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SPECIES CHINENSES. 117 
coriacea supra olivacea glabra costa inconspicua nervis obscuris 
infra pallidiora glabra vel subglabra (basim ipsam versus non- 
nunquam pilosa) glandulis minutis nigris conspersa pulchre 
reticulata costa nervisque elevatis; petiolus 1-2 mm. longus 
pilosulus vel subglaber; folia regionis floralis minora sub- 
bracteiformia. Racemi apicem ramulorum versus 5—6-approxi- 
mati axillares 10-15 cm. longi simplices graciles multiflori fere 
ad basim floriferi minute puberuli; flores nutantes dimidio 
inflorescentiae inferiore distantes (I-1.5 cm.) in axillis foliorum 
caulinis similium orientes, supra magis approximati bracteis 
lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis 3-5 mm. longis praediti ;_ pedicelli 
+ 5 mm. longi arcuati puberuli basi bracteolis duabus subulatis 
ornati, in fructu ad r cm. aucti. Calycis sparse pilosuli lobi 
circ. 2 mm. longi ovato-lanceolati acutiusculi coriacei glandulis 
minutis nigris conspersi. Corolla urceolaris alba 5-6 mm. longa 
extus -- dense appresse albo-pilosula lobulis brevibus triangu- 
laribus erectis. Stamina 10 inclusa; filamenta basi corollae 
cohaerentia infra complanata medio geniculatim flexa ; antherae 
conspicue biaristatae. Ovarium depresso-globosum sericeo-pilo- 
sulum. Fructus globosus circ. 3.5 mm, diametro ; semina 
delapsa. 
Yunnan :—In the vicinity of Yunnansen. Shrub of moist 
valleys. Flowers milky white. E. E. Maire. No. 1071 (anno 
1906) in Herb. Edin. Moist places in the mountains. Maire. 
No. 1874 (anno 1906) in Herb. Edin. 
A graceful shrub with very distinctive foliage. The flowers 
are borne in slender racemes somewhat distant, subtended 
below by foliage leaves which diminish gradually until in the 
upper part of the inflorescence they are replaced by small bracts 
less than half the length of the pedicels. 
Pieris polita, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate P. japonicae, D. Don a qua inflorescentiis 
elongatis simplicibus, gracilioribus substrictis, calyce triente 
longiore inter alia recedit. 
Frutex sempervirens ramis teretibus eis socii supra citati 
similibus. Folia 7-12 cm. longa, 1.5-3 cm. lata lanceolata 
vel lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata apice acuta vel eodem 
specimine rotundata, basi in petiolum 5-8 mm. longum glabrum 
cuneata, apice tantum minute serrulata coriacea supra atro- 
viridia glabra costa paulo elevata minute glanduloso-puberula 
excepta, infra pallidiora glabra costa straminea eminente, 
utrinque glandulis minutis nigris raris comspersa, nervis venu- 
lisque supra sat conspicuis infra saepe indistinctis. Racemi 
5-I0 apicem rami versus aggregati axillares 8-12 cm. longi 
simplices graciles substricti multiflori fere ad basim floriferi 
