154 - George Forrest. 
A near ally of Franchet's G. ternifolia and of the G. hexaphylla of Maxi- 
mowicz, but distinguished at once by the leaves, seven in a whorl. A 
beautiful plant. ` 
x Gentiana (Chondrophylla) scariosa Balf. fil. et G. Forrest, I. c., p. 74, 
pl. XV. 
P Annua glauca pumila gracilis, 5—6 cm alta, caulibus a basi ramo- 
sissimis ramis erecto-fasciculatis dense imbricato-foliatis. Folia rosulata 
brevia 5—7 mm longa, oblonga acuminata rigida margine hyalina; caulinia 
1—5 cm longa basi connata adpresso-erecta subulata plus minusve sca- 
berula trinervia nervo medio subtus prominulo, margine late membrana- 
-ceo, apice triquetro aristulato; folia superiora calycis basim involucrantia. 
Flores solitarii sessiles. Calyx 2 cm longus corolla brevior, lobis erectis 
:8 mm longis binerviis acuminatis aristulatis tubo paullo brevioribus. Co- 
rolla tubulosa coerulescens punctulata, 3 cm longa, lobis ovatis acutis 
apiculatis 5 mm longis margine subundulatis, plicis ovatis coeruleis erosis 
lobis fere aequilongis. Ovarium longe stipitatum. 
„Descent from Niu Chang Pass to Chung Tien Plateau. Elevation 
13—14000 feet. Open grassy places in pine-woods. Flowers bright blue, 
-closing whenever the plant is plucked. Yunnan, Sept. 1904.“ G. For- 
rest. No. 404. 
A near ally of G. Rockhilli Hemsl., but more branched, has longer 
leaves, is scaberulous, has a longer corolla with slightly crenate apiculate ` 
lobes, and the plicae are blue. 
6. Gentiana (Chondrophylla) taliense Balf. fil. et G. Forrest, 1. c., p. 75. 
Annua 4 cm alta, a basi dense breviterque ramosa, caulibus minu- 
tissime scabriusculis. Folia basalia majora oblonga elongata ad 3,5 cm, 
13 mm lata subcrassa, superiora elliptica, suprema anguste lanceolata, 
omnia plus minusve albo-marginata carinataque, margine minutissime 
scaberula, apice recurvata aristata. Flores brevissime pedicellati. Calyx 
'tubum corollae superans, tubo membranaceo campanulato exalato 3 cm 
longo, lobis lanceolatis 4 cm longis carinatis margine membranaceis apicé 
aristatis. Corolla tubulosa alba v. coerulea ad staminum insertionem 
aurantiaca, tubo 8 mm longo, lobis rotundato-triangularibus mucronulatis 
vix 2 mm longis, plicis vix lobis brevioribus subtruncatis crenulato-erosis. 
Stamina aequalia filamentis basi incrassatis. Ovarium complanatum 4 mm 
longum 2,5 mm latum cum stipite 1,5 mm longo discoque 5-gono cincto, 
anguste alatum, apice rotundatum ibique ala quaque in duas alas minute 
dentatas fissa; stylo breve ad basin usque bifido ramis revolutis. Cap- 
sula vix exserta ala apice incrassata; semina fusiformia trigona, testa 
obscure areolata cellulis in longum extensis. 
„On grassy slopes around Tali. Abundant on interior of city walls. 
Flowers ranging from white to deep blue, centre orange yellow. Elevation 
-6500—8000 feet. Yunnan, S.-W.-China^ February 1905. No. 702. 
A species of the affinity of G. pedicellata Wall. of which the limits 
.are variously drawn by authors. It may be that the plant here described 
is a particularly xerophilous form of it, but none of the descriptions of 
.forms of @. pedicellata. nor specimens quite match it. 
