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"IO DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
ovatae, fuscae; pedicelli flore breviores ; flores albi fragrantes. 
Perianthium 7-8 mm. longum membranaceum, paulo ultra 
medium in lobos ovatos obtusos partitum. Stamina ad tubi 
fauces inserta antheris albidis filamenta paulo complanata fere 
aequantibus. Ovarium globosum ; stylus ovario paulo longior 
apice breviter trilobus. 
“Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers pure white, fragrant. 
Shady situations in pine and rhododendron forests on the western 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 12,000- 
13,000 ft. June 1gto.” G. Forrest. No. 5801. 
. Trachydium spatuliferum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
1) 
Species valde affinis Tvachydio Delavayi, Franch. ; magni- 
tudine habitu foliis proxima, bracteolis diversissima. 
Planta 5-20 cm. alta, erecta glabra. Rhizoma crassum. 
Caules solitarii vel plures, basi fibris petiolorum pristinorum 
cincti. Folia plurima ex imo caule orta, petiolo basi. conspicue 
late vaginante circ. 2-4 cm. longo praedita, glaberrima ; lamina 
3-4 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, ambitu oblonga, pinnata; seg- 
menta utrinque 3-4, late ovata vel suborbicularia sessilia circ. 
7-8 mm. diametro, apice basique subrotundata, margine paucies 
serrata vel subintegra. Involucri phylla foliacea, 4-5, foltis 
persimilia, petiolo vaginante incluso ad 5 cm. longa. Umbellae 
radii 10-20 inaequales sub anthesi 3-9 cm. longi. Involucelli 
phylla 4-6, variabilia, 8-12 mm. longa, flores superantia, sae- 
pius lineari-spathulata, integra vel 3—5-fida, segmentum supre- 
mum semper maximum, lateralia saepius minima _ linearia. 
Sepala inconspicua. Petala flavido-viridia ex collectore, sub- 
elliptica circ. 1.5 mm. longa, apice inflexo. Ovarium nitenti- 
atroviride viscidum. 
“Plant of 2-8 inches. Corolla yellowish-green, gynaeceum 
dark green, viscid, and shining. Open stony pasture on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 
II,000-12,000 ft. July 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6019. 
Vaccinium modestum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species haec nana inter species hujus regionis cognitas flore 
solitario facile recognoscitur. 
Fruticulus minimus ; pars epigaea 3-8 cm. longa; rhizoma 
repens gracile. Caulis suberectus basi defoliatus et decorticans, 
supra laxius foliatus glaber rubridus. Folia pauca (4-8), 2-3 
cm. longa, 1-1.6 cm. lata, ovata vel elliptica vel obovata, apice 
rotundata vel obtusissima raro emarginata, basi rotundata vel 
late cuneata, tenuiter coriacea, integra, glabra, supra viridia 
