384 F. Fedde: Species novas in Gardener's Chronicle, 3. ser, XLV1 (1909). 
characters are stronger, and in this genus there is evidence, I believe, 
that evolution may affect other organs of a plant and leave the flowers 
unmodified. Quite distinct species of Paeonia may have flowers that are 
diffieult to distinguish in technical terms, and moreover, the same species 
may show remarkable . variation in a flower character. Two or three 
species, for instance, may have either glabrous or hairy carpels — usually 
in other planis a difference of some moment — and yet they may not 
vary in any other particular. P. Veitchii, however, is quite distinct in 
the flower, though there are few strong characters for description. In 
bud, and even when open, the flower, having a slender stalk, is often 
nodding, and may expand to be quite flat. The flowers are 33/, inch. 
in diameter and of a slight, yet distinct, purplish-crimson. 
This new species of Paeonia is a welcome addition to gardens. It is 
a native of the uplands around Tatien-lu, a district in the far west of 
China, close to the Tibetan frontier, and is frequently found by the 
margins of thickets at an elevation of from 8000 to 11000 feet. It was 
introduced by Messrs. James Veiteh & Sons through their collector, Mr. 
Wilson. 
88. Mussaenda Sanderiana H. N. Ridley, 1. c., p. 34. 
Frutex 5—6 pedalis, saepe prostrata, ramis 10—15 pedes longis: 
sericeo-tomentosis (siccis rufo-tomentosis); folis subsessilibus lanceolatis 
acuminatis basibus cordatis, pagina utraque dense tomentosis, marginibus 
undulatis, 3'/, poll. longis 1 poll. latis, petiolo minimo; stipulis linearibus 
bifurcatis. Cymae terminales plures, dense ericeo-tomentosae. Bracteae 
lineares */,p poll. longae. Flores flavi. sericei sessiles. Sepala oblonga 
obtusa brevia sericea ovario multo breviora, sep, petaloideo ovato obtuso 
vel subacuto albo parcim sericeo 3%/, poll. longo, 11/, poll. lato, petiolo 
1 poll. longo dense sericeo. Corolla tubulosa extus sericea, superne dila- 
tata, 1 poll. longa, intus glabra. Stamina dimidio tubi aequantia, glabra. 
Stylus longior, stigmatibus 2 linearibus longis flavis. 
Indo-China: Laos, alt. 1000—2000 m (W. Micholitz). 
89. Calanthe Hennisii A. Loher, l. c., p. 34. 
Epiphytiea, pseudobulbi 5—15 cm alti, elongati, angulosi, virides, 
integri, apice 2—4-foliati; folia ovato-lanceolata, 25—35 cm longa, 5— 
10 em lata, in petiolum brevem decurrentia, tenuia, laete viridia, saepe 
sub anthesi decidua; scapi laterales, 30—50 cm alti, albido-lanuginosi, 
10—15-flori; bracteae amplae, pallide virides, pilosae; flores lactei, 4— 
5 cm diametri, patentissimi: sepala aequala, ovata, acuminata, subtus 
pilosula; petala obovata, obtusa, sepalis Subaequantia; labellum irilobum, 
lobi laterales obtusi, subdenticulati, patentes, lobis, intermedius bilobus, 
lobis obovatis obtusis, discus 3-lineatus, aurantiacus, fauce calcaris angusti 
lineare recurvo intus pilosulo; columna lata, labello adnata, and promi- 
nens; stigma basi longe ciliatum; pollinia mirantisoa; caudiculis granu- 
losis extensis aurantiacis. : 
The species was collected by Mr. Loher at Montalban, in the Pro- 
vince of Rizal, Luzon, in January, 1906, 800—1000 m alt. 
