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tube funnel-shaped not split somewliat coriaceous about 

 1 cm. long or more 4 mm. in diameter reddened at the 

 base outside ; intracalj'cine membrane greenish-white trun- 

 cate plane glossy ; lobes subequal scarcel}^ distant linear- 

 acuminate hardly 2 cm. long 2 mm. broad flat not recurved 

 not contracted at base green sometimes purpling at the 

 tip. Corolla obconoid-tubular as much as 6 cm. long, 

 spreading to about 3 cm. ; tube within the calyx narrow 

 yellowish- white, expanding upwards beyond calyx and 

 showing on outside 5 broad bands (yellowish-white and 

 suffused irregularly with purple) on the median of the 

 petals (antipetaline), each band traversed by a central 

 purple-blue line and having on each margin a dark-purple 

 longitudinal ridge, inside transversely rugose without 

 citron-yellow antipetaline spots, the interpetaline areas 

 of a deep blue colour, glossy, throat blue ; lobes broadly 

 ovate acute apiculate about (S mm. long and broad, half- 

 spreading, outside traversed by the antipetaline bands, 

 inside royal-blue-coloured glossy ; folds slightly paler more 

 or less oblique broadly triangular obtuse entire or some- 

 what crenulate or toothed about 3 nnn. long 8 mm. broad. 

 Free part of filaments of stamens about 1 cm. long tinted 

 blue narrowly winged; stamens inserted about 2*5 cm. 

 above base of corolla; anthers about 2'5 mm. long sagittate. 

 Ovary about 14 cm. long; stipe about 22 cm. long; stjde 

 as much as 7 mm. long its stigmatii'erous branches about 

 (') mm. long recurving. 



IC.N.W. Yunnan : — Summit of Mi Chang pass between 

 River Yangtze and Chungtien plateau. Alt. 14,000-15,000 

 ft. Flowers deep blue. G. Forrest. No. 408. Sept. 1904. 



~E.N.W. Yunnan: — Lichiang Range. Eastern flank. 

 Open mountain meadows. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. Lat. 

 27' 30' X. 'Plant of 5-8 ins. Flowers bright blue, plicae 

 green. C.Forrest. No. 6728. Sept. 1910. 



E.N.W. V^mnan : — Summit of the Sungkwei pass.' 

 Stony open pasture. Alt. 12,000 ft. Lat. 26° 12' N. 

 Plant of 2-4 ins. Flowers deep clear blue, plicae yellowish- 

 blue, striped and spotted. 0. Forrest. No. 7374. Nov. 191 0. 



W.N.W. Yunnan :— Mekong-Salween divide. Alt. 12,000 

 ft. Lat. 28" 10' N. Moist pasture. G. Foi-rest. No. 

 13.549. Oct. 1914. 



