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230° DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Planta ad 1.5 m. alta ut videtur biennis. Caulis crassus sub 
anthesi glaberrimus albido- vel purp ti-glaucus. Folia 
superiora petiolo 3-10 mm. longo sparsim albo-pilosulo praedita, 
circ. Io cm. longa, circ. 3 cm. lata, lanceolata, indivisa, apice 
_ plus minusve acuminata, basi in petiolum alatum attenuata, 
margine remote et minute denticulata, membranacea, supra 
glabra vel subglabra, infra et ad marginem pilis albidis plus 
minusvye dense conspersa; folia mediana paulo majora basi 
runcinato-divisa, segmento terminali multo majore, lateralibus 
paucis parvis ; folia ad basim regionis floralis linearia vel lineari- 
lanceolata. Inflorescentia racemosa pauciramosa; axis glabra 
vel subglabra ; pedicelli ad 1 cm. longi. Sepala 7-8 mm. longa, 
oblonga, obtusa, pallide viridia, margine anguste scariosa. 
Petala g-10 mm. longa, anguste spathulata, pallido-flava. 
Siliqua vix matura ad 3.5 cm. longa seminibus biseriatis. 
“China :—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, 
Yunnan, in stony situations amongst scrub. Lat. 27° 45’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 4-5 ft. Flowers pale yellow. July 
1913. G. Forrest. No. 10,593. 
“ On the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan, in open situations by streams. 
Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers pale 
yellow, June 1o17.” G. Forrest. No. 14,016. 
Vaccinium oreotrephes, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate V. vibuynoidis, Rehder et Wilson (mihi 
non visi) ; ramulis puberulis, foliis minoribus brevius petiolatis, 
calycis lobis glabris recedit. 
Frutex 30-75 cm. altus ramis crassis; ramuli plus minusve 
crispato-pilosuli tarde glabrescentes, vetustiores cinerascentes. 
Folia petiolo crasso 1 mm. longo vel paulo longiore pilosulo 
praedita ; lamina 3-4 mm. longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, elliptica vel 
subobovata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, obtuse mucronata, 
basi late cuneata, denticulis adpressis crenato-serrulata, ad 
basim subintegra, coriacea, supra subnitenti-viridis ad costam 
impressam minute pilosula, infra pallidior glabra nervis 4-5 
paribus cum costa paulo elevatis. Racemiad apicem ramulorum 
congesti, circ. I cm. longi, 5—10-flori, glabri vel minute pilosull ; 
bracteae suborbiculares vel obovatae, 5-7 mm. longae, mem- 
branaceae, rubidae, minute ciliolatae, deciduae; bracteolae 
subellipticae circ. 3 mm, longae, albido-membranaceae, cilio- 
latae ; pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi, glabri. Calyx cum recepta- 
Oo are. 2 mm. longus glaber lobis 0.5-r1 mm. longis 
latissimis marginem undulatum calyci efficientibus. Corolla 
circ. 6 mm. longa, urceolata, rosea, glabra, ore angusto, lobis 
Mminutis recurvis.. Stamina filamentis basi dilatatis pilosis 2 
