PLANTÆ DELAVAYANÆ 97 
10. À. linearifolia, sp. nov. 
Diffusa, mollis, glabrescens vel sparse pilosa, pilis reversis; folia 
angustissime linearia; flores solitarii axillares, pedunculo filiformi de- 
mum patente vel recurvo; sepala lanceolata, acuminata, pilis raris 
ciliata; petala calycem non excedentia, e basi longe angustata oblonga, 
obtusa, integra ; stamina 10 in annulum brevem coadunata; ovarium 
7-9 ovulatum, ovato-oblongum; styli 2, calycem superantes; capsula 
ovata, sepala vix æquans; semina opaca, fulva, compressa, circumcirca 
latiuscule alata, ala crassiuscula. 
Folia 4-3 cent. longa. 1 mill. vix lata; pedunculus 2-3 cent. ; flores 
circiter 5 mill. longi. 
Yun-nan, in silvis ad Fang-yang-tchang, supra Mo-so-yn, alt. 
3000 m.; fl. 17 jun. 1887 (Delavay, n. 2899). 
Port du Mæringia muscosa. La section Mœæringella est caractérisée sur- 
tout par ses graines ailées comme celles des Spergula. 
STELLARIA L. 
S. Delavayi, sp. nov. 
Robusta, e basi dichotoma, tota setulis brevibus hirtello-asperata, 
presertim superne glandulosa; folia brevissime petiolata, e basi bre- 
viter attenuata ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, supra setulis basi bulbosis 
scabrida, subtus glauca adpresse pilosa; folia superiora multo minora; 
panicula contracta, saepius elongata, pedicellis brevibus erectis; sepala 
late lanceolata, acuminata, acumine sub anthesi recurvo, albo-margi- 
nata, extus glandulosa; petala calycem subæquantia (nunc nulla) bre- 
viter (vix ad tertiam partem biloba); discus magnus, decemlobatus, 
lobulis alternatim minoribus, rotundatis; stamina 5 ad lobulorum ma- 
jorum disci medium inserta, alternipetala ; ovarium subglobosum 2-3- 
spermum ; styli 2 vel 5 elongati. 
Pedalis usque ad bipedalem; folia 3-3 cent. longa, 10-15 mill. lata; 
flores 6-7 mill. diam. 
Yun-nan, in pratis ad latera collium prope Houang-li-pin, alt. 
2000 m. ; fl. 22 sept. 1887 (Delavay, n. 3131). 
2. S. media Cyr., Charact. Comment., p. 36; Forbes et Hemsley 
Ind. FI. sín., p. 68. 
