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TWO BECADS OF NEW 
Lettsomia Mfaymyo W. W. Smith, sp. nov 
Species affinis L. setosa Roxb., sed inflorescentia laxiore, floribus 
majoribus, calyce diverso recedit : flores eos Lettsomiae Championii 
Benth. et Hook. f. suggerunt. 
Frutpx alte scandens, caule volubili primo adpresse fulvo-piloso, 
deinde glabrescenti. Folia alterna, petiolo circiter 6 cm. longo adpresse 
piloso praedifca, perlate ovata, usque ad 12 cm. longa, circiter 12 cm. lata, 
ambitu apiculo minimo addito rotundata, basi paulo cordata, integra, 
coriacea, supra sparse adpresse fulvo-pilosa, infra praeserfcim in nervis 
densius ; ner vi utrinque circiter 10, ascendentes, intra marginem obsoies- 
centes, supra paulo eminentes, infra distinctiores. Infi ores cent ia sub um- 
bel] ate cymos®, longe pedunculat® in foliorum axillis, 7— 15~flor®. 
Feduneulus 10 — 20 cm. longus, dense adpresse fulvo-pilosus; pedicelli 1 — 2 
cm. longi, bracteis linearibus. circiter 5 mm. longis, 3— -~10 mm. sub calyce 
positis cito deciduis prsediti. Sepala imhricata, perlate ovata, 4 mra. 
longa, 3 mm. lata, apice basique rotr Lata, dense adpresse argenteo- 
pilosa. Corolla campanulata, circiter 4*5 m. longa, ore 5 cm. lata vel ultra, 
a basi 5 mm. lata sensim ampliata, breviter obtuse lobulata, extus dense 
adpresse Ion giuscule argenteo-pilosa, intus glabra ; color non notus. Sta- 
mina 2 — 2*5 cm. longa, fi la mentis glabris vel sparse pilosulis, antheris 
elongatis 4 mm. longis. Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, 2-loculare. Fruc- 
ius immaturus. 
Burma: — May myo Plateau, 3,500 ft. altitude, No. 4257, Lace in 
Herb Calc. ! A specimen from the Shan States, 4,000 ft. altitude col- 
lected by N. ManderSy without number in Herb. Calc, is in my opinion 
the same. 
Primula pudihunda W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Primula affinis P. reticulata Wall, et P. siJckimensi Hook, sed 
corolla minima vix calyce exserta inter alia differt. 
Planta circiter 20 cm. alta, multo minus robusta quam affinescitat®, 
.glabra, inflorescentia excepta efarinosa. Folia longe petiolata, 6 — 9 cm. 
longa, 15 — 2 cm. lata, anguste obovara-spathulata, apice rotundata vel 
obtusa, basi in petiolum 6 — 8 cm. longum cuneatim attenuata, indurate- 
serratula, venis supra indistinctis, infra conspicuis. Scapus elongatus, 
circiter 20 cm. longus, umbellam paueifloram (s®pius 3— 4-floram) gerens ; 
bracte® angust® e basi lata subulato-acuminat®, 5 — 7 mm. long®; 
pedicelli graciles, 5 — 7 mm. longi ; flores subcernui. Calyx 5-costatus, 
5 — 7 mm. longus, tubuloso-campanulatus, vix ad medium fissus;lobi tri- 
angulares, acuti, erecti vel subrecurvi. Corolla flava, vix calyce exserta 
