142 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NovarRuM. 
scrub on the mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Aug. 1913.” G.. Forrest. 
No. 10,719. The leaves are larger and less hairy. 
‘Shrub of 15 ft. In fruit. In open thickets on the Tong 
Shan in the Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo ft. 
Aug. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,891. 
‘« Duplicate of No. 10,891 taken later in fruit. Sept. 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 11,349. 
This species is readily distinguishable from its Indo-Chinese 
allies by the large flowers. 
0 Wendlandia subalpina, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species nana prostrata ex affinitate W. Henryi, Oliv.; habitu, 
foliis minimis, cymulis terminalibus subglobosis distinctissima. 
Fruticulus prostratus 30-60 cm. longus habitu Cotoneastri 
microphyliae, Wall. ramosissimus ramis crassis rigidis cortice 
griseo praeditis ramulis tortuosis brevibus floriferis pilosulis. 
Folia petiolo 1-2 mm. longo minute pilosulo suffulta; lamina 
+ 6 mm. longa + 5 mm. lata late ovata vel suborbicularis 
apice rotundata basi late cuneata integra coriacea supra atro- 
viridis subnitens sparse pilosula nervis obscuris infra pallidior 
sparsius pilosula nervis 2-3 paribus inconspicuis;  stipulae 
triangulares circ. 1 mm. longae persistentes. Cymulae globosae 
ramulos terminantes compactae 6-12-florae minute pilosulae 
folia superiora paululo superantes ; pedunculus brevissimus ; 
pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi; bracteae bracteolaeque I-2 mm. 
longae lineares pilosulae. Calycis tubus turbinatus circ. 1.5 mm. 
longus sparse pilosulus ; lobi fere 1.5 mm. longi lineares vel 
lineari-lanceolati acuti vel obtusiusculi. Corollae albae tubus 
elongato-infundibularis vel subcylindricus vix 4 mm. longus 
apice + I mm. latus extus glaber vel minute puberulus fauce 
glaber ; lobi 5 contorti patentes tandem reflexi circ. 4 mm 
longi I mm. lati, loriformes obtusiusculi glabri. Stamina 5, 
inter lobos corollae inserta, exserta, filamentis 2.5 mm. longis 
glabris, antheris circ. 1.5 mm. longis dorso affixis. Ovarium 
biloculare ; stylus filiformis multo exsertus circ. 7 mm. longus 
glaber stigmate bifido lobulis 1 mm. longis. Fructus parvus 
subglobosus circ. 2 mm. diametro calycis lobis persistentibus 
coronatus crustaceus sparse pilosulus fere per totam longitudi- 
nem in duas partes dehiscens; partes ambae post seminum 
lapsum persistentes. Semina numerosa circ. 0.5 mm. longa 
minute areolata nitentia pallide brunnea. 
‘Dwarf prostrate shrub of 1-1} ft. Flowers white. Open 
stony pasture and on cliffs in the mountains in the N.E. of the 
Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000~12,000 
ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,378. 
