TTcrha subprosrrata. ramosa, nana. 5-S cm. alta. /A///// graciles, 
glabri, subflexuosi. Folia petiolata, ovata, apiculata, crenata, 
4-10 mm. longa, 3-7 mm lata ; petioli 2-6 mm. longi. PediM&di 
graciles, 0*6-2 cm. longi. Calycis tubus 1 mm. longus, ovarie 
adnatus; lobi triangulares, subobtusi, 0*5 mm. longi. Corolla 
alba, campanulata, 1*5 mm. longa, 5 -partita ; lobi lanceolato- 
oblongi, subobtusi. Stamina 5 ; antherae lanceolatae, 1 mm. 
longae ; filamenta aequilonga. Fri/clt/s dlipsoideus, circa 3 mm. 
longus. 
h.u 
ntt-restintr addition to the Philippine 
hitherto 
of Northern India, from Kumaon 
carnosa, Hook. f. & Thorn., the only species hit 
native of the mountains of Northern India, 
Sikkim, Khasia and Manipur, and has recently been detected in 
Yunnan by Dr. Henry. The Philippine plant is much smaller 
in every respect. 
415. Cynoglossum amabile, StapJ ' H Drummond [Boraginaceae- 
Borageae] ; affinis C.furralo, Wall., a quo Moribus paulo maioribus 
amoene coeruleis, antheris altius insertis, nuculis magis erectis, 
glochidiis brevioribus basi saepe cofluentibus recedit, 
Herba perennis ad 60 cm. alta, undique grifleo-pubescena vel 
liirsutiu>cula. Can/en teretes. int'r.i inllor.-setaitias simplices. 
Foha basal ia in petiolum 4-2 cm. longum atteuuata, laneeolato- 
elhptica, utnnqui- acuta. 5-10 em. lunga, 2-3-5 cm. lata, cauliua 
seasiha, oblonga vel lanceolata. acuta, basi rotundata, saepe 
undulata. majora ad U) cm. longa, ad J5 cm. lata, omnia dense 
tfiuuterqiie umlliier pube-.vnri;i \H sub\ clutina. nervia secundariis 
«luplu arcuato-cMiiu.'ctis subtus uti costa magis minusve albicanti- 
bus vel cinereacentibua. Racemi ex axilla foliorum sursuin cito 
decrescentium superne in paniculam laxam collect!, inferiores 
peduncuhs 2-fohatis, superiores pedunculis nudis sufEulti ad 3 cm. 
(rarms ultra) longi, robustiores 2-pari ; pedicelli sub anthesi vix 
2 mm. longi, demum elongati (ad 4 mm.) et nutantea. Calyx ad 
mm. longus, cinereo-pubescens ; sepala ovata, subacuta. Corolla 
amoene coerulea ; tubus ad 2'5 mm. longus ; limbus patens, 7-9 mm. 
cliametro, tauce fornicibus papillosis retusis instructus, segmentis 
rotundatis Antherae inter fornices breviter protusae, 1 mm. 
longae ; hlamenta brevissima. Nucnlae ambitu ovatae, in dorso 
depressae, oblique erectae, 3 mm. longae, 2-2-5 mm. latae, 
albicantes, ubique glochidiis brevibus basin versus incrassatis et 
mterdum confluenti b j j b us fere in 
cristam dispositis, gynobasi graci] atatae adnatae, 
areola ovata in dimidio nuculae superiore sita. 
China Yunnan Mengtsze. Hancock, 133 ; Szeinao, 1350 in., 
i ;■•■■■ -I'-"- >/..vhuan, Tatsienlu, Soulie, 861 ; 2700-4050 m, 
1 rati bbl ; without precise locality, cultivated and communicated 
by Max Leichthn. 
According to Hancock, this plant covers the plains near 
Mengtsze in large patches " absolutely blue, like lakes.'' A white 
flowering form was collected by Dr. Henry 
