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inflorescentia vix interrupta potius densissima, verticillastris 

 paucifloris, calycibus niajoribus divergit. 



Herba perennis 15-50 cm. alta caulibus gracilibus 

 simplicibus vel ramosis dense foliatis plus minusve albo- 

 villosulis internodis ±1 era. longis. Folia 2-3-jugo- 

 pinnatisecta vel 3-partita segmentis linearibus usque ad 

 2 cm. longis 1 mm. latis acutiusculis revolutis supra glabris 

 nitentibus infra praesertim in costam albo-villosulis ; folia 

 in cultura aeque revoluta, nonnunquam subplana. Verti- 

 cillastri saepius 2-4-liori numerosi 10-30, apice fere ad 

 basim caulis orientes approximati inflorescentiam densam 

 spiciformem bracteis magnis et calycibus purpureis ornatam 

 formantes. Bracteae foliis subsiniiles subaequales; brac- 

 teolae subulatae vel lineares calyce multo breviores ; 

 pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Calyx ±2 cm. longus anguste 

 tubulosus dense al'bo-villosulus purpurascens ; denies 

 ±7 mm. longi anguste lanceolati subspinescentes superi- 

 ores paulo majores. Corolla ±3 cm. longa saturate 

 purpui'eo-coerulea extus densius intus hie illic albo- 

 villosula ; tubus basi 2 mm. latus superne ventricoso- 

 ampliatus 5-6 mm. latus ; labium superum obovatum 

 galeatum 5-6 mm. longum emarginatum ; labium inferum 

 patens ±1 cm. longum lobo medio reniformi circ. 5 mm. 

 lato lobis lateralibus subrotundatis multo minoribus. 

 Stamina e tubo exserta filamentis longiuscule albo-villosis 

 antheris glabris. Nuculae circ. 3 mm. longae trigono- 

 oblongae compressiusculae minute papillosae glabrae nigrae. 



Dracoceplialuin tanguticiiin, Diels, vix Maxim, in Notes 

 Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., vii (1912), pp. 45, 187 ; Dunn, 

 ibid., vi (1915), 168. 



" Flowers deep blue. On dry grassy banks on the 

 Chungtien plateau between descent of Niu Chang Pass 

 and Hsia Chung Tien, Yunnan. Alt. 12,000-13,000 feet. 

 Sept. 1904." G. Forrest, No. 605. 



'Plant of 12-16 inches. Flowers deep blue. Whole plant 

 aromatic. Open dry situations amongst scrub on the eastern 

 flank of the Lichiang Range, N.W. Yunnan. Lat. 27" 25' N. 

 Alt. 11,000 ft. Sept. 1906." G. Forrest, No. 3033. 



" Plant of 6-10 inches. Flowers deep purplish-blue. 

 Stony mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the 



