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336 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM, 
Gard., Calc., viii, 120, t. 166; and Kranzlin in Pflanzenreich— 
Orchidaceae-Monandrae-Dendrobiinae, part ii, 88. The plant 
has flowered freely with graceful racemes of white flowers which 
are by no means fugacious (King and Pantling note that 
Himalayan plants of Evia bractescens do not survive more than 
two days). The blooms have a faint odour of cinnamon. The 
empty bracts below the .inflorescence are not conspicuous as 
in E. bractescens, as they are more or less concealed by the 
sheathing leaf. 
Eriolaena yunnanensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate E. Candollei, Wall. a qua foliis integris 
supra fere glabris fructibus minoribus inter alia differt. 
Arbor 10-18 m. alta ramulis crassis primo + stellato- 
tomentosis mox glabrescentibus. Folia 5-10 cm. longa 3-5 
cm. lata oblonga vel ovato-oblonga apice subacuta vel breviter 
acuminata basi rotundata vel brevissime cordatula coriacea 
integra vel margine paullulo sinuata supra (matura tantum visa) 
subglabra (juniora probabiliter + stellato-tomentosa) subtus 
dense ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa; nervi basi 5 palmatim 
orientes, duo exteriores breves, medius aliis multo major 
secundarios 3—4 utrinque gignens, omnes supra impressi subtus 
eminentes ; petioli 1-2 cm. longi + stellato-tomentosi. Pedun- 
culi pluriflori. Flores desunt. Capsula 2.5-3 cm. longa circ. 
2 cm. lata ovoidea lignosa ro-lobatula ro-valvata loculicide 
dehiscens extus ferrugineo - stellato-furfuracea; semina (alis 
exceptis) 8 mm. longa 4-5 mm. lata ovoidea compressiuscula ; 
alae I.2-1.5 cm. longae, 4-6 mm. latae brunneae. 
‘Tree of 20-40 ft. Open situations in mixed forest on the 
slopes of the Shweli Valley on the Teng Yueh-Talifu road, 
Yunnan. Alt. 6000-7000 ft. September 1905.” G. Forrest. 
No. 809. 
“ Tree of 30-50 ft. In fruit. In forests on the divide 
between the Shweli and Yengyueh Valleys, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° N. Alt. 7000 ft. May 1912.’ G. Forrest. No. 7893. 
Forrest collected this plant twice—with an interval of nearly 
seven years—but did not succeed in obtaining flowers. It is so 
distinct from the Eviolaenae of India and Burma that I have no 
hesitation in describing it from the foliage and fruits—apparently 
the first species of this genus definitely. recorded from China. 
Henry, however, collected near Szemao (No. 12,5064 in Herb. 
Edin.) an allied species in fruit with larger deeply cordate leaves 
which so far has not received a name. 
