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182 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Cassiope palpebrata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. selaginoidis, Hook. f. et Thoms. 
sed foliis + patentibus, vix imbricatis, longiuscule setoso-ciliatis, 
filamentis villosulis inter alia facile distinguitur. 
Fruticulus humilis 6—8 cm. altus, suberectus vel decumbens. 
Folia 2~4 mm. longa, circ. I mm. lata, lanceolata vel subelliptica 
apice subobtusa basi cuneata rigida, + patentia, conferta sed 
vix imbricata, coriacea, margine incrassata et setis utrinque 
3-4 circ. I mm. longis praedita, caeterum glabra nitentia. 
Flores axillares cernui albidi pedicellis gracilibus circ. 2 cm 
longis abrupte (fere recto angulo) abeuntibus dense araneoso- 
fulvido-villosis suffulti. Sepala 5, libera, 2 mm. longa, elliptica 
vel ovata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, laete rubro-purpurea, 
glabra. Corolla campanulata 7-8 mm. longa lobis ovatis 
2mm. longis obtusis. Stamina 8 (in specimine dissecto) inclusa 
filamentis 2 mm. longis subulatis sparsius villosulis, antheris 
ovoideis apice aristis duabus elongatis ornatis. Stylus 2 mm. 
longus columnaris. Fructus maturus deest. 
“China :—In Western Yunnan on the Mekong-Yangtze 
divide, on granite screes and precipices at an elevation of 13,000- 
14,000 ft. June 1913.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. 583 in Herb. 
Edin. 
A very graceful species differing from the allied Himalayan 
species in the foliage. 
Chimonanthus yunnanensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Chimonantho fragranti, Lindl. ; foliis ovatis 
basi rotundatis, apice non acuminatis, foliis ad tempus florendi 
persistentibus recedit. 
Frutex 5-10 m. altus. Ramuli angulati pilosuli vel glabre- 
scentes cortice griseo pustulato praediti. Folia tempore florendi 
persistentia, opposita, 4-7 cm. longa, 3-4.5 cm. lata, ovata 
vel subelliptica, apice obtusa vel subobtusa, nec acuminata, basi 
rotundata, petiolo circiter 5 mm. longo sparse pilosulo prae- 
dita, coriacea, integra, ‘supra pustuloso- -scabridula nervis ob- 
scuris, infra glabra nisi in nade nervisque sparsissime pilosulis, 
nervis 4—5-paribus bo-nitentibus instructa. Flores 
axillades solitarii vix pedunculati, flavicantes; bracteolae 
pluriseriatae, ovatae vel rotundatae, minute pilosulae et ciliatae, 
superne gradatim majores ad 5 mm. longae, floris basim arcte 
obtegentes. Perianthii foliola exteriora rotundata, circiter 
mm. longa, intermedia 10-12 mm. longa, elliptica obtusa, 
interiora circiter 5 mm. longa, late ovata vel suborbicularia, 
ad I mm. unguiculata. Stamina antherifera 5. Fructus deest. 
