A. FKA.NCHET. — PLXNT.E YINNANENSES. 419 



[/ 3. S. cardiopctala, sp. nov. 



Perennis, e basi ramosissima, diffusa; rami tenuissime pubescentes. 

 Folia breviter peliolata, e basi parum attenuata ovata vel ovalo-lanceo- 

 lata, superiora vix angustiora, mucronulata, ad nervum medium parce 

 birlella, vel glabra, margine ciliata. Inflorescentia terminalis, laxe 

 cymoso-corymbosa, cymis saepius trifloris; bractea) et bracteola) lineares; 

 pedicelli dense pubescentes flore nunc longiores, nunc breviores; calyx 

 parce pubescens, vel nunc fere glaber, clavato-tubulosus, inferne con- 

 slrictus, basi umbilicatus, dentibns ovato-lanceolatis, obtusis, late mem- 

 branaceo-marginalis; petala rubra calyce fere duplo longiora, ungue 

 glabro in auriculas latas rotundatas integras dilatato, ad faucem con- 

 stricto; lamina late obcordata, apice emarginata vel baud profunde 

 biloba, lobis latis ovato-rotundatis; squama3 faucis rotundata), integral, 

 breves; filamenta glabra; antbera) atroviolacea) exsertae; ovarium uni- 

 loculare, carpophoro brevius ; styli 3 ; capsula ovato-oblonga, apice con- 

 stricta, carpophorum aequans vel illo paulo longior ; semina reniformia, 

 dorso parum convexa, latere plana, undique tuberculis acutis obsessa. 



Bipedalis et ultra ; folia majora 1 cent, lata, 2-3 cent, longa ; calyx 

 15-18 mill, longus, 3-4 mill, latus; petala 3 cent., lamina 6-7 mill. lata. 



Yun-nan, in sepibus secus viam prope Gnou-kay (Hokin) ; fl. fr. 

 15 sept. 1885 (Delav. n. 1119). 



Port et feuilles du -S. Tatarinowii, dont il se distingue facilement 

 du reste par la forme des petales et par les etamines a antheres presque 

 noires, saillantes. 



* 4. S. plajyphylla, sp. nov. 



Elata, e basi ramosa, diffusa, breviter et parce pubescens. Folia sub- 

 sessilia, membranacea, e basi late rotundata vel subcordata ovata, breviter 

 acuta, mucronulata, 3-5 nervia, ad nervos tenuiter hispidula, margine 

 rigide ciliata. Inflorescenlia paniculata vel oligantha, bracteis foliis con- 

 formibus, sed valdeminoribus, in formis oliganthisjuxta flores virgineos 

 adpressis et quasi involucrantibus; pedicelli nunc abbreviati, nunc calyci 

 subcequilongi, dense pubescentes; calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, inferne 

 vix constrictus, umbilicatus, pallide virens, ad nervos setulosus, dentibus 

 lanceolatis acutis vel etiam fere acuminatis margine membranaceo setulis 

 ciliatis; petala rubescentia, calycem dimidio superanlia, ungue glabro 

 in auriculas vix distinctas sensim dilatato, in laminam basi ovatam 

 ad medium usque parfitam abrupte contraclo, lobis oblongis, obtusis: 

 squama) faucis lineares vel oblonga?, Integra); filamenta glabra; ovarium 

 ovatum; styli 3; capsula ovato-oblonga gynophoro subtriplo longior; 

 semina reniformia) compressa, cristis undique ornata. 



