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SPECIES CHINENSES, 209 
quantibus per tres partes inferiores pilosis, antheris circ. 5 mm 
longis pilis stellatis adspersis. Ovarium superum tomentosum 
stylo glabro antheris longiore. 
“ Dwarf shrub of 1-4 ft. Flowers creamy white. Dry open 
stony pasture in the hills at the south end of the Lang-kong 
Valley. Lat. 26° 10’ N. Alt. 7000-g000 ft. May 1910.” G. 
Forrest. No. 5585. 
Tovaria Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Tovariae Delavayi, Franch. 
Planta circ. 60 cm. alta. Caulis flexuosus glaberrimus, 
polyphyllus. Folia ad 17 cm. longa, ad 8 cm. lata, elliptica vel 
ovato-elliptica, basi amplexicaulia, cordata lobulis imbricatis, 
petiolo nullo, apice longe acuminata, tenuiter membranacea, 
utrinque glabra, infra pallidiora. Inflorescentia composita, 
in specimine viso in racemos tres elongatos tenues flexuosos 
20-30-floros divisa; rhachis furfuroso-pubescens ; bracteae 
lineares circ. 2 mm. longae ;_pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi, furfuroso- 
pubescentes. Flores flavidi fragrantes; perianthium 5-6 mm, 
longum fere ad basin in lobos lanceolatos acutos partitum, 
Stamina in parte tertia inferiore segmentorum inserta, fila- 
mentis brevissimis. Ovarium globosum; stylus columnaris 
ovarium subaequans, apice obscure trilobus. 
“Plant of 2 ft. Flowers dull yellow, shaded maroon, 
fragrant. Open and shady mixed forests on the eastern flank 
of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. gooo—r1o,000 ft. July 
1gt0.” G. Forrest. No. 7066. 
A species well distinguished by the cordate amplexicaul 
leaves without petioles, by the deeply cleft perianth, and by 
the columnar style with shortly 3-lobed apex. 
. Tovaria lichiangensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Tovariae Fargesi, Franch. et T. Souliet, 
Franch. sed foliis utrinque albo-pilosulis, margine ciliatis inter 
alia ex descriptione recedit. 
Planta 10-15 cm. alta, rhizomate gracili elongato, fibris 
tomentellis. Caulis gracilis flexuosus infra glaber, supra pilis 
parvis reflexis albidis plus minusve dense indutus. Folia 
3-4, in medio caule approximata, petiolo 5-15 mm. longo 
semiamplectante praedita ; lamina 3—4.5 cm. longa, 2-2.5 cm. 
lata, ovata vel ovato-elliptica, basi late cuneata, apice breviter 
atque acute acuminata, utrinque sparsius albo-pilosula, infra 
saepe glabrescens, margine breviter albo-ciliata. Inflorescentiae 
rhachis 6-8 cm. longa, simplex, 2—5-flora; bracteae parvae, 
