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Stamens io, glabrous; the filaments opposite the petals, inserted below 

 the middle of the corolla, slender, sub-linear; the anthers opposite 

 the petals, exceeding the middle of the corolla. Carpels 5, glabrous, 

 much connate, at the apex attenuate into styles shorter than the 

 carpels. Scales 5, sub-obovate, constricted above the middle so as 

 to be falsely unguiculate, very obtuse at the apex, entire margined, 

 somewhat broader than long. The linear placentae obliquely dis- 

 posed at the internal margin of the carpels. Follicles 5, divergent. 



Tubers 9 mm. long, 8.5 mm. broad. — Floriferous stems 38-43 mm. 

 long. — Leaves of the rosettes 2.60-3.30 mm. long, 2-2.60 mm. broad. — 

 The spur of the leaves of the floriferous stems 0.40-0.50 mm. long; 

 the blade 2.80-5.20 mm. long, 1.50-2.40 mm. broad. — Inflorescence 

 IO-27 mm. long, 4-8 mm. broad. — Pedicels 0.50-0.80 mm. long. — 

 The united part of the calyx 0.40-0.60 mm. long, the free part 1.70- 

 2.75 mm. long, 0.80-1.00 mm. broad. — The united part of the corolla 

 0.30-0.40 mm. long, the free part 1.80-2.80 mm. long, 1. 05-1. 25 mm. 

 broad. — The united part of the filaments of the stamens opposite 

 the petals 0.50-0.70 mm. long; the free part I— 1.75 mm. long, 0.20- 

 0.25 mm. broad. — The united part of the filaments of the stamens 

 alternate with the petals 0.30-0.60 mm. long; the free part 1.20-2.00 

 mm. long, 0.25 mm. broad. — The united part of the carpels 1. 25-1. 75 

 mm. long; the free part 1-1.30 mm. long. — Styles 0.30-0.40 mm. long. 

 — Scales 0.40-0.50 mm. long, 0.50-0.80 mm. broad. 



Thibet frontier, Kyi Chu Valley, 15 miles east of Lhasa, Aug., 

 1904. Capt. H. J. Walton. Type in Herbarium of the Carnegie 

 Museum. 



Note. — For the English translation of the Latin description Dr. O. E. Jennings 

 of the Carnegie Museum is responsible. — Editor. 



