156 
et 2-0 mm. lata, in stylum subtriquetrum circiter 2 mm. longum 
rectum plus minusve producta, stigmate obscuro minute bifido. 
Semina ellipsoidea, 1°5 mm. longa, castanea, obscurissime striata, 
margine subcarinata. 
Cutwa. Szechuan: South Wushan, A. Henry, 5630. Han-ky- 
se, near Tchen-Kiou, 1400 m., 2 Apr. 1896, R. P. Farges 1148. 
Western Hupeh: fls. white, moist rocks, 1350-2100 m., #. dH. 
Wilson (Veitch Exped.) 3078; without definite locality, Z. A. 
Wilson (Veitch Exped.) 1849; (Arn. Arb. Exped.) 2369; mossy 
~~ in forests at Fang Hsien, 2400-2850 m., 16 May, 1907, 
- H. Wilson (Arn. Arb. Exped.) 3311. 
2. Asteropyrum Cavaleriei, nobis, comb: nov. 
sopyrum Cavaleriei, Leveille et Vaniot in Bull, Soc. Bot. 
Fr, li, 289 (1904). 
Cuina. Kweichow: Pinsa, by waterfalls, 11 Mar. 1902, 
Cavalerie 1345; without locality, Lesquirol 436 (Herb. Edinb.). 
pecies 4, e montibus altioribus Asiae Centralis usque ad 
Siberiam orientalem, Persiae, et Affghaniae, Emodi interioris et 
Carpella fructu plus minusve erecta; caules 
l, rigidi: 
Folia glabra, 2-3-ternatisecta; flores 
speciosi, circiter 2-3 em. diametro: 
Semina puberu 1. P. grandiflora. 
2.P. microphylla. 
la 
Folia minute puberula, plerumque sim- 
pliciter trifoliolata ; flores satis minores 3. P. caespitosa, 
Carpella fructu patula; caules graciles de- 
cumbentes, solitarii vel pauci... . 4.P. uniflora. 
1. Paraquilegia grandiflora, nobis, comb. nov. 
Isopyrum ndiflorum, Fisch. C. Prodr. i. 48 (1824); 
Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Peters. xj 627 (18 I. grandi- 
orum, var. songarica, Trauty. in c. Nat. Mosc. 1866, 2 
2 Slee ease re Willd. in Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. v. 401, 
ENTRAL Asta. South Siberia: Alps of Lake Baical, 1830, 
ob ea Altai, Herb. Prescott. Turkestan: Socalski 122. 
off. 
Th, Krassn 
Cutna. Western Kansu: Tangut country, 1892, Przewalski. 
Nan Shan, 1879, Przewalski. : 
The following specimens appear to be assignable to this species 
on the characters relied upon y Maximowiez :— 
HINA. Western Kansu: Lien-wha-shan, 3900-3800 m., 
Purdom. 737. 
