Pla.ntae chixexses. Gl 



147. V. diffusa Ging. Maxim. 1. c. 735. Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. Sin. I, 52. Franch. PI. David. I, 43, II, 202. PL Yunn. 

 412. PI. Delav. I, 72. 



Sze-tschuan: urbe Lung-an-fn, 23 Aug. '85 frnctif. 

 Valvae capsulae 5 — 6 mm. Semina acute late ovoidea albida v. 

 brunnescentia minuta (0,75 mm.). 



148. V. distans Wall. Franch. PL Delav. I, 71. y. acaulis 



Hook. f. et Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. I, 184. 



Kansu: valte fl. Peishui, 20 Junii '85 frf. — spec. 1 minutum. 



Acaulis, foliis cordatoovatis acuminatis, congrua cum specc. si- 

 millimis e Darjeding a cl. C. B. Clarke communicatis, quorum 

 schedulae collector inscripsit flores fuisse albos purpureo striolatos. — 

 Ad hanc speciem, neque ad V. serptntem Wall, duxi ob capsulae 

 cartilagineae valvas elastice dissilientes. 



Ad eandem varietatem pro tempore ducere coactus sum specc. 

 frf. fl. ultimis cleistogamis in prov. Kansu circa pagum Yiii-ling- 

 kuan, 5 Septembris frf. et Sze-tschuan urbe Lung-an-fn, 23 Aug. 

 '85 frf. fl. ult. lecta. Haec etiam acaulia. Folia rotundata v. deltoi- 

 deorotundata v. infima rarissime reniformia summave late ovata 

 omnia subcordata v. truncata acutiuscula, stipulis basi affixis subu- 

 latis valde fimbriatis. Flores ex axillis foliorum radicalium orti illa- 

 que aequantes omnes etiam fructiferi ob stigma sessile cleistogami 

 pedunculis supra medium bracteatis. Sepala subulata uninervia 

 appendice lanceolata acutissima. Petala nulla vel 3 hyalina 1-nervia 

 calyce 3 — 4-lo breviora, turn summum minutum oblongum, reliqua 

 2 spathulata. Stamina 3 — 5 anthera filamentum latum superante 

 loculis oblongis appendice ovata sesquibrevioribus. Ovarium ovoideum 

 glabrum. Stigma sessile incurvum immarginatum apice latissime 

 perforatum canali stylino lato percursum, adhuc in capsula superstes. 

 Capsula calyce sesquilongior acuta 7 mm. Semina acute obovoidea 

 brunnescentia ultra 1 mm. louga. — An species distincta? 



149. V. sylvestris Kit, Forbes et Hemsl. 1. c. I, 55 (var. T .) 

 Franch. PL Dav. II, 202 {typica). V. Grayi Franch. PL Dav. 1, 43. 



