106 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ry Fraxinus trifoliolata, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
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Species sectionis Orni distinctissima, foliis plerumque tri- 
foliolatis infra densissime incano-hirsutulis conspicua. 
Frutex 3-8 m. altus erectus; rami robusti subteretes vel 
+ complanati lenticellis parvis albidis notati glabri. Folia 
trifoliolata vel nonnunquam quinquefoliolata longe petiolata ; 
petioli 5-6 cm. longi validi canaliculati, basi paulo incrassati 
glabri rubridi, supra + dense incano-hirsutuli vel glabrescentes ; 
petioluli laterales + 1 cm. longi, medianus circ. 2 cm. longus, 
omnes dense incano-hirsutuli vel glabrescentes; foliola 
(medianum plerumque paulo majus) 8-12 cm. longa, 3.5-5 cm. 
lata, ovata acumine latiusculo acuminata, basi + late cuneata, 
textura firme chartacea vel subcoriacea, per marginem totam 
regulariter serrato-denticulata denticulis induratis, supra atrovi- 
ridia glabra infra densissime incano-hirsutula ; nervi utrinque 
12-16 supra impressi infra paulo eminentes dense incano- 
hirsutwli valde conspicui nervis secundariis bene reticulati. 
Inflorescentia terminalis ampla glabra fragrans. Calyx minutus, 
in fructu persistens, circ. 1 mm. longus campanulatus ad tertiam 
partem divisus lobis triangularibus acutiusculis. Petala 6-7 
mm. longa linearia alba. Stamina petala aequantia. Fructus 
lineari-spathulatus circ. 3 cm. longus, apice rotundatus circ. 
5 mm. latus, medio 3 mm., basi ima angustissimus. 
“Shrub of 8-12 ft. In fruit. In thickets on the Yung-pi 
Mountains, Yunnan, West China. Lat.26°45’N. Alt. 11,000 ft. 
Sept. 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 11,054. 
“Shrub of 10-25 ft. Flowers fragrant, creamy white. 
Anthers brown. Open dry situations amongst rocks and on 
ledges of cliffs in the Yangtze Valley at Fengkow, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 8000-9000 ft. June 1914.” G. Forrest. 
No. 12,501. 
A very distinct species of Ash. The trifoliolate leaves with 
the underside densely and finely hirsute are sufficient to mark 
it off from its allies—the nearest of which are F. malacophylla, 
Hemsl. and F. /ferruginea, Lingelsh., both Yunnan species. 
The flowering specimens under No. 12,501 show more irregularity 
in the number of leaflets and have also more glabrous petioles, 
Gaultheria dumicola, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species foliis magnis basi late rotundatis, inflorescentiis 
multo contractis vix ad sextam partem folii axillantis pertinenti- 
bus, calycis lobis subulato-acuminatis inter species chinenses 
indicasque (quarum nulli arcte propinqua) conspicua. 
_ Frutex 1-3 m. altus ramulis glabris mox cinerascentibus. 
_ Folia petiolo 3-5 mm. longo glabro suffulta; lamina 8-17 cm. 
