semiorbicularibus apice vein- truncatis, nunc varie lobatis asym- 
metric:* inaenuilateralihiisijue, h.his acutis remote calloso-denti- 
culatis, floribus parvis, p. talis tenuissimis discrete ligulatis 
obtusis.— W. B. H. 
Rhizome slender. Sti-m l:>-20 cm. high, glabrous. Caulinp 
hares usually two, alternate, rarely three with uppermost oppo- 
less lobed, base more or less rounded, sparsely tootiied, teeth 
mucronate, petioles subequal, 2-.") -11 cm. Ion- glabrous. Fhm>r* 
3-5 in. pendulous, sessile umbels, extra-axillary, except when 
three eauline leaves occur; peduncles rather under 2 cm. long, 
., r „ose. Pettite 6, salmon-pink, linear-oblong, ahout 
„ long, rounded, fifat/w^x 6, halt the length of petals, 
incurved, long apiculate ; filaments half length of stamens. Fruti 
Hupeh. Woods at elevations between 1200 and 1800 m., 
Wilson, 966. 
This delicate and rare species is the - Hsao I'u-ehiao-Iien " of the 
From the description of P. Delarui,;, Franchet (Bull, du Mas. 
d'Hist. Nat., is'.*."), p. 63), we Bnspecl thai U la very near thia,M 
our plant has sometimes only one fully-developed llower ; hut the 
| to Franchet'a description.— 
E. H. W. 
Crucifbrae. 
Cardamine (§ Eucardamine) Prattii, EemsL ?t E. II. \Vj1s- ; 
distincte pet inhibit is. 
tlnrib 
et siliquis crassioribus.- 
-W. 
r>. id'. 
A creeping herb. Fl 
ing t 
item ai 
rarely branched, usual 
|: V ;!- 
f-T 
Tm' 
sparsely pubescent : se 
1', ', 
Its"!,' 
minal lobe palmately 3- 
the others, slightly core 
late i 
ir tni 
acate 
long, base dilated, pub..- 
. Fl 
spreading, four times th 
than the pods. Pods 2: 
Western Szechuas 
. M 
oist ; 
tlpine 
same locality. ^ 
ERN> 
.TROI 
BMIAC1 
Gordonia sinensis, He 
msl 
/.7 E. 
H.W 
unthn Aniericae boivali 
s pre 
bus acutis grosse serrat< 
tlnrilu 
glabris et filamentis e 
paratione J 
W. B. H. 
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