(5 % v 
SPECIES CHINENSES. 183 
“Shrub of 15-30 ft. Flowers dull yellow. Dry sunny 
sttaeianes amongst scrub at south end of the Sungkwei Valley. 
Lat 10’ N._ Alt. 6000-7000 ft. November rg1o.” G 
Forrest. No. 7366. 
‘A species closely allied to the well-known C. fragrans, Lindl., 
from which I have separated it with some hesitation. The 
new species is distinguished by the ovate leaves with broad 
base persistent at the time of flowering and by the broader 
and rounder perianth-segments. 
Clematis Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species distinctissima ; aspectu haud dissimilis C. fasciculi- 
florae, Franch. sed acheniis sericeis inter alia valde discrepat ; 
foliis ad C. uncinatam, Champ. spectat, caeterum diversa ; in 
schemate cl. Finet et Gagnepain * in vicinia C. Meyenianae, 
Walp. ponenda, quae species tamen notis multis facile distin- 
guitur ; bracteae conspicuae in poculum connatae gemmam 
mediam prima aetate cingunt, postea in aperto flore intervallo 
+ 1 cm. longo a calyce separantur, id quod notae utili est ob- 
servandum. 
Frutex scandens, 6-10 m. altus, caule striatulo cinereo mox 
decorticante. Folia nodis congesta quasi fasciculata trifoliolata 
glabra vel infra prope costam pilis rarissimis albidis conspersa ; 
petiolus 2-4 cm. longue glaber, petiolulilaterales 1-3 mm. longi ; 
intermedius ad 1 cm.; foliola 2-8 cm. longa, 1-3 cm. lata, 
ovato-lanceolata, acuta apiculata, basi rotundata, integra 
(lateralia saepe parte exteriore lobatula), tenuiter chartacea, 
supra viridia venis primariis tribus indistinctis, infra paulo 
pallidiora venulis bene reticulatis. Inflorescentia similis ei 
Clematidis fasciculiflorae ; flores axillares cernui 5—6-fasciculati ; 
pedicelli sub bracteis connatis 2-3 cm. longi glabri vel pilis 
albidis sparsissime praediti, supra bracteas I-1.5 cm. longi, 
densissime albido- vel flavido-tomentosi; bracteae 5-7 mm 
longae in poculum biauritum coalitae extus albido-villosae. 
Sepala 4, oblonga, 2 cm. longa, 8-10 mm. lata, obtusa, extus 
dense tomentosa, intus glabra, flavida, venis circ. 7 indistinctis. 
Stamina circ. 30, sepala aequantia vel paululo superantia, 
filamentis loriformi-linearibus glabris roseis, antheris 2.5 mm. 
longis glabris roseis loculis a latere dehiscentibus. Achaenia 
ovoidea, 3-4 mm. longa multo compressa, margine crassato 
flavido, dense sericea, stylo fere ad 4 cm. elongate albido-plumoso 
praedita. 
Yunnan, West China. 
*‘Scandent shrub of 20-30 ft. Flowers creamy-yellow, | 
* Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. L (1903), 522. 
