316 ME. W. B. HEMSLET ON NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



(rectius folia minora conferta), petiolatse, oppositse vel subsessiles y 

 late ovatse vel fere orbiculares, acuminata), flores aequantes vel 

 superantes, ciliolatae. Flores flavi, circiter 9 lineas diametro, 4-6 

 ad apices ramulorum axillarum congesti, pedunculo (seu inter- 

 nodio basilari) folia ssepissime superanti ; sepala parce hirsutula, 

 anguste lanceolata, acuta, corollam aequantia; corolla glabra, 

 campanulata, lobis tubo sequalibus ; stamina glabra, fere medio 

 monadelpha ; ovarium hirsutum. 



Szechuen, Dr. A. Henry, 8884 ; Mr. A. F. Pratt, 410. 



The quasi-capitate flowers with large leafy bracts sufficiently 

 characterize this species. 



f Lysimachia longipes, Hemsl (Plate XXXII.) 



Erecta, undique glaberrima, foliis ovatis sessilibus, floribus 

 mediocribus laxe racemoso-corymbosis, corymbis longe graeili- 

 terque pedunculatis, pedunculis nudis. 



Herba perennis (?), saltern bipedalis, caulibus subsimplicibus 

 albidis politis. Folia opposita, sessilia, membranacea. ovata, 

 2-4 poll, longa, longissime acutissimeque acuminata, basi rotun- 

 data, undique obscure punctata, simul juxta marginem conspicue 

 glanduloso-punctata, subtus glauca, venis primariis lateralibus 



paucis haud conspicuis. Flores albi vel flavi, 6-8 lineas diametro 

 longe pedicellati ; corymbi axillares et terminales, folia super- 

 antes, ssepius 6-8-flori, pedunculis gracillimis simul rigidis 

 ebracteatis; pedicelli filiformes 1-1 1 poll, longi, bracteolis 

 setaceis ; sepala subcarnosa, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, corol- 

 lam superantia, intus lineis paucis glandulosis crassis instructa ; 

 corollae rotate segmenta ovato-lanceolata, densissime lineata; 

 stamina alte monadelpha; ovarium glabrum. Capsula quam 

 calyx persistens fere dimidio brevior, 5-valva. 



Ningpo mountains, Bev. F. Faber, n. 1638. 



In foliage this resembles the alternate-leaved L. Fcenwm- 



rymbose 



Hemsl 



\f& Salvia (§ Drymosphace) Prattii, Hemsl. 



Species ex affinitate S. Mantis, differt foliis omnibus cordato- 

 oblongis (nee sagittatis aut hastatis) regulariter crenatis floribus 

 majoribus calyce non viscoso. 



Perennis, erecta, robusta, vix sesquipedalis, caulibus simplicibus 

 parce villosulis. Folia papyracea, graciliter petiolata, cordato- 



