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as much as 8 cm. across, rose-coloured with a broad yellow 

 eye, spotted and blotched at base dark purple-red ; seg- 

 ments subequal outer a little longer about 4 cm. long 

 almost 2 cm. broad oval or oblong-oval shortly acuminate, 

 tip obscurely fringed otherwise margin quite entire ; 

 sepaline segments eglandular ; petaline segments bifoveo- 

 late at base, foveola on each side of midrib small with a 

 short convex not crested flap. Stamens 6 about 15 cm. 

 long; filaments about 1"2 cm. long a little longer than 

 ovary from a slightly flattened base upwards dark-coloured, 

 swollen to nearly 1 mm. in diameter through about 9 mm., 

 then tapered through about 3 mm. as a needle-like thread ; 

 anther about 65 mm. long dorsifixed about the middle. 

 Ovary about 9 mm. long oblong slightly wider at top ; 

 style about same length as ovary, clavate. 



S.E. Tibet. Ka-gwr-pw. Alpine meadow. 14,000 ft. 

 F. Kingdon Ward. No. 801. 19.7.13. 



A very distinct species. Easily recognised by the 

 tricoloured flower. 



^ Nomocliaris Wardii, Balf. f.^ (Sect. Oxypetala.) 



Glabrous low herb some 12 cm. high. Roots thick fleshy. 

 Bulb scaly slender oblong elongated as much as 3 cm. long 

 1 cm. in diam., outermost scale-leaves at flowering time 

 mucilaginously rotting, within scales of the year straw- 

 coloured few 5-6 open fleshy linear-lanceolate acuminate 

 apex soon withering. Stem short about 3 cm. above ground 

 thin with short internodes and bearing at most about 8 

 alternate ascending leaves. First leaves short more or less 

 cataphyllary at and below soil surface, green foliage-leaves 

 linear-ligulate as much as 9'5 cm. long 8 mm. broad with 

 long attenuate hardly acute point, slightly paler below, 



1 Nomocharis IFardii, Balf. f. — Glabra huniilis. Bulbus eloiigatus ad 

 3 cm. longus tenuis squamatus, squamis panels (5-6), apertis carnosis 

 anguste lanceolatis acuminatis apice inox uiarcescente. Caiilis epigaeus 

 brevis ad 3 cm. longus. Folia basalia 1-2 squamosa, superiora circ. 

 8 alterna lineari-ligulata ad 9'5 cm. longa 8 mm. lata subtus pallidiora. 

 Flores solitarii ad 9 cm. lati ; pedicelli ad 8 cm. longi apice cernui. 

 Perianthium luteum emaculatum aperte concavum ; segmenta fere con- 

 similia anguste lanceolata longe acuminata margine sub apice obscure 

 fimbriato Integra ; calycina eglandulosa ; petalina glandula basali 

 bipartita labio cristato instructa. Stamina ad 1'8 cm. longa ; tilamenta 

 ovario longiora infra paullo intlata in apicem brevem subulatum 

 attenuata ; antherae infra medium dorsifixae. 



