158 CrAIB—NEW SPECIES OF ENKIANTHUS. 
nantes, rhachi 3-4 cm. longa, cum pedicellis sparse brunneo- 
pilosa et praeterea albo-puberula, pedicellis inferioribus circa 
2 cm. longis. Calycis segmenta lanceolata, apicem versus 
attenuata, 2.75 mm. longa, 1.25 mm. lata, dorso parce brunneo- 
pilosa, intra albo-puberula, margine primo longius distanter 
ciliata, mox ciliolata tantum. Corolla usque ad 9 mm. longa, 
lobis dorso apicem versus carinatis summo apice apiculatis 
demum paululo reflexis. Stamina gregis; filamenta circa 
2.5 mm. longa; antherae paulo ultra 1 mm. longae, setulosae, 
aristis 1.25 mm. longis papillosis. Pistillum glabrum ; ovarium 
2 mm. altum, viride, stylo vix 5 mm. longo inferne sulcato, 
stigmate glabro.—? E. nivalis, Hort. ex Schneider Laubholz. 
il, 52I—nomen tantum. 
Cult. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin. Hab. Japan. 
Distinguished by the corolla, which has a faint tinge of 
pink only here and there on the lobes, and by the distinctly 
racemose inflorescence, 
Enkianthus pendulus, Craib, sp. n, 
Ramuli saepissime verticillati, juventute virides vel plus 
minusve rubro-suffusi, angulati, ad foliorum insertionem pauci- 
pilosi, aliter glabri, elongati folia alterna, breves folia rosulatim 
disposita gerentes. Folia lanceolata, ovato-lanceolata vel oblan- 
ceolata, apice plus minusve distincte acuminata, summo apice 
costa excutrente conspicue apiculata, basi cuneata, plerumque 
circa 30 mm. longa et 18 mm. lata, chartacea, supra viridia, 
subtus pallidiora, inferne ad costam sed praesertim in axillis 
parce pilosa, pilis mox ferrugineis, aliter glabra vel fere glabra, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-6 intra marginem anastomosanti- 
bus, costa subtus prominente, margine arcte anguste serrulata, 
serrulis in pilos mox delapsos productis ; petioli circa I cm. 
longi, Supra conspicue canaliculati, superne anguste breviter 
alati, glabri vel fere glabri. Racemi sessiles, ramulos breves 
terminantes, penduli, conspicue elongati, rhachi 5-6 cm. longa, 
cum pedicellis 2~-2.5 cm. longis parce brunneo-pilosa praetereaque 
albo-puberula: bracteae saepissime fugaces, parvae. Calycis 
segmenta lanceolata, apice attenuato-acuta, 3 mm. longa, 1.25 
mm. lata, dorso sparse brunneo-pilosa, intra albo-puberula, 
Margine primo longius ciliata mox ciliolata. Corolla 9 mm. 
longa, lobis dorso Superne carinatis summo apice mucronatis 
demum tantum paululo reflexis. Stamina gregis; filamenta 
1.75-2.25 mm. longa, antheris aristis subaequilongis circa I mm. 
longis, antheris breviter setulosis, aristis papillosis. Pistillum 
glabrum ; ovarium viride, 2 mm. altum, stylo pallidiore circa 
4.5 mm. longo, stigmate viridi. 
a Cult. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin. Hab. Japan. 
