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gradatim majora, maxima vix 2| poll, longa acuta, minutissime 

 punctata, glabrescentia. Mores 6-8 lineas diametro, pedicellis 

 gracillimis quam folia brevioribus ; sepala angustissima, acuta, 

 quam corolla paullo breviora, extus hirsutula; corolla rotata, 

 eglandulosa, venosa ; stamina vix monadelpha ; ovarium glabrum. 

 Capsula deest. 



Szechuen : mount Omei, 9000-11,000 feet, Rev. E. Faber, 224. 



One of the very few species of erect habit with simple stems 

 and solitary axillary flowers. The latter are similar to those of 

 L. nemorum, but the corolla-lobes are narrower and acute. 



vs c Lysimachia nigrolineata, Hemsl. 



Gracilis, adscendens, hirsuta, foliis alternis petiolatis parvis 

 ovatis, floribus parvis axillaribus solitariis insigniter nigro- 

 lineatis. 



Herba perennis (?), ut videtur multicaulis, caulibus gracilibus 

 6-9 poll, longis, internodiis quam folia brevioribus. Folia alterna, 

 longe petiolata, papyracea, molliter hirsuta vel villosa, ovata, 

 lamina secus petiolum decurrentia, 5-10 lineas longa, obtusa, 

 crebre nigrolineata. Flores flavi, axillares, solitarii, 6-8 lineas 

 diametro, pedicellis filiformibus folia paullo superantibus ; sepala 

 anguste lanceolata, acuminata, corollam fere aequantia, tenuia, 

 extus praecipue infra medium villosula, conspicue nigrolineata ; 

 corollas rotatae segmenta late ovalia, obtusa, conspicue nigro- 

 lineata; stamina breviter monadelpha ; ovarium villosum. Cap- 

 sula ignota. 



Nanking : coll. C. Schmidt, comm. Rev. E. Faber, n. 1602. 



A very distinct species, resembling some of the species of 

 Saocifraga of the Hirculus group. 



\A Lysimachia involucrata, Hemsl. (Plate X XXI.) 



Procumbens vel adscendens, fere omnino glabra, foliis oppo- 

 sitis, floribus dense cymosis vel pseudocapitatis, cymis paucifloris 

 axillaribus longe pedunculatis sub floribus bracteis amplis in- 

 structs. 



Herba perennis (palustris ?), caulibus elongatis saltern 2-3- 

 pedalibus debilibus, internodiis quam folia longioribus. Folia 

 opposita, membranacea, primum parcissime puberula, distincte 

 petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acute acuminata, cum petiolo 2-3 poll, 

 longa, basi rotundata vel subcuneata, glandulis nigris lineolatis 

 crebre conspersa, venis primariis utrinque circiter 5 arcuatis 

 juxta marginem inter se anastomosantibus. Bractece foliacese 



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