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196 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
carnosulae apice crenato-lobatulae ; stamina 2, antheris circa 
pistillodium minutum ad apicem columnae sessilibus, loculis 
disjunctis cruciatim dispositis antheras 4 uniloculares simulanti- 
bus. Floris feminini sepala 6, biseriata, petaloidea, ovato- 
lanceolata, serrato-lacerata, cum appendiculo 2 mm. longo 
circ. mm. longa; glandulae reniformes carnosulae apice 
crenato-lobatulae; ovarium dense scabridulum ; styli 3, bifidi. 
Fructus deest. 
“Shrub of 6-8 fiches, Flowers deep crimson. Dry stony 
meadows on the margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of 
the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 10,000—11,000 it. 
July rgto.’’ G. Forrest. No. 6119. 
Pieris Forrestii, Harrow. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis Pieridi formosae, D. Don ; foliis floribus- 
que primo intuitu persimilis est sed habitu, sepalis albidis, 
corolla ore minore pentagono nec rotundo lobis brevissimis 
erectis paulo diversa, stylo graciliore satis divergit. 
Frutex suberectus ramis pendentibus, sempervirens, in 
horto nunc I m. altus, glaber. Folia 6-12 cm. longa, 2—3.5 cm. 
lata, oblongo-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, -breviter acuminata, 
basi cuneata vel subrotundata, crebre serrulata, coriacea 
glaberrima, utrinque pulchre reticulata venis translucentibus, 
nitida; petioli 4-7 mm. longi. Flores penduli in paniculas 
terminales pendentes ad 15 cm. longas latasque dispositi ; 
rhachis, ut pedicelli bracteae sepala, glandulis minutis nigris 
conspersa; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 2-3 mm. longae; 
pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi, graciles, infra medium bracteolis 
duabus parvis praediti. Calycis albidae lobi circ. 5 mm. longi, 
ovato-lanceolati, coriacei, acuti, glabri glandulis minutis exceptis. 
Corolla urceolaris, alba, circ. 9 mm. longa, ore parvo 3 mm. 
diametro pentagono, lobis brevissimis erectis. Stamina Io in- 
clusa ; filamenta alba, parce pilosa, basi dilatata ; antherae dorso 
longiuscule biaristatae. Ovarium depresso-globosum, stylo 
gracili corollam aequante. Fructus deest. Gaultheria Forrest, 
Hort. nec Diels in Gardening Illustrated, vol. xxxv (1913), 266. 
hina :—Yunnan; known only from plants grown in the 
nurseries of Bees Limited, and in the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, from seed obtained by George Forrest. 
This new species is a most graceful shrub, closely resembling 
Pieris formosa, Don, and at first sight easily mistaken for it. 
It differs, however, in several minor points, the sum of which 
is beyond mere varietal divergence. The habit is much more 
pendent, with the leaves often peculiarly reflexed along the 
branches; the pedicels are slenderer with narrower bracts ; 
