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datis 1-5 mm. loiigis. Stamina corollae aeqiiialta, divcrgentia, 

 antlieris magnis. Stylus brevis, lateraliter compressus. Drupa 

 vii'idis, angiiste ovoidea, 1-2 cm. longa, 5 mm. diametro; semina 

 latere uiio canaliculata. 



South India. Nilgiri Plateau; near Pykara, 2040 m., Fi/son 

 2462, 2497, Wight Hb. Propr.; Avalanche, Wight, K.D. 1796; 

 Bababoodan Hills, Hohenackcr 503. 



0. Bournei was included by C- B. Clarke in FL Brit. India^ 

 vol. iii- p. 612 under 0, glmululifcra^ Wall., a native of Nepaiil. 



^''^ 785. Syringa alborosea, N. E. Brown [Oleaceae-Syringeae] ; 



affinis S, Behderianae, Sclmeider, sed ramis glabris, foliis subtiis 

 viridibus, infloreseentia subparva laxa et calj^ce distincte dentato 

 differt. 



Frutex 2-5-3 m, altus, cortice brunneo; rami juniores glabri. 



FolioTum petioli 1-2 cm. longi, supra sulcati, plus minusve 

 puberuli; laminae 4-5-9 cm. longae, 2-5-5 cm. latae, ellipticae, 

 acutae vel subobtusae et aplculatae, basi latissime rotundato- 

 cuneatae, in petiole decurrentes, utrinque parce pubescentes, 

 virides, subtus pallidiores. Inflorescentia terminalis, erecta, 

 5-12 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, laxa, pilis patulis pubescens. 

 Pedicelli ad 0-75 mm. longi. Calyx 3 mm. longus, campannlatus, 

 2-4-dentatus, pubescens, dentibus late ovatis subacutis. Corollae 

 tubus 0-8-1 cm. longus, pallide roseus; lobi 2-5-3 mm. longi, ovati, 

 acuti, patuli, albi. 



China, witbout precise localitj^ Wilson 1739. 



Described from a living plant raised by Messrs. J. Veitcb and 

 Sons from seed collected bv E. H. Wilson in China, and presented 

 by them to Kew in 1913, where it flowered in June, 1914. 



^vJi^^ 786. Gentiana apiata, N. E. Broicn [Gentianaceae-SwertieaeJ ; 



affinis G. nivalin Pall., sed floribus subduplo minoribus et calj'ce 

 parvo facile distinguitur. 



Herha perennis, omnino glabra. Folia radicalia 5-5-8 cm, 

 longa, 5-7 mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, uninervia, costa 

 subtus carinata; folia caulina 3-5-5-5 cm. longa, 0-9-1-3 cm. lata, 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia. Caules florentes ad 16 cm, 

 alti, pallide virentes, internodiis 3-5-5 cm. longis. Cymae 1-3- 

 florae, axillares et terminales, inferiores pedunculati, superiores 

 sessiles- Pedicelli nulli- Bracteae 1-5 cm. longae, 2"5 mm. 

 latae, foliiformes. Calycis tubus 7 mm. longus, tubuloso- 

 campanulatus vel interduni spathaceo-fissus, pnllide virescens; 

 lobi inaequales, patuli, 1-5 mm. longi, virides. Corolla 2-5 cm. 

 longa, 2 cm. diametro, infundibuliformis, pallide viridi-alba 

 punctis lineisque atroviridibus notata ; tubus 2-2-2 mm. longus, 

 subangularis; lobi 5 mm. longi, basi 8-9 mm. lati, suboblique late 

 deltoideo-ovati, subacuti; squamae nullae. Stamina inclusa ; 

 antherae oblongae, subbasifixae, extrorsae. Ovaiium stipitatum; 



stigma bilobum. 



NoETii China, without precise locality, Purdom 406. 



Described from a living plant sent to Kew by Messrs. J. Yeitch 



and Sons, who raised it from seed collected by Mr. Purdom in 

 North China. 



