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Lichiang Range. Lat. 27' 30' N. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. 

 Aug. 1910." G. Forrest, No. 6490. 



Also Nos. 604, 11,297 from the Chungtien plateau, and 

 No. 10,978 from the Lichiang Range. 



/ Dracocepliahiin propinqiium, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 



Species affinis D. tangutico, Maxim, sed habitu ramoso 

 verticillastris paucifloris floribus multo minoribus inter 

 alia diti'ert. 



Herba perennis 30-45 cm. alta caulibus gracilibus basi 

 ad apicem ramosis plus minus ve albo-villosulis internodis 

 2-3 cm. longis. Folia variabilia, juvenilia saepe simplicia 

 linearia circ. 1*5 cm. longa, seniora 2-3-jugo-pinnatisecta 

 vel 3-partita segnientis linearibus 1 mm. latis acutiusculis 

 revolutis supra glabris nitentibus infra praesertim in 

 costam albo-villosulis ; folia in cultura saepe plana 2 mm. 

 lata. Verticillastri 1-2-flori, rarius 3-4-flori, in suprema 

 parte caulis orientes satis remoti inflorescentiam spiciformem 

 circ. 15 cm. longam formantes ; rami aeque floribundi. 

 Bracteae foliis subsimiles minores, simplices lineares vel 

 tripartitae ; bracteolae subulatae vel lineares calyce multo 

 breviores; pedicelli ±1 mm. longi. Calyx 6-8 mm. longus 

 anguste tubulosus albo-villosulus purpurascens ; dentes 

 2-3 mm. longi lineari-lanceolati subspinescentes superiores 

 paulo majores. Corolla 13-14 mm. longa violaceo-purpurea 

 extus sparse albo-villosula ; tubus basi 1 nnn. latus superne 

 ventricoso-ampliatus 3-4 mm. latus; labium superum 

 obovatum galeatum 3-4 mm. longum emarginatum ; labium 

 inferum patens circ. 5 mm. longum lobo medio reniformi 

 5 mm. lato emarginato lobis lateralibus subrotundatis 

 multo minoribus. Stamina e tubo exserta filamentis 

 sparse villosis antheris glabris. Nuculae circ. 3 mm. 

 longae trigono-oblongae compressiusculae minute papillosae 

 glabrae nigrae. 



" Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers soft violet purple. 

 Open stony pasture on the mountains in the N.E. of the 

 Yangtze bend, Yunnan, West China. Lat. 27° 45' N. 

 Alt. 10,000 ft. Sept. 1913." G. Forrest, No. 11,195. 



Also cultivated in Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 from seed presented by J. C. Williams, Esq., Caerhays 

 Castle, Cornwall. 



