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the sepals are whitish; the urceolate corolla is of somewhat 
different shape, longer, rounder, with a very characteristic 
narrow mouth with straight-cut pentagonal edges, the lobes 
shorter and more erect ; the style is longer and slenderer. The 
plant so far is difficult to propagate as compared with its ally. 
Polygonum lichiangense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis Polygono polystachyo, Wall. ex Himalaya ; 
ramis stipulisque setosis, foliis supra setosis infra dense cinereo- 
tomentosis recedit. 
Planta 60-120 cm. alta, erecta, basi suffruticosa, ramis 
ramulisque striatis setis albidis vel fulvidis e pustulis parvis 
ortis plus minusve dense praeditis. Folia 6-12 cm. longa, 2-3 
cm. lata, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice caudato- 
acuminata, basi in petiolum brevissimum late cuneata, margine 
undulata vel subintegra, chartacea, supra viridia setis albidis 
adpressis modice instructa, infra tomento denso cinereo praedita, 
nervis 8—12-paribus obscuris; stipulae 2-3 cm. longae saepius 
lanceolatae membranaceae setosae brunneae. Inflorescentiae 
amplae thyrsoideo-paniculatae ; ramuli dense patenti-albido- 
pilosi; bracteae bracteolaeque lanceolatae membranaceae 
brunneae ; pedicelli graciles, circ. 2 mm. longi; flores subcon- 
gesti 7-8 mm. diametro. Perianthium album fere ad imum in 
segmenta quinque inaequalia late obovato-spathulata fissum. 
Fructus maturus deest. 
“Plant of 2-4 ft. Flowers creamy-white. Open situations 
on the margins of mixed forests on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat.27°40’N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. August 
Igto.”” G. Forrest. No. 6296. 
Porana decora, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species pulchra ex affinitate Poranae grandiflorae, Wall. et 
P. sinensis, Hemsl.; ab illa sepalis dense sericeo-villosulis, ab 
hac tubo corollae longo angustissimo inter alia discrepat 
Frutex alte scandens ramis longis volubilibus densius adpresse 
incano-villosis. Folia inferiora petiolo 4-6 cm. longo supra 
canaliculato incano-villosulo praedita ; lamina usque ad 12 cm. 
longa, usque ad 10 cm. lata, late cordiformis apice acute abrupte 
acuminata, basi sinu lato alte cordata, papyracea, supra + dense 
adpresse sericeo-villosula, infra dense incano-villosula venis 
primariis plerumque 7, utrinque conspicuis; folia in regione 
inflorescentiae multo minora, sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, 
caulem amplectantia, ad 3.5 cm. longa, ad 2.5 cm. lata, cetera 
inferioribus similia. Flores in racemos paniculatos pendentes 
dispositi; racemi in axillis foliorum superiorum subbractei- 
