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cula, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, pro magnitudine grosse 
serrato-dentata, subcoriacea supra viridia glabra subtus dense 
incano-araneoso-tomentosa ; petiolus 3-5 mm. longus, basi vagi- 
nulatus ruber glaber vel subglaber ; folium supremum saepius 
multo reductum fere bracteiforme. Capitulum circ. 2 cm. longum 
et latum; involucri phylla 12-15, extus densissime crispato- 
nigro-villosa capillis albidis paucis intermixtis intus glabra 
nitenti-viridia, ad mediam partem connata ; partes superiores 
lineares I cm. longae, 1-2. mm. latae. Flores ligulati circ. 10, 
circ. 1.5 cm. longi ligulis anguste oblanceolatis apice argute 
2-3-denticulatis ; pappus albus 6-7 mm. longus; flores disci 
20-30. 
‘China :—Near A-tun-tsi, Western Yunnan, on earth screes 
at an elevation of 15,000 ft. August 1g13.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 975. 
Daphne calcicola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate D. aurantiacae, Diels; fortasse varietas 
nana illius speciei aestimari debet sed habitu prostrato, foliis 
linearibus, floribus minoribus valde recedit. 
Fruticulus humilis ramosissimus 30-60 cm. altus, pro maxima 
parte humifusus ; rami crassi nodosi, juniores vestigiis foliorum 
praeteritorum verrucosi. Folia apices ramulorum versus con- 
ferta, vix vel ad i mm. petiolata, 7-10 mm. longa, I-2 mm. lata, 
linearia vel sublinearia, subacuta, basi paulo angustata, margine 
+ revoluta, subcoriacea laevia glabra, supra viridia infra 
pallidiora ; costa supra impressa vel obscura, subtus eminens, 
nervi ceteri ne sub lente quidem visibiles. Flores plerumque 
bini terminales fere sessiles (pedicellus + 1 mm. longus) glabri 
aurantiaci fragrantissimi; tubus 8-9 mm. longus vix 1.5 mm. 
latus, lobi ovati vel orbiculari-ovati 2.5-3 mm. diametro. 
. Stamina biseriata antheris I mm. longis. Ovarium glabrum 
I mm. longum, stylus 0.5 mm. longus, stigma capitatum. 
Fructus deest. 
*‘ China :—Western Yunnan, on limestone above Chung River, 
Sha-la-ka, 10,500 ft. A low compact shrub. May 19713.” 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 328. 
Approaching D. aurantiaca, Diels, in its fragrant yellow 
flowers, but differing in the prostrate "habit, narrow linear 
leaves and slender perianth-tube. 
Boy Erysimum bracteatum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species aliqua ex parte anomala ; notis plurimis ad Erysimum 
spectat sed racemis bracteatis recedit. 
