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spicuis vel etiam + impressis, reticulo obsoleto ; inflorescentiis 
singulatim lateralibus gracilibus, semel vel bis, rarius ter, dicho- 
tomis, axibus filiformibus, intermediis manifestis, pedunculis 
2--4 cm. longis, pedicellis 1~1.4 cm. longis ; floribus inter minores, 
4-meris, expansis 4-6 mm. diam., calycis explanati lobis rotun- 
datis, latioribus quam longioribus, circ. 0.5 mm. longis ; petalis 
suborbicularibus circ. 2.5 mm. diam.; staminibus supra discum 
explanatum subtenuem obsoleteque 4-tobum in eius lobis in- 
sertis, filamentis brevissimis gibberiformibus, antheris sub- 
sessilibus, subreniformibus, rimis transversalibus superne et 
extrorsum dehiscentibus ; ovario depresso-pyramidato, 4—gono, 
stigmate capitato sessili coronato, 4—loculari, loculis 2-ovulatis, 
ovulis ex apice et angulo centrali collateralibus et oblique 
pendulis. 
“Shrub of 4-8 ft. Open, rocky situations amongst scrub on 
the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
8000-gooo0 ft. June-July 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 4798 partly. 
Proxima E. Giraldii, Loes., quae foliis densius serrulatis, 
plerumque + ciliato-serrulatis et latioribus recedit, atque forsan 
tantum varietas huius speciei. 
This species was confused by Franchet with 4798a, both 
considered by him to be his E. amygdalifolia. It differs from the 
plant 47984, to which we restrict Franchet’s name, by the flower- 
ing branchlets being shorter, the flowers considerably smaller 
and of a paler colour. 
Tripterygium Forrestii, Loes. Sp. nov. Plate ii. 
Frutex 0.6-1.5 m. altus; ramulis acute angulatis et lenti- 
celloso-verrucosis ; foliis alternis 4.5-7 mm. longe petiolatis, 
ovalibus vel ovatis, basi cuneato-obtusis vel rotundatis, apice 
obtuse vel acutiuscule breviter vel usque 12 mm. longe acuminatis, 
margine crenulato-serrulatis, chartaceis vel tenuiter chartaceis, 
petiolo sub lente parce puberulo glabrescente excepto glabris 
vel glaberrimis, 5-8.5 cm. longis, 2.5~5.2 cm. latis, costa et nervis 
lateralibus + patentibus et ad apicem versus arcuatis supra 
prominulis, subtus prominentibus, manifeste et dense reticulatis, 
reticulo supra tenuiter prominulo, subtus subprominente, in- 
florescentiis paniculam compositam terminalem usque 13 cm. 
longam formantibus, rhachi et axibus reliquis dense subfusco- 
vel griseo-puberulis ; floribus parvulis, sub anthesi 4-5 mm. 
diam., gynaeceo 3—-mero excepto 5—meris ; calyce sub lente parce 
pulvereo-puberulo, lobis rotundatis sub lente + repandulis, vix 
I mm. longis, circ. 1.25 mm. latis; petalis e basi paullum 
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angustata subovatis, margine sub lente vix conspicue repandulis 
subintegris, circ. 2 mm. longis et 1.75 mm. latis; staminibus in 
