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New Species of Enkianthus. 
BY 
WILLIAM GRANT CRAIB, M.A., 
Lecturer on Forest Botany and Indian Forest Trees 
in the University of Edinburgh. 
THE species — in this ete are :— 
Enkianthus tectus, Craib, p. 16r. 
Enkianthus ferrugineus, Craib, sp. n. 
Ramuli saepe verticillati, juventute plus minusve rubescentes, 
angulati, elongati folia saepissime distincte opposita vel sub- 
Opposita, breves folia rosulata gerentes. Folia obovato-rhombo- 
idea, rhomboidea vel plus minusve élliptica, apice rotundata 
obtusave, brevissime mucronulata, basi cuneata vel late cuneata, 
ad 3.5 cm. longa et 2.3 cm. lata, chartacea, supra viridia, primo 
ad costam nervosque laterales pilis perpaucis instructa, mox 
fere glabra, subtus pallidiora, ad costae nervorumque lateralium 
partes basales ferrugineo-pilosa, aliter pilis brevibus ferrugineis 
adpressis inconspicuis tecta, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-5 
cum costa supra impressis subtus prominentibus intra marginem 
anastomosantibus, nervis transversis rete laxum subtus con- 
Spicuum efficientibus, margine arcte anguste crenulato-serrata, 
petiolo ad 7 mm. longo supra canaliculato laminaque decurrente 
anguste alato mox fere glabro suffulta. Flores cum foliis 
coaetanei, in racemos breves corymbiformes dispositi, bracteis. 
inferioribus foliaceis, pedicellis circa I cm. longis superne in- 
crassatis suffulti, rhachi pedicellisque pilis brunneis tenuibus 
laxe tectis. Calycis segmenta lineari-lanceolata, acuta obtusave, 
3-5 mm. longa, 1-1.25 mm. lata, extra inferne indumento ei 
pedicellorum simili tecta, intra glabra, margine distanter ciliata, 
A 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. LIV, October 1919.] 
Wt. Saisdh —s75“i07, _N.& 0o., Ltd. Gp. 10. 
