134 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
bracteae bracteolaeque 3-5 mm. longae lanceolatae vel lineari- 
lanceolatae inter flores apertos conspicuae glabrae vel ciliolatae 
rubridae ; pedicelli + 1 mm. longi. Calyx purpureus ; tubus 
cum ovario glaber vel sparsissime pilosulus + 1 mm. longus, 
lobi + I mm. longi triangulares acuti glabri vel pilis minimis 
parce conspersi. Corolla circ. 4 mm. longa urceolata albida 
roseo-striata extra glabra intus albido-pilosa lobis brevibus 
recurvis. Stamina circ. 2 mm. longa filamentis dense pilosulis 
antheris exaristatis. Fructus deest. 
“Shrub of 2-5 ft. Flowers creamy-white, striped rose. 
Open situations on the Yungchang-Mekong divide, Yunnan. 
Lat. 25° 15’ N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. May 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 9887. 
; vce Vaccinium salweenense, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. Doniano, Wight a quo habitu humiliore 
ramulis haud glabris foliis minoribus lanceolatis antheris exar- 
istatis differt; ab V. exaristato, Kurz habitu, foliis minoribus 
textura tenuioribus, floribus saturate roseis recedit ; ab V. fragilt, 
Franch. ramulis foliisque multo minus pilosis, calycis tubo 
glabro, filamentis brevioribus antheris exaristatis inter alia 
signa distinguenda. . 
_ Frutex + 1 m. altus ramulis substrictis gracilibus primo 
+ dense fulvido-pilosulis mox sparsim, tandem glabrescentibus. 
Folia petiolo 2-3 mm. longo pilosulo mox glabrescente suffulta : 
lamina + 3.5 cm. longa, 1.2-1.5 cm. lata, lanceolata, apice acuta 
vel breviter acuminata, basi + late cuneata vel subrotundata, 
margine regulariter calloso-serrulata, tenuiter papyracea, supra 
atroviridis ad costam minute pilosula vel glabrescens, infra 
pallidior ad costam nervosque sparse pilosa tandem fere glabra, 
nervis siccitate utrinque subconspicuis. Inflorescentiae axillares 
racemosae numerosae laxiflorae 5-7 cm. longae mediocriter 
pilosae ; bracteae bracteolaeque 2-4 mm. longae lanceolatae 
vel lineari-lanceolatae tempore florendi inconspicuae pilosulae 
vel glabrae rubridae ; pedicelli + 2 mm. longi. Calyx pur- 
pureus ; tubus cum ovario glaber + 1 mm. longus, lobi + 1 mm. 
longi ovato-triangulares apiculati margine ciliolati. Corolla 
4-5 mm. longa urceolata saturate rosea extra glabra, ‘intus 
albido-pilosa lobis brevibus erectiusculis. Stamina circ. 2. 5 
mm. longa filamentis dense pilosulis antheris exaristatis. Fructus 
deest. 
“Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers deep rose. Open grassland 
on the Salween-Yungchang divide above Pu-piao, Yunnan. 
Lat. 25° 10’ N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. May 1913.’”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 9867. 
