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inserta; antherae fere sessiles, pallide flavae 3 mm. longae. 
Ovarium globosum, viride, glabrum ; stylus pallidus, nunc circiter 
3-5 mm. longus et stigmate globoso, nunc | cm. longus et 
stigmate obovoideo. . 
A perennial herb coated everywhere with short whitish gland- 
tipped hairs; stem very short, branched, when old closely invested 
by the persistent membranous bases of the petioles. Leaves 
numerous, radical, broadly ovate-rounded, truncate or widely 
subcordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 3—-5em. long, 34cm. 
broad, pinnately 6—7-lobate, the lobes oblong or rounded, rather 
coarsely and unequally crenate-dentate, shortly and softly 
pubescent on both surfaces with gland-tipped hairs; lateral 
nerves 3—4 on each side of the midrib, slightly impressed above, 
broad and prominent below, forked towards the margin; petiole 
erect-patent, usually about 10cm. long, flattened and grooved 
above towards the base and long-ciliate, convex below and 
shining, subterete and shortly glandular-pubescent upwards, 
about 2mm. thick. Inflorescence a simple umbel, up to about 
14-flowered, usually about 6—8-flowered; peduncle erect, up to 
about 15cm. long, about 3mm. thick, glandular-pubescent; bracts 
as many as the flowers, linear or linear-lanceolate, subacute, about 
lem. long, green, keeled towards the base, glandular-ciliate and 
shortly glandular-pubescent; pedicels rather unequal, up to 
4cm. long, pubescent with horizontally spreading gland-tipped 
hairs. Calyx triangular in outline, truncate at the base, about 
lem. long and broad, green, softly pubescent with gland-tipped 
hairs ; lobes shorter than the tube, triangular-lanceolate, subacute, 
3-4mm. long. Corolla pale lilac or rose-lilac; tube about twice 
as long as the calyx, cylindric, slightly wider in the upper third 
in the short-styled form, in the upper two-thirds in the long-styled 
form, sparingly glandular towards the top; lobes 5 or sometimes 
4, often entire in the long-styled, usually bilobed in the short- 
styled flower, obovate, about 1-5cm. long and lem, broad, with 
a few shortly stalked glands towards the pale greenish yellow 
base. Stamens in the short-styled flower inserted about 4mm., 
in the long-styled flower about 9mm. below the apex of the 
corolla-tube. Anthers almost sessile, pale yellow, 3mm. long. 
Ovary globose, green, glabrous; style pale, about 3-5mm. long 
in the short form and with a globose stigma, about as long as the 
tube in the longer form, with an obovoid stigma. 
_ Described from a batch of cultivated plants grown in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew—Type indicated in Herb. Kew; tne 
following wild specimens belong to this species :-— | 
Cutna. Hupeh: Shady places near Ichang, Jan. 1879, T- 
Watters ; dry limestone cliffs near Ichang, 11th March, 1882, 
Delavay 316! A. Henry 879! 1103! 1292! Feb. 1900, Z. Ps B 
Wilson 161! Mar. (fl.) and June (fr.) 1907, Z. H. Wilson 67! 
