208 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
tibus tomentosis ; margines scabridae ; petioli ad 3 mm. longi, 
pilosi. Flores magni subcapitati, in spiculam brevem densam 
terminalem conferti et ex axillis foliorum superiorum 2—3-nati 
brevissime pedunculati orientes. Bracteae ad 1.5 cm. longae, 
’ lanceolatae, acuminatae, foliaceae, scabridae, albo-ciliatae ; 
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bracteolae circ. 1 cm. longae, lineares, scabridulae, albo-ciliatae. 
Sepala bracteolis subsimilia et aequilonga, lineares vel angus- 
tissime lanceolatae, longius albo-ciliatae. Corolla multo exserta, 
ad 3.5 cm. longa, e basi angusta tubulosa circ. 1.5 cm. longa 
subito ventricoso-ampliata, ore subaperto nec decurvato, pur- 
pureo-coerulea, extus glabra, intus lineis sparse albo-pilosis 
pererrata. Stamina perfecta duo filamentis glabris. Stylus 
pilis albis patentibus undique praeditus ; ovarium apice pilosula 
excepta glabrum. Fructus matufus deest 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers purplish-blue. Dry stony 
situations amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range Lat<29° 25" N. Al: x0,000 ft. August’ 1910: 
G. Forrest. No. 6264. 
Styrax langkongensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. rugoso, Kurz ; habitu, foliis, calycis dentibus, 
corollae perenne: filamentis satis differt. 
Fru xX parvus erectus 0.3-I.2 m. altus fide collectore ; rami 
sabeeetes juniores dense stellato-fulvi-tomentosi, serius glabre- 
scentes. Folia alterna, petiolata petiolo I-3 mm. longo dense 
tomentoso, obovata vel elliptica, 2-4 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, 
apice breviter acuminata vel obtusa vel etiam subrotundata, 
basi rotundata vel late cuneata, subcoriacea, in parte superiore 
minute serrata, interdum subintegra, supra atroviridia minute 
albido-stellato-tomentella, subtus. tomento denso griseo vestita, 
supra nervis immersis, subtus prominentibus 4—5-paribus 
fulvo-tomentosis. Inflorescentia racemosa, ad medium plerum- 
que foliata, circ. 4 cm. longa, axillaris vel terminalis, 4—5-flora ; 
bracteae 4-8 mm. longae, lineares, tomentosae ; rhachis dense 
fulvo-stellato-tomentosa. Flores albidi, 1.5-2 cm. longi, pedi- 
cello 3-4 mm. longo, dense stellato-tomentoso. Calyx cupuli- 
formis, 5-6 mm. altus, in sicco 5 mm. latus, margine truncatus, 
5-denticulatus, dentibus I-1.5 mm. longis irregularibus, line- 
aribus vel anguste triangularibus, extus densissime fulvo- 
tomentosus, intus ore sparse pilosulus cetera glaber. Corolla 
5-partita, tubo 3 mm. longo lobis multo breviore, lobis in 
aestivatione imbricatis membranaceis 1.5-1.8 cm. longis 5-6 
mm. latis spathulatis extus dense stellato-tomentellis intus 
parcius. Stamina ro, filamentis parte libera antheras subae- 
