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suffulta, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata apice acuta vel acutius- 
cula basi -+ cuneata vel subrotundata, integra siccitate chartacea 
8-10 mm. longa, 4-5 mm. lata, supra viridia dense minute 
pilosula infra densissime incano-tomentella. Racemus foliatus 
ad 20 cm. longus cymulis remotis plerumque 4—5-floris ex axillis 
foliorum superne decrescentium ortis ; pedunculi 2-5 mm. longi 
et pedicelli tomentelli. Calyx circ. 2 mm. longus (fructu fere 
ad 4°mm. auctus) incano-tomentellus ad trientem in dentes 
subaequales triangulares acutos fissus. Corella pallido-coerulea 
extus pilosula; tubus vix exsertus basi cylindricus ; limbus 
tubo paululo longior limbo postico 4-fido. Filamenta parte 
inferiore pilosula. Semina brunnea. 
“Shrub of 2 ft. Flowers pale blue. Open situations in 
the Yangtze Valley at Pung-tzu-la, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 50’ N. 
Alt. 6000 ft. August 1914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 13,184. 
\O Pouzolzia elegantula, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis P. elegantz, i ore a oe foliis minoribus 
rhomboideis grossius incisis inter alia diffe 
Fruticulus metralis ramulis patulis pain dense hispidulis. 
Folia alterna + 1 cm. longa, + 1 cm. lata, rhomboidea, apice 
ipso acuta, basi late cuneata, in parte inferiore integra, supra 
grosse serrata serraturis utrinque 3-4, utraque facie subcinera- 
scentia adpresse strigosula ; petiolus + 1 mm. longus ; stipulae 
parvae ovatae acuminatae. Inflorescentiae ex axillis omnibus 
ortae 2-3 mm. latae floribus femineis masculisque intermixtis. 
Calycis segmenta 4 acuminata extra hispidula. Stamina ovarium 
achaenium eis P. elegantis, Wedd. subsimilia. 
‘Shrub of 3 ft. Flowers brown. Dry rocky situations on 
the Tong Shan, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. July 
1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,723. 
A dwarf shrub differing from the Formosan plant P. elegans, 
Wedd. in the small rhomboid leaves, which are deeply in- 
cised in proportion to their size. Forrest No. 12,590, from the 
Chungtien plateau, agrees with Hancock’s No. 326 referred in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi, 489, to P. elegans, Wedd. 
xd Premna acutata, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis P. ywnnanensi, W. W. Sm. a qua foliis 
ad 10 cm. longis, 5 cm. latis, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 
longiuscule acuminatis basi late cuneatis argute  serratis 
utrinque sparse pilosulis vel subglabris, calyce altius fisso 
divergit. 
“ Shrub of 3-5 ft. In fruit. Open scrub on the Tong Shan 
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