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pliato. Folia 7-21 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, apice rotundata vel 
truncata, emarginata, ima basi angustata, breviora integra, longi- 
ora parte triente superiore serrulata, supra sulcata, subtus saep- 
issime subalbida, fasciebus stomatiferis duabus e lineis 7-9 
constitutis. Strobili iuventute luteo-brunnei, maturi lutei vel 
castaneo-lutei, ambitu oblongo-ovati vel oblongi, 25-30 mm. longi, 
breviter sed distincte stipitati; squamae maturae patentes, bractea 
obovata apice conspicue bilobata 5 mm. longa irregulariter serru- 
lata dorso puberula, squama seminifera subquadrata margine 
truncata vel truncato-rotundata 12mm. longa 1omm. lataauguste 
marginata fere integra parte exserta breviuscula et latiuscula 
nitida irregulariter distantius longitudinaliter striata, parte ob- 
tecta dense puberula ; semina ambitu triangularia, 3.5 mm. longa, 
2.5 mm. lata, ala 9g mm. longa 4 mm. lata. 
Western Hupeh. Wilson, 2096. Type. (Arnold Arb. Ex- 
ped.) July 1907, and Nov. 1907. 
4. Tsuga Wardii, Downie, sp. nu. Arbor 80~r100-pedalis 
trunco saepe 10-40-ped. supra basem aequaliter bifurcato (ex 
Ward); ramuli novelli pallide brunnei, indumento brevi sub- 
denso, pulvino rubro-brunneo subconspicue rimoso alabastro ax- 
illari dimidio breviore, haud conspicue sulcati, mox supra cinereo- 
brunnei, infra fusco-brunnei, pulvino per annos 3-4 persistente. 
Folia omnia immatura, 10-20 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata, apice 
rotundata vel subtruncata, emarginata, basi in petiolum brevem 
angustata, margine praesertim apicem versus serrata, supra sul- 
cata, subtus alba, fasciebus stomatiferis duabus e lineis 5-7 con- 
stitutis. Inflorescentia ( distincte stipitata. Strobili iuventute 
rubro-purpurei, maturi erecto-patentes, ambitu oblongo-obovati, 
21 mm. longi, stipite brevi squamis persistentibus obtecto suf- 
fulti, bracteis apice bifidis; squamae seminiferae obovatae vel 
rotundato-obovatae, apice truncatae vel subtruncato-rotundatae, 
14 mm. longae, 13 mm. latae, anguste et haud conspicue margin- 
atae, fere integrae, parte exserta maiuscula luteo-brunnea nitida 
longitudinaliter irregulariter corrugata, parte obtecta dense pu- 
berula sulcata. 
N.W. Yunnan and E. Tibet. Chung valley, 9—10,000 ft. 
also in mixed forests of Doker-la, Mekong-Salween Divide. Lat. 
28°. Ward, 257, May 1913. 
5. Tsuga calcarea, Downie, sp. n. Ramuli iuventute - pal- 
lide rubro-brunnei, indumento brevi pallido subdenso, pulvino 
apice rubro-brunneo, annotini haud conspicue sulcati, mox fusco- 
grisei vel griseo-brunnei. Folia 6-20 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 
apice truncata vel subtruncata, emarginata, apud basem angus- 
tata, breviora integra, longiora saepissime serrulata, pagina 
