98. GESNERACE®. 233 
ssepius brevior. Scapi plures, pubescentes, crassiusculi, folia 
superantes, cum capsulis interdum 9-10 poll. alti, apice cymosi, 
cymis circiter 6-floris subdichotomis, bracteis parvis. Flores 
pallide rosei (teste Henry), 7-8 lineas longi, laterales longiuscule 
pedicellati; calyx hispidulus, latus, subeampanulatus, 3-4 lineas 
longis, lobis fere equalibus deltoideis vix acutis; corolla pubes- 
cens, late cylindrica, subequaliter 5-lobata, lobis rotundatis ; sta- 
mina 2, inclusa, glabra, filamentis crassis teretibus basi corolle 
affixis, antheris magnis agglutinatis ; stylus crassus, stigmate di- 
latato unilaterali. Capsula torta, hispidula, teres, circiter sesqui- 
pollicaris. 
Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward and South 
Tunghu (4. Henry!). Herb. Kew. 
“2. Boa crassifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba acaulis, pluriscaposa. Folia sessilia, crassissima, co- 
riacea, oblongo-spathulata, usque 6 poll. ionga (ssepius 3—4 poll.), 
apice rotundata, deorsum attenuata, margine undulata, supra 
viridia, glabra, evenosa, subtus densissime albido vel fulvo-fur- 
furacea, venis primariis costaque crassissimis valde elevatis. 
Scapi plures, graciles, plus minusve araneoso-hirsuti, folia sepius 
paullo superantes, interdum breviores, apice laxe cymosi, 3-7- 
flori, bracteis minutis vel obsoletis. Flores cærulei, pulcherrimi 
(teste Henry), graciliter pedicellati, circiter semipollicares ; 
calyx minutus, pubescens alte 5-fidus, lobis angustis obtusis ; 
corolla glabra, lata, obliqua, declinata, ventricosa, fere :wqualiter 
breviterque 5-lobata, lobis latis rotundatis undulatis; stamina 2, 
inclusa, glabra, medio coroll» affixa, adscendentia, filamentis 
aurantiacis valde incrassatis, antheris maximis arcte agglutinatis ; 
ovarium glabrum, stylo glabro paullo exserto, stigmate parvo fere 
truncato. Capsula annotina tantum visa, torta, teres, circiter 
sesquipollicaris. 
Huren: Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. 
Henry, 3960!); SzEcHUEN: Wushan gorge (Faber!) Herb. 
Kew. 
Nearest B. hygrometrica, R. Br. 
3. Bea dictyoneura, Hance in Journ. Bot. June 1883, p. 169. 
Bea Hancei, Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. v. 1. p. 144 (Sept. 
1883). 
LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XXVI. R 
