Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. 
‘ Plants discovered and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
of Yunnan and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, and 1906. 
Description of New Species of Asclepiadaceae. 
BY 
DR. RUDOLF SCHLECHTER, 
Berlin. 
Periploca Forrestii, Schltr. Sp. nov. | Fae, 
Frutex volubilis, scandens, bene ramosa, usque ad 2 m. alta 
ramis ramulisque filiformibus, glabris, teretibus ; foliis lanceo- 
latis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, brevissime petiolatis, 4-6 cm. 
longis, infra medium 0.7~1.3 cm. latis, utrinque glabris, textura 
coriaceis ; cymis axillaribus, abbreviatis, paucifloris; bracteis 
deltoideis, minutis; floribus in genere inter minores; calycis 
segmentis late ovatis vel suborbicularibus, obtusis, glabris, vix 
1.5 mm. longis; corolla subrotata alte 5~partita c. 0.5 cm. 
longa, lobis oblongis oblique subapiculatis, glabris, intus per 
medium leviter carinatis ; coronae segmentis 5, subulatis, minute 
puberulis, corollae lobis. paululo brevioribus, basi utrinque 
squamella parvula auctis, corollae supra basin affixis; antheris 
e basi dilatata subunguiculata angustatis, obovatis, connectivo 
in apiculum satis longum, puberulum producto ; polliniis ellip- 
tico-spathulatis, glandula semilunata parvula ; stigmatis capite 
breviter conico gibbis 5 medio circumdato. 
‘‘ Semi-climbing shrub of 3-6 ft. Thickets on hills west of 
Yunnanfu. Elevation 8000 ft.” G. Forrest. No. 572. . 
This species has evidently been always mistaken for P. 
calophylla, Falc. It is, however, well distinguished by the broader 
and glabrous corolla-segments and the corona-scales. The flowers, 
besides, are of much smaller size than in P. calophylla, Falc. 
Cynanchum Forrestii, Schltr. Sp.nov. #149 
Terrestre, erectum, simplex, usque ad 45 cm. altum; caule 
teretiusculo, basi glabrato, apicem versus puberulo, bene foliato ; 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVI, March 1913.] 
