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ADDITIONS TO THE 
pondents who have communicated the specimens quoted above. The 
tree flowers in August when the leaves are hard and coriaceous. The 
fruit ripens in April (Aacf? No. 3128) when the young leaves appear, 
the older ones being apparently shed at some time in the cold season. 
Ordek— 
Primula obcouica Hance. 
Shan States, at 6,000 ft., Phillimore ! Distribution Western China 
and Tibet. 
Order— APOCYNACE/ i:. 
Beaumoutia brevituba MacGregor et Smith, sp. nov. 
Beatmontia ichasiancje. Hook, f, aflinis ; corollae lobis tubo 
multo majoribus, stylo piloso distinguenda esr. 
Frutex alte scandens. Folia ad 25 cm. longa, ad 13 cm. lata, 
elliptica, breviter acuminata, Integra, supra glabra, infra molliter pilo- 
sula, nervis 12-14 paribus. Flores in cymas laxas pilosulas dispositi. 
Calyx 2 i^\ cm. longus, in-5 lobos ovatos pilosulos partitus. Corollm 
albae infra tomentosse supra glabrioris tubus cum faucibus ampliatis 1-2 cm. 
longus, 4-7 mm. latus, nunquam B. gra)idiilora similis infra attenuatus ; 
lobi ad 3-5 cm. longi, ad 2‘5 cm. lati, obovati. Stamina summo 
tubo affixa, ad medios corollse lobos eminentia ; antherse sagittataB, 
breviter acuminatee, corneae, conniventes, stigmatis medio adhaerentes, 
loculis basi in appendiculas lineares incurvas productis ; filamenta sparsis 
pilis instructa. Stylus filiformis, undique pilosus. Fructus deest. 
Kiu Long, West Keng-Tiing, Southern Shan States, at an 
elevation of 5,000 ft., No. 1286 MacGregor ! A species remarkable for 
the size of the corolla lobes in proportion to the tube. 
Order-GESNERACE^. 
PhyllobJea sinensis Oliver. 
Gokteik Gorge, 1,500 ft.. No. 4158 Lace! near Maymyo, No. 57 
Badal Khan! Distribution — Central China. 
