136 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM, 
ad 5 mm. longo + tomentoso praedita; lamina vulgo 4-6 cm. 
longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, lanceolata, apice longiuscule acuminata 
calloso-apiculata, basi cuneata, margine crebre serrulata serra- 
turis minute apiculatis, papyracea, paginis siccitate subcon- 
coloribus glabris costa minute pilosula excepta. Inflorescentiae 
axillares vel pseudo-terminales foliis ramulorum floriferorum 
nonnunquam omnino delapsis spiciformiter,racemosae numerosae 
-+ 3 cm. longae dense incano- vel fulvido-tomentellae ; bracteae 
bracteolaeque 1-3 mm. longae + lineares inconspicuae tomentel- 
lae ; pedicelli + 1 mm. longi incani. Calyx vix 2 mm. longus 
dense incano-tomentosus ; lobi ovati + acuti fere 1 mm. longi. 
Corolla circ. 5 mm. longa urceolata alba, saepe roseo-suffusa, 
glabra lobis brevibus recurvis. Stamina circ. 3 mm. longa 
eis V. fragilis similia, filamentis pilosulis, antheris dorso breviter 
biaristatis. Fructus deest. 
“ Shrub of 10-15 ft. Flowers pure white, fragrant. Amongst 
scrub on the hills at the north end of the Tengyueh Valley, 
Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7ooo ft. May 1912.” G. Forrest. 
No. 7637. 
“Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers white, tinged rose. Amongst 
scrub on the divide between the Shweli (Lungchiang) and 
Tengyueh Valleys, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000-7000 ft. 
May 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 784r. 
_ “Shrub of 3-4 ft. Flowers white flushed rose. Open dry 
situations on the margins of thickets on the Shweli-Salween 
divide. Lat.25°20'N. Alt. goooft. June1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 12,060. 
Small tree ; among scrub in mountains near Kiao-mé-ti, 
Yunnan. Alt. 10,000 ft. Maire. ‘No. 671 in Herb. Edin. 
(anno IgI4). 
This new species shows close relationship with the less hairy 
forms of V. fragile, Franch., such as the variety known as 
_ myrtifola, but the points of difference are too many to permit 
of its being attached to that species as a variety. 
Viburnum adenophorum, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. Mullahae, Ham. et V. hirtulo, Rehder sed 
foliis subtus glanduligeris, inflorescentiis tomento denso fulvo 
indutis inter alia signa recedit. 
_ ’ Frutex erectus ramulis primo fulvo-tomentosis atque sparse ~ 
setosis. Folia petiolo + 1 cm. longo tomentoso atque setoso 
praedita ; lamina late ovata, 6-8 cm. longa, 3—5.5 cm. lata, basi 
+ rotundata, apice acuminata, margine serrata, membranacea, 
supra atro-viridis pilis furcatis sparse praedita subtus pallidior 
ad costam nervosque sparse pilosula glandulis minutis rotundatis 
nitentibus conspersa; nervi utrinque 7-8 subparalleli usque 
