402 BOTAXICAL GAZETTE [may 



lenticellis flavis sparse obtecti, vetustiores f usco-nigrescentes ; 

 gemmae ovato-oblongae, acuminatae, perulis paucis fusco-purpureis 

 margine dense longiciliatis cinctae, divaricatae, laterales 7-8 mm., 

 terminales circ. 10 mm. (vel ultra ?) longae. Folia decidua, sub- 

 chartacea, pleraque elliptico-oblonga, minora interdum ovato- 

 elliptica et maxima obovato-oblonga, apice acuta vel plus minusve 

 rarius distincte acuminata, basi satis acute vel late cuneata, rarius 



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subrotundata, minora latiora 6-7 cm. longa et 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, 

 oblonga majora 7:2.5 ad 15:4 cm. vel latiora ad 14:6 cm. magna, 

 margine irregulariter vel dupliciter subglanduloso-denticulata vel 



sublobata, superne saturate viridia, paullo nitidula, glabra (vel 

 juniora ut videtur in costa nervisque subimpressis sparse pilosa), 

 subtus valde discoloria, pulchre albescentia vel leviter flavescentia, 

 facie tomento lanuginoso adpresso obtecta, costa nervisque laterali- 

 bus utrinsecus 9-10 subrectis in dentes exeuntibus angulo circ. 45 

 a costa divergentibus prominentibus sparsius lanuginosis vel fere 

 glabrescentibus colore flavescente conspicuis; petioli 1-2 cm. longi, 

 flavescentes, superne canaliculati, sparse lanuginosi vel fere glabri. 

 Inflorescentia valde deflorata vel fructifera ramos laterales nor- 

 maliter 2-3-foliatos ad 3 cm. longos terminans, corymbosa, circ. 

 5 cm. longa et lata, sparse pilosa vel glabra, fructibus 3-6; pedi- 

 celli circ. 5 mm. longi ; sepala florum valde defloratorum late vel 

 satis anguste triangularia, partem liberam receptaculi aequantia, 

 initio ut receptaculum lanuginosa, deinde ambo glabra; petala 

 ignota; stamina ut videtur circ. 25; discus cupularis, glaber; 

 styli 2, 2/3 connati, basi parce lanuginosi; ovarium totum inferum, 

 carpellis ventre ut videtur tantum basi connatis in parte libera 

 parce lanuginosis; fructus rubri, obovato-globosi, ad 12:12 vel 

 15:13 mm. magni, apice parte libera receptaculi et parte inferiore 

 persistente stylorum coronati sepalis plus minusve deciduis, sparse 

 punctati; semina obovalia, valde compressa, apice rotundata, basi 

 sub hilo apiculata, 5-6 mm. longa, 3-3.5 mm. lata, flavo-brunnea. 



Yunnan boreali-occidentalis: ad latera orientalia montium niveorum prope 

 Lichiang-fu, alt. circ. 3200 m., Octobri 1914, C. Schneider (no. 3913, typus in 

 Herb. Arb. Arn. et Hb. Schneider). 



The nearest relatives of this species seem to be 5. Aria Crtz. and S. lanata 

 Koch, from both of which it may at once be distinguished by its much shorter 

 sepals and the different serration and lobation of the leaves. The shape of 



