212 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
shrub of 2 ft. In fruit; fruits purple-blue. Oct. 1917.” G. 
Forrest. No. 15,986. 
“SE. Tibet :—On Ka-gwr-pw, Mekong-Salween divide, 
province of Tsarong, in thickets and rhododendron scrub. Lat. 
28° 35’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Shrub of 6-g inches. In fruit ; 
fruits deep blue. Sept. 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 14,882 
The following is a larger shrub, but agrees in the details of 
the flower showing the same tetramery and reduced stamens :— 
“‘ China :—Divide between the Shweli and ot ane -yueh valleys, 
in open situations amongst scrub. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7000 tt. 
Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers white? In fruit. Aug. .1912.” 
"G,. Forrest. No. 8757. 
qir* Hydrangea subferruginea, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis H. yunnanensi, Rehder; ramulis molliter 
ferrugineo-hirsutis, foliis grosse denticulatis ad costam dense 
ferrugineo-hirsutis, petalis tarde deciduis inter alia bene notata. 
Frutex 2.4-3.6 m. altus ramulis hornotinis molliter ferru- 
gineo-hirsutis, pilis plus minusve patentibus. Folia petiolo 
I-1.5 cm. longo dense patenti-ferrugineo-hirsuto praedita ; 
lamina 12-14 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, oblonga vel lanceolato- 
oblonga vel oblanceolato-oblonga, apice caudato-acuminata, 
basi cuneata, margine subirregulariter grossi-denticulata, mem- 
branacea, supra opaco-viridis, setulis adpressis conspersa ad 
costam dense strigilloso-villosa, subtus pallidior undique setulis 
densiuscule adspersa ad costam dense ferrugineo-hirsuta, nervis 
utrinsecus 10-12. Cyma fere plana radiis 5-7 oppositis dense 
ferrugineo-hirsutulis. Flores steriles circ. 4 cm. diametro sepalis 
3-4 late ovatis albis paucidentatis; flores fertiles albidi (?) 
pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis suffulti. Calycis dentes lanceolati sub- 
acuminati circ. 2mm.longi. Petala circ. 4mm. longa lanceolata, 
tarde decidua, sub maturitatem antherarum persistentia et 
plus minusve reflexa. Stamina longiora petalis paulo breviora. 
Ovarium semisuperum stylis 3. Fructus deest. 
“ Upper Burma :—Htawgaw, valley of Naung-Chaung, 
Lashi country. In jungle in damp shady gulleys. Small 
scarcely branched shrub of 8—12 ft., of loose habit. Flowers 
white. May tor4.” F.K. Ward. No. 1542. 
Sud Justicia xantholeuca, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Calophanoidis et affinis J. salicifoliae, T. 
Anders. et J. Neesianae, Wall. a quibus habitu et bracteis haud 
spathulatis inter alia divergit; ab J. flava, Kurz foliis multo 
_ Minoribus recedit. 
_ Fruticulus ex collectore circ. 30 cm. altus. Caules erecti 
