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118 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
minute glanduloso-puberuli ; bracteae 2-3 mm. longae subulatae 
glabrae ; pedicelli + 5 mm. longi minute puberuli medio 
bracteolis duabus subulatis praediti. Calycis lobi circ. 4 mm. 
longi ovato-lanceolati acuti coriacei glandulis minutis nigris 
conspersi. Corolla urceolaris, ut videtur alba, 7-8 mm. longa 
ore circ. 3 mm. diametro lobulis brevissimis erectis rotundatis. 
Stamina Io inclusa eis P. japonicae subsimilia. Ovarium 
depresso-globosum stylo gracili corollam aequante. Fructus 
eest. 
In the N.W. of the Province of Fukien. 1914. Coll. J. de 
la Touche. No. 68. 
A species closely allied to Preris japonica, D. Don, but with 
a very distinct inflorescence of long substrict racemes, much 
slenderer than those of its ally and without branching. 
Plectranthus oresbius, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis P. rugoso, Wall. a quo habitu ramosis- 
simo foliis minoribus utrinque incano-tomentosis floribus lavan- 
dulaceis inter alia discrepat. 
Fruticulus usque ad 60 cm. altus ramosissimus ramis vetusti- 
oribus defoliatis decorticantibus, junioribus bene foliatis densis- 
sime incano-stellato-tomentellis. Folia petiolo + 3 mm. longo 
tomentello suffulta, ovata apice obtusa basi rotundata vel 
cordatula, regulariter crenulata, crassiuscula, 8-13 mm. longa, 
5-9 mm. lata, supra dense incano-stellato-tomentella, infra 
densissime niveo-tomentella, utrinque rugosula. Racemus foli- 
atus; cymae ex axillis foliorum superne decrescentium ortae 
plerumque 4-5-florae ; pedunculi ad 5 mm. longi tomentelli. 
Calyx + 3 mm. longus fulvo-tomentellus usque ad medium in 
dentes 4-5 subaequales triangulares acutos fissus. Corolla 
lavendulacea extus pilosula ; tubus paululo calyce exsertus basi 
gibbus ; limbus tubo subaequalis labio postico 4-fido vix 3 mm. 
2 Sas of2ft. Flowers pale soft lavender, fragrant. Open 
dry situations amongst rocks on the mountains in the N.E. of 
the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. 
Sept: Ioz3... .G. Forrest... NG. 14,354. 
Plectranthus tenuifolius, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate P. rugosi, Wall. et P. oresbiz, W. W. Sm. 
foliis minimis haud stellato-tomentosis inter alia divergit ; 
structura floris ad P. glaucocalycem, Maxim. spectat 
Fruticulus usque ad 60 cm. altus ramosissimus ramis 
vetustioribus griseis, junioribus elongatis gracillimis dense 
incano-tomentellis. Folia petiolo ++ 1 mm. longo tomentello 
