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200 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
orum radicalium non contigua, basi lata sessilia, basin folii versus 
magnitudine sensim decrescentia, superiora 2-2.5 cm. longa, 
8 mm. lata infima 5-8 mm. longa, ambitu oblonga, circum- 
circa inciso-serrata, supra viridia subglabra vel parce pilosa, 
subtus in venis venulisque dense pilis longis adpressis argenteo- 
sericea. Flores longe pedunculati, conspicui, circ. 2 cm. lati. 
Sepala externa lanceolata integra, interna longiora ovata, 
omnia parcius sericeo-pilosa. Petala obovato-orbiculata in- 
tegerrima, calycem duplo superantia, flava. Stamina 20 annulo 
glabro inserta. Receptaculum albo-pilosum; carpella (im- 
matura) globosa fusca stylo laterali praedita. 
“ Plant of g-15 inches. Flowers yellow. In alpine pasture 
on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N t: 
I0,000-11,000 ft. Aug. 1910.”” G. Forrest. No. 7017. 
Randia lichiangensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Randiae tetvaspermae, Roxb. ; corollae flavae 
tubo brevissimo inter alia differt 
Frutex 60-120 cm. altus. Rami crassiusculi rigidi cortice 
brunneo rugosulo obtecti, fulvo-pilosuli; ramuli foliati flori- 
ferique rigidi breves, 0.5—3 cm. longi, pilosuliores, stipulis foliorum 
emortuorum multis congestis saepe praediti. Folia brevissime 
(vix I mm.) petiolata 1-1.5 cm. longa, I-1.2 cm. lata, late ovata 
vel obovata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi late cuneata vel 
subrotundata, chartacea, atroviridia integra, supra spar 
pilosula, infra densius nervis circ. 3 paribus subeminentibus ; 
stipulae latissime ovatae, squamiformes, brunneo-membranaceae, 
mucronatae, fulvo-ciliatae, diu persistentes. Flores ad apices 
ramulorum solitarii, parvi, basi stipulis tecti. Calyx ad 3 mm. 
longus, extus pilosulus, intus glaber, ad medium vel ultro in 
lobos triangulares acutos ciliatos divisus. Corolla hypocrateri- 
formis, vix 8 mm. longa, teste collectore flava; tubus brevis- 
simus vix 3 mm. longus, intus albo-hirsutulus ; lobi circ. 5 mm. 
longi, ovati, patentes, extus glabrescentes, intus sparse pilosuli, 
integri. Stamina 5, exserta, filamentis brevissimis, antheris line- 
aribus acutis fere 3 mm. longis. Stylus fusiformis. Fructus deest. 
“Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers yellow. Amongst scrub in dry 
situations on the divide between the Hoching and Lichiang 
Valleys. Lat. 26° 50’ N. Alt. 8000-g000 ft. May 1gf0.’ 
G,. Forrest. No. 5541. 
Rhododendron cuneatum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis R. Augustinii, Hemsl. foliis minoribus infra 
glabris, calyce valde diverso recedens ; ad R. polylepis, Franch., 
ad R. Searsiae, Rehder et Wilson, ad R. heliolepis, Franch. ad 
