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SPECIES ASIATICAE, 205 
antheram circa medium affixam gerentibus. Styli 4-5 stamini- 
bus paulo breviores. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—Yangpi valley, Yunnan, in open scrub, Lat. 25° 
257 N. Alt. 5000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers white. April 
1917. G. Forrest. No. 13,702. 
'“ Yangpi valley, on rocks amidst scrub. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. 6000-7000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers white. May 
Ig13. G. Forrest. No. ggo4. 
“ Hsia-kuan valley, Yunnan, in open scrub. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. 5000-6000 ft. Shrub of 4-6 ft. Flowers white. April 
19g14.”’ G. Forrest. No. 12 1359: 
The affinity of this species is possibly with D. Monbeigit, 
W. W. Sm., and members of the subsection Cymosae of Rehder. 
yy? Deutzia Monbeigii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis D. stamineae, Br. a qua foliis atque calycis 
lobis differt ; apud species chinenses in vicinitatem D. coriaceac, 
Rehder et D. crasstfoliae, Rehder ponenda ; foliis parvis ovatis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis subtus albidis crustaceo-stellato-pilosis 
bene notata. 
Frutex 1-1.5 m. altus ramulis gracilibus hornotinis rufo- 
brunneis densiuscule stellato-pilosis, annotinis rubidis, vetustis 
cinerascentibus. Folia petiolo circ. 2 mm. longo dense stellato- 
piloso instructa ; lamina plerumque 14-18 mm. longa, 7-8 mm. 
lata, ovata vel ‘ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa vel subacutata 
haud acuminata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, margine 
minute denticulata, subcoriacea utrinque tactu scabridula, 
supra opaco-viridis pilis 5—8-radiatis densiuscule induta, infra 
indumento albido crustaceo pilis 12—-14-radiatis composito dense 
obtecta, utrinsecus 3—4-costata. Cyma 5~—12-flora, plerumque 
circ. 7-flora, breviter pedunculata vel fere sessilis axibus rufo- 
brunneis stellato-pilosis ; pedicelli graciles tubum calycis super- 
antes vel subaequantes. Calyx circ. 3 mm. longus crustaceo- 
Stellato-pilosus, dentibus circ. I mm. longis triangularibus. 
Petala circ. g-10 mm. longa, circ. 4 mm. lata, oblonga vel obovata, 
alba, extra stellato-pilosa, aestivatione valvata. Stamina circ. 
5 mm. longa; dentes exteriorum ad basim antherarum attin- 
gentes; dentes interiorum antheris breviores. Styli 3-4 stamina 
fere aequantes. Fructus (si planta Forrestiana huc recte allo- 
cata) subglobosus, circ. 3 mm. longus, 2.5 mm. latus, crustaceo- 
stellato-pilosus, calycis dentibus persistentibus. 
China :—Tseku, N.W. Yunnan. May.” Monbeig. No. 
7 (1912), in Herb. Edin. 
“Wei Hsi valley, Yunnan, in open scrub. Lat. 27° 18’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 3-5 ft. In fruit. Nov. 1917.” G. 
Forrest. No. 15,631. 
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