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186 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Planta 60-go cm. alta, erecta, ramosa, satis foliosa, racemis 
amplis ramulos terminantibus. Folio plerumque 6-8 cm. longa, 
4-5 mm. lata, linearia vel angustissime lineari-lanceolata, 
acuta, in petiolum vix discretum attenuata, insertione angusta, 
subintegra vel remote denticulata, pilis bipartitis appressis 
utrinque incana. _Racemi ampli, in fructu ad 25 cm. elongati, | 
saepius bracteati; bracteae inferiores foliis similes et aequilongi, 
superiores minores nonnunquam deficientes, nunc pedicellis 
5-I0 mm. longis multo majores, nunc multo minores. Sepala 
circ. 8 mm. longa, lateralia multo latiora, basi gibbosa, omnia 
sparse incano-pilosula. Petala 13-14 mm. longa, spathu- 
lata, aurea, ungue circ. 8 mm. longo. Siliqua ad Io cm. 
elongata, compressa, adpresse incano-pilosula; stylus brevis 
a eal capitato. Semina 2-seriata, oblonga, vix 2 mm. longa, 
fulvi 
China :—Near Amine Western Yunnan. Grown by 
Bees Limited and in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
from seed collected under No. 67 by F. Kingdon Ward 
Some inflorescences are bracteate aie . the apex, others 
more than half-way. The bracts are r less persistent. 
Otherwise the appearance of the aa is : that of a typical 
Erysimum. 
Gaultheria suborbicularis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate G. nummularioidis, Don, a qua foliis 
minimis suborbicularibus, floribus multo minoribus staminibus 
diversis satis recedit. 
Fruticulus minimus prostratus. Caulis ramosus gracilis, 
hinc inde errans, infra defoliatus supra sat foliosus plus minusve 
sparsius fulvido-setosus. Folia alterna coriacea latissime ovata 
vel suborbicularia, circ. 6 mm. longa circ. 5 mm. lata, apice 
basique rotundata, margine breviter remote nigro-setulosa, 
supra viridia glabra infra pallidiora hinc inde nigro-setulosa vel 
subglabra ; costa supra impressa infra paulo eminens nervis 
lateralibus utrinque obscuris; petiolus circ. I mm. longus. 
Flores minimi axillares solitarii ; pedicelli 1 mm. longi glabri ; 
prope calycem bracteolae duae connatae 2 mm. longae ovatae 
acutiusculae purpureo-tinctae. Calyx 2 mm. longus glaber 
5-partitus i in lobos forma et colore bracteolis persimiles. Corolla 
circ. 3 mm. longa, late campanulata ad medium lobata lobis 
apice recurvis, rosea ut videtur apice purpureo-tincta. Stamina 
10, vix I mm. longa, filamentis conicis sub lente minute papillosis, 
antherarum tubulis brevissimis, aristis nullis. Stylus filiformis 
vix Imm. longus. Fructus deest. 
“China :—Western Yunnan, forming carpets under scrub- 
