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194 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Planta 25-50 cm. alta, tuberidiis parvis globoso-oblongis. 
Caulis gracilis substrictus. Folia plerumque 3, remota, 6-12 
cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, oblongo-lanceolata vel lineari-lanceo- 
lata, acuta, subcoriacea. Scapus supra folia nudus vel bracteis 
foliaceis I-2 praeditus. Spica multiflora (12-20), plus minusve 
densa, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovarium vix aequantibus 
viridibus instructa. Sepala 5-6 mm. longa, circ. 2 mm. lata, 
oblonga, obtusa reflexa, sicut petala rosea. Petala 5 mm. 
longa, 2.5 mm. lata, ovato-elliptica, obtusa ; labellum magnum, 
8 mm. longum, circ. 7 mm. latum, profunde trilobum, lobis 
subquadratis, paulo erosulis, intermedio vix bilobulo, calcari 
circ. I cm. longo recto obtuso, ovarium paulo superante. 
“ Plant of g-20 inches. Flowers rose. Stony mountain 
meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 25'N. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. August Ig1o.” G. Forrest. 
No. 6464. 
Ostryopsis nobilis, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
Species haec pulchra ab O. Davidiana, Decne. (adhuc specie 
- unica) foliis multo majoribus subtus dense fulvo-tomentosis 
fructibus ad rhachim elongatam laxius spiciformiter dispositis 
nec in capitulum conglomeratis inter alia signa minora differt. 
Frutex 2-4 m. altus, ramosus, ramulis primo densissime 
cinereo-tomentosis deinde subglabrescentibus. Folia 6-12 cm. 
longa, 5-10 cm. lata, alterna, late ovata vel rotundato-ovata, 
apice rotundata vel subrotundata, basi breviter et + oblique 
cordata, subregulariter dentata dentibus indurato-apiculatis, 
supra subglabra costa venisque + fulvo-pilosis, subtus densjssime 
fulvo-tomentosa nervis 7—9-paribus supra impressis infra paulo 
eminentibus ; petioli breves 5-10 mm. longi tomentosi ; stipulae 
binae lanceolatae submembranaceae utrinque pilosae, sub- 
persistentes. Flores masculi desunt. Flores feminei in spicam 
terminalem brevissimam tomentosam dispositi; bracteae ovatae 
acuminatae biflorae in fructu persistentes auctae; flos unus- 
quisque involucello convoluto + regulariter 2—-4-lobo prae- 
ditus ; spica fructifera 3-4 cm. longa laxiuscula ; nuculae circ. 
5 mm. longae, 3 mm. latae paulo compressae, perianthii limbo 
post anthesin accreto coronatae ; involucella circ. 12 mm. longa, 
cymbiformia, acuminata apice 2-4-lobulata coriacea extus 
densius intus sparsius tomento 
“Shrub of 6-12 ft. In fruit. In open thickets on the 
mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. Lat. 29° 4a’ N. 
Alt. I0,o00-11,000 ft. June 1913.”” G. Forrest. No. ro, 
A very interesting addition to a genus hitherto monotypic. 
