SPECIES ASIATICAE, 231 
mm. longis praedita; antherae 2 mm. longae dorso minute 
bicalcaratae. Stylus inclusus glaber stigmate anguste capitato. 
Fructus (in sicco compressus) fere I cm. diametro niger seminibus 
ellipsoideis. 
“China :—On the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan, on open rocky 
moorland. Lat. 28° 12’.N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Shrub of 2 ft. 
Flowers rose. July 1917.’’ G. Forrest. No. 14,337. 
““ Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open rocky situations 
amongst dwarf scrub. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. 
Undershrub of 1-2} ft. Flowers rose-red. June 1917.’”’ G. 
Forrest. No. 14,067. 
“ Sept. 1917. Duplicate in fruit ; fruits black.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 14,830. . 
This species is closely allied to the Szechuan V, viburnoides, 
Rehder and Wilson, which has been found only once. The 
Forrestian plant is distinguished by the smaller leaves and 
eciliate calyx. 
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Vaccinium taliense, W. W. 5m. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. Doniano, Wight et S. mekongenst, W. W. 
Sm. et S. salweenensi, W. W. Sm. ; foliis parvis utrinque plus 
minusve pilosis, pedicellis pilosis, antheris biaristatis inter alia 
signa bene notata. . 
Frutex circ. 1 m. altus, ramosissimus, ramulis subtortuosis 
multo intertextis primo dense pilosulis annotinis glabrescentibus 
cinerascentibus. Folia petiolo circ. 2 mm. longo dense fulvido- 
vel albido-pilosulo suffulta ; lamina vulgo 2-3 cm. longa, I-I.5 
cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata vel subelliptica, apice acuta vel 
breviter acuminata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, margine 
regulariter atque minute serrulata, mempbranacea, supra opaco- 
viridis ad costam dense pilosula ceteroquin sparsim, infra pallidior 
undique plus minusve dense albido-pilosa, nervis 4-5 paribus 
subconspicuis. Inflorescentiae racemosae densiflorae ; raceml 
circ. 4 cm. longi dense aggregati ex axillis foliorum delapsorum 
orientes ; rhachis densiuscule pilosula ; bracteae et bracteolae 
2-3 mm. longae lanceolatae vel lineari-lanceolatae pilosulae cito 
deciduae ;_ pedicelli circ. I mm. longi plus minusve pilosuli. 
Calyx plus minusve viridis ad lobos rubidus ; tubus cum ovario 
circ. 1.5 mm. longus subglaber ; lobi 1 mm. longi triangulares 
acuti albido-ciliolati. Corolla 5-6 mm. longa urceolata laete 
rosea extra ad apicem pilosula, intus ad lobos breves minute et 
Sparsim pilosula. Stamina circ. 4 mm. longa filamentis dense 
albo-pilosulis antheris dorso longe biaristatis. Stylus circ. 5 mm. 
longus glaber. Fructus deest 
“* China :—Western flank the Tali Range, Yunnan, in 
