OF THE EA8TEEN HIMALAYA, 
Cydoliia catJiayeasis Hemsl. 
Near Bongthaiig(?) No. 159 White ! 
An addition to the Flora of Bhutan. It appears to be variable ia 
the degree of ferruginous pubescence on the leaves, and in the size of 
the fruit. Even the mature leaves in this specimen retain a thick cover- 
ing of ferruginous tomentum. 
Pirns jblintaaica W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Aria, inter himalaicas Piro vesHta affinis ; foliis 
parvis trilobis, inter alia signa statim distincta. 
Arboris descriptio deest. Cautis primo dense pubescens, deiadeglab- 
rescens. Folia petiolata ; petiolus 1-1 *5 cm. longus, pubescens ; lamina 
2*5 — 4*5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, triloba ad medium, lobis ovatis vel 
ellipticis acutiusculis serratis, supra paucis sparsis capillis, infra rugo- 
sula, venulis plus minus pubescentibus, basi cuneata, stipulis 5-10 mm. 
longis lanceolatis plus minus persistentibus instracta. Moreis 4-8, in 
ramulis lateralibus corymbosi, fere fasciculati ; pedicelU ad 2 cm. longi, 
tomentosi. Calycis tomentosi tubus 3 mm. longus, urceolatos ; lobi 
quinque ad 3 mm. longi, triangulares, obtusi, reflexi. Petala 7-8 mm- 
longa, orbicularia, intra albu-lauata. Stamina 1.5 vel plura. 
basi lanati ; ovarium 5-loculare ; fructu^s immaturus. 
Tibet and Bhutan Himalaya, near Lhakhang Gumpa, While! The 
structure- of the flower makes this an ally of Firus resfita Wall ; the 
leaves are entirely different. 
Order— SAXIFRAClACli®. 
Eibes drossalaria Linn. 
Lhakhang valley, 11,500 feet, No. 70 White! 
An addition to the Flora of Tibet. 
Saxifraga Gageaiia W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species ad sectionem spectans; habitu, foliis, capsula 
subvesiculosa affinis j sed floribus rubris, ovario pianissimo facile dis- 
tincta. 
Radix repens, gracilis, CauUs ad 8 cm. longus, flexuosus, saepius 
solitarius, Saxifraga micrantha cauli depauperatae similis, subglaber 
