320 ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



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Pratt, 748.— Also Lachen, Sikkim, 11,500-12,000 feet alt., 

 J. D. Hooker; Hill above Jhala, Tihri Garhwal, 12-13,000 

 feet, Duihie, and opposite Budhi village, in Nepal, 11-12,000 

 feet, Duihie. 



Allied to C. macranthon, Sw., but far smaller in all its parts, 

 with various small structural differences and quite different 

 colours. The flowers measure l-^-2| inches in diameter, the 

 sepals and the petals are light yellow, veined with brownish red, 

 and the lip maroon-purple. 



^ Cypripedium tibeticum, King, in herb. Kew. 



*> Erecta, |-1^ ped. alta. Folia elliptico-oblonga, subobtusa v. 



brevissime acuminata, 2-5| poll.longa, 1-2| poll. lata. Sepalum 

 posticum ovatum, breviter acuminiatum ; lateralia connata 

 similia. Petala lanceolato-ovata, breviter acuminata, sepalis 

 sequalia. Labellum subglobosum, 1-1 1 poll, longum. Stamino- 

 dium late cordato-ovatum, obtusum, 5-6 lin. longum. — O. macran- 

 thon var. ventricosa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 170, ex parte, 

 non Carr. 



Pratt, 14, 42, 301, 736.— Also Chumbi and Phari, collected by 

 Dungboo, and communicated by Dr. King. 



Allied to the Siberian O. macranthon, Sw., but with far shorter 

 and broader petals, a different staminode and other peculiarities, 

 as well as quite different colours. According to Dr. Kings 

 Calcutta drawing the sepals and petals are nearly white, passing 

 into light yellow at the apex, all the nerves being maroon-purple 

 with a few transverse reticulations. The lip and staminode are 

 maroon-purple, the latter being much darker round the mouth. 

 The flowers measure three to four inches in diameter, and the 

 veinings of the sepals and petals are very apparent in the dried 

 specimens. 



, t*\ Arisaema parvum, JV. E. Brown. 



Tubere parvo, £-f poll. diam. ; folii solitarii petiolo 3-7 poll, 

 longo, lamina trisecta, segmentis omnibus sessilibus, lateralibus 

 l^-2;§ poll, longis suboblique ovatis acuminatis, iutermedio duplo 

 breviore |-1| poll, longo et lato late obovato vel obcordato 

 apice subtruncato vel emarginato apiculato basi cuneato ; scapo 

 2-4 poll, longo ; spathae tubo 1-1| poll, longo atro-purpureo, 

 lamina l^-lf poll, longa lanceolata acuta vel acuminata pro- 

 curva viridi basi albo-striata ; spadicis unisexualis appendice 



