Species novas in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3. ser, XL (1906), descriptas: 5 
55. Nepeta Veitchii J. F. Duthie, 1. c., p. 334, fig. 133, 134. 
Herba perennis, tota pilis minutis subhispida, caules usque ad 18 poll. 
alti, acute quadrangulares. Folia decussata, infima petiolata, superiora 
sessilia, 2,5—4,5 cm longa circa 1 cm lata, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuta, basi cordata, marginibus valde crenato-dentatis, supra rugosa, 
subtus: prominenter reticulata. Vertieillastri 6—7-flori, internodiis in- 
ferioribus 4,5—5 cm longis.  Bracteae inferiores foliaceae, sursum 
minores. Bracteolae setaceae, calyce breviores, 1-nerviae. Flores mani- 
feste coerulei. Calyx 2,3 cm longus, ad medium bilabiatus, tubo 15- 
nerviis, lobis anguste lanceolatis, apice setaceis, marginibus ciliatis. 
Corolla 2,8 em longa, lateraliter compressa, tubo 1,9 em longo, deflexo, 
superne ampliato, labio inferiori 3-lobato, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, 
terminali medio elevato, apice late emarginato. 
Western China: (E. H. Wilson). 
56. Beschorneria pubescens A. Berger, |. c., p. 350, fig. 138. 
Acaulis, multiceps. Folia 60 cm longa et 5 cm lata, lineari-lanceo- 
lata, longe acuminata, crasse carinata, subtus apicem versus aspera, 
glauca, ad margines aspere et minute denticulata. Pedunculus pro genere 
parvus, in panieulam 6—8 ramosam, 1,20—1,50 m altus, basi vix 2 cm 
diam., vacue bracteatus, laete ruber, glaber; bracteae deltoideo-lanceolatae, 
acuminatae, glabrae, infimae 8—10 cm longae, superiores minores; flores 
3—4 ex fasciculo; pedicelli 2—4 em longi, glabri, nutantes; flores omnino 
pubescentes, virides, demum lutescentes; ovarium 25 mm longum, conico- 
cylindratum; perianthii segmenta conniventia, linearia, limbo paullum 
patula, interiora latiora glabra, medio ad nervum tantum puberula; fila- 
menta albida, basi leviter incrassata, antherae 19 mm longae, vix vel 
brevissime exsertae. 
Mexico? — Culta in Horto Mortolensi, floruit mens Maii e Junio, 
1906. 
51. Ceropegia similis N. E. Brown, l. c., p. 384, fig. 147. 
Ad C. Thwaitesti arcte affinis, caule foliis floribusque persimilis; sed 
floribus minoribus, corollae lobis brevioribus et ciliatis, coronae dentibus 
aequidistantibus differt. 
Stem twining, rather slender, glabrous; leaves thin in texture, with 
a petiole !/, inch to ?/, inch long, and a blade 1 inch to 2 inches long 
by !/, inch to 1 inch broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, more or less acü- 
minate, rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides, when ;yóüfig bronzy- 
green, becoming rich deep green, wich a velvet* sheen, sometimes 
changing to red when old." Peduncles lateral at the nodes, up to about 
Ia inch long, glabrous, bearing two to five flowers, which open in 
succession. Pedicels 5 to 7 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 2 lin, long, 1/3 
lin. broad, lanceolate-subulate, glabrous. Corolla (not following the curve), 
1!/, inch long; tube curved above the ovoid-inflated basal part, funnel- 
shaped at the mouth, glabrous outside, pale green on the inflated base, 
greyish-green, shading into whitish above, and at the funnel-shaped part 
spotted with purple-brown; inside glabrous, with the exception of a ring 
