Tas. 8706, 
CHIRITA TRAILLIANA. 
South-west China. 
GESNERIACEAE. Tribe CyRTANDREAE. 
Currita, Ham.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen Plant. vol. ii. p. 1022. 
Chirita Trailliana, Forrest et W. W. Smith in Not. R. Bot. Gard. Edin. 
vol. ix. p. 95; affinis C. brevipedi, C. B. Clarke, et C. speciosae, Kurz, sed 
ab utraque foliis obtuse crenatis nec serratis et corolla pendula, ab illa 
praeterea pedunculo elongato, pedicello breviore, ab hac inflorescentiis 
paucifloris, calycis lobis latioribus late lanceolatis distincta. 
Herba humilis, perennis; caulis repens, brevis, dense ferrugineo-hirsutus. 
Folia omnia basalia, petiolo 8-15 cm. alto rubro-hirsuto suffulta, lamina 
late ovata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi subaequaliter vel oblique subcordata 
vel cordata, 12-20 em. longa, ad 15 cm. lata, obtuse crenata, supra 
densiuscule, infra laxius pilis subadpressis vel ad margines patulis vestita 
et hic purpurea vel purpureo-marmorata. Pedwnculi inter folia emersi, 
erecti, ad 12 em. longi, subrobusti, rubro-hirsuti, apice herbaceo-bracteati, 
cymam ad flores perpaucas redactam gerens floribus haud simul apertis ; 
pedicellus ad 2 cm. longus. Calya ovoideus, ultra trientem in lobos sub- 
aequales late-lanceolatos acutos divisus, paule ultra 2 cm. longus, rubro- 
hirsutus. Corolla extra undique magis minusve pubescens; tubus 4°5 em. 
longus, basi per 8 mm. late cylindricus, deinde sensim oblique ampliatus, 
superne ad 1°5 cm. latus, pallide violaceus, intus antice lineis flavidis 
notatus ; limbus pulchre violaceus ; lobis labii superioris rotundatis 1 cm. 
longis 1-5 cm. latis, iis labii inferioris1*8cm.longis. Staminwm filamenta 
glabra, 6 mm. longa; antherae albo-lanatae. Staminodia filamentis albo- 
lanatis. Discus crenulatus. Ovariwm cum stylo pubescens; stigma 
inaequaliter bilobum. Capsula linearis, ad 9 cm. longa.—O. Starr, 
The Chirita here figured, which was discovered by 
Mr. G. Forrest in May and June, 1912, at elevations of 
from 5,000-7,000 feet in the Shweli Valley and on the 
hills to the south of Tengueh in Yunnan, is one of a group 
of species the hitherto known members of which are 
C. brevipes, Clarke, a native of the Khasia Hills, and 
C. speciosa, Kurz, which was discovered in south-western 
Yunnan at Poneline by the late Dr. J. Anderson. Yet 
another, but as yet an undescribed species belonging to. 
the same group has been found, also in Yunnan, at 4,500 
feet elevation, near Szemao, by Dr. A. Henry. The 
_ Szemao plant has leaves that are almost exactly like 
«Ape, 1017, 
