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supra concava, opaca, fin nervis leviter impressis saree ait 
subtus convexa nervis mesophylloque contiguo necnon venulis plus 
minus sanguineis, ceterum pallide viridia, subtiliter albido-punetata; 
petioli 3-7 cm. longi, nitiduli, leviter rubelli; stipulae oblongae, 
2-3 em. longae, apice rotundatae, apiculatae, | basi truncatae postice 
lus minus cuspidatae, juventute postice circa caulem connatae, 
antice liberae, arcte imbricatae, ici eae pallide virides, 
nonnunquam leviter sanguineo - tinctae. Cymae unisexuales ; 
pedunculus 8-12 cm. longus, glaber, eaballns bracteae late 
Pr circiter 7 mm. longae, inconspicue ciliatae ‘vel denticulatae, 
mem aceae, caducae. lores albi vel plus minus roseo-tincti. 
ance = ter bifurcatae, deinde monochasiales. Perianthii segmenta 
2, late ovata, basi subcordata, apice rotundata, circiter 1 cm, 
diametro. Stamina circiter 60, toro brevi insidentia; filamenta 
inaequalia, 1-2 mm. longa ; antherae obovato-oblongae, 1-1'3 mm. 
ongae, connectivo maximo apice rotundato loculos 0°2-0'4 mm. 
superante, loculis lateralibus 0°7—-0°8 mm. longis. Cymae Q ter vel 
ifurcatae, deinde monochasiales. Perianthit segmenta 5, 
elliptiod-oblings vel ovato-elliptica, exteriora circiter 1:1 cm. longa, 
7°5 mom. lata, interiora minora, intimum saepe minimum. Osarium 
triloculare, trialatum, alis 2 subae equalibus cum ovarii lobis elliptico- 
oblongis, ala tertia majore cum ovarii lobo oblique ovata 1°3—-1°7 cm 
longa ; placentae bipartitae, utrinque ovuliferae ; styli 3 ima basi 
connati, 1 mm. ee basin bifidae vel trifidae, cruribus circiter 1 mm. 
supra basin in ramos stigmaticos spirales minusve inaequales 
bifidis, fasciis papillarai ‘basi extra continuis 
S. America. Bolivia: on the slopes f the Andes, 14° 30’ S., 
540 m. alt. Described from a living plant raised from seeds 
-received in 1911 from Mr. H. Clinton Baker of Bayfordbury, 
Hertford, The seeds were collected by Mr. Z. Cuninghame. 
9359 654, Gentiana minuta, N. £. Brown [Gentianacene-Swertieae] ; 
affinis G. infelici, Clarke, sed multo minor, floribus plus quam 
duplo brevioribus, corolla 5-loba. 
Herba perennis, 1 em. alta. Rami radiato-decumbentes, 1-2 cm. 
— glabri. Folia sessilia, omnia caulina, patula, 2-3 mm. longa, 
1°5 mm. lata, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, subobtusa, glabra. 
Flores ig mirc ‘terminales, sessiles, 4:5 mm. longi. Calyx 5-lobus, 
laber ; tubus 2 mm, longus, 2°5 mm. diametro, campanulatus ; lobi 
recurvi, 1-1°3 mm. longi et lati, ovati, acuti. Corolla a 
atients 5-loba, glabra, fauce squamis coronata ; tubus 3 mm. 
longus ; lobi 1°5 mm, longi et lati, suborbiculati, apice rotundati ; 
squamae 1 mm. longae, lanceolatae, ‘acutae. 
Inp1a. Himalaya: at Tunkra Pass, August, Hooker fil. and 
n. 
This is one of the smallest Pas. of the genus, and was found 
mixed in moss with a species o 
655. Polygonum (Cephalophilon) acse Dunn [F olzeonacennls ; 
ab omnibus ceteris hujus sectionis foliis palmatis Beige 
Herba elata, robusta, caule terete striato icles petiolis 
venisque foliorum supra et subtus ut ee Com florum 
tomento sparso stellato et pilis strigosis vestito, Folia praeter 
suprema palmata, circumscriptione rotundata, cordata, dimidio vel 
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