138 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NovaRUM. 
infra pallidior minute punctulata glabra nisi ad costam nervos- 
que eminentes longiuscule fulvo-setosos ; nervi utrinque 6-12 
ad marginem excurrentes ; stipulae nullae. Corymbus + 5 cm. 
diametro, subsessilis, pedicello I cm. haud superante dense 
fulvo-setosulo, radiis primariis plerumque 5; flores e radiis or- 
dinis tertii vel quarti nati. Calycis lobi triangulares 0.5 mm. 
longi cum ovario fulvo-setosuli. Corolla albida rotata 4-5 mm. 
diametro, extra setosula, ad duas partes in lobos suborbiculares 
fissa. Stamina corollam paulo superantia. Stylus brevis calycis 
lobis brevior. Fructus circ. 8 mm. longus, circ. 6 mm. latus, 
multo compressus apice hirsutulus. 
“ Near Thaiyong, a mountain valley sixty miles west from 
the port of Swatow, China.” Coll. Dr. J. M. Dalziel. Nos. 170, 
171 in Herb. Edin. 
The nearest affinity of this plant appears to be Viburnum 
hirtulum, Rehder. The much-compressed fruit with one side 
slightly concave suggests that of V. sempervirens, C. Koch. 
. Viburnum erubescens, Wall. var. carnosulum, W. W. Sm. 
Var. nov. 
A typo recedit foliis carnosulis haud membranaceis apice 
basique plerumque cuneatis, nervis obscurioribus, pedunculis 
brevioribus, inflorescentiis magis congestis. 
“Shrub of 1-5 ft. Flowers pale shell pink, fragrant. Dry 
stony situations on the divide between the Sha-yang and 
Chutong Valleys, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 6700 ft. 
April 1910.””. G. Forrest. No. 5520. 
“ Shrub of 8-20 ft: In fruit. Open situations amongst scrub 
in side valleys on the hills to the east of Tengyueh, Yunnan. 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 ft. May 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 7955. 
“Shrub of 6-10 ft. Flowers white, faintly flushed dull 
crimson on exterior, fragrant. Open scrub on the hills west 
of Tengyueh. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7o0oo ft. March 1913.” G. 
Forrest. No. 9808. 
“Shrub of 3-6 ft. Flowers white, rose exterior, fragrant. 
Amongst scrub on the Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 
25°5'N. Alt. 6000 ft. May 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 9864. 
Another form of this most variable species which has a 
range from Ceylon through the Deccan to the Himalaya, Burma, 
and Western China. 
. Viburnum erubescens, Wall. var. limitaneum, W. W. Sm. 
Var. nov. 
A typo recedit foliis ovalibus apice + rotundatis nec acumi- 
natis nec acutis, pedunculis —* inflorescentiis pauci- 
floris congestis. 
