ovatum obtusiusculum circ. 
1.5 cm. longum viride ; synsepalum aequilongum elliptico- 
ovatum apice breviter apiculatum haud bidentatum. Petala 
sepalo aequilonga late lanceolata - acuta viridia. Labellum 
