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subito et breviter acuminata, margine irregulariter serrata, utrinque 

 pra3sertim ad nervos pilis longis pilosiuscula, petioli vill<'>ius»'uli ; 

 amenta 3—4 in ramulo brevi axillari alternantia, squama- atrofusca' 

 in dimidio inferiore subtomentosse, superiore glabrata 1 , et in aristam 

 longam glandulis sitipitatis conspersam productar, stamiua 4; inv<- 

 lucrum nucis extus glabratum plus quam ad medium laciniato-multi- 

 fidum, lachme ramosa3 in spina) longge mutatse. 



Petiolus 20—30; lamina prater acumen 90—110 long, et 

 80—90 lat., acumen 15 mm. long. 



China borealis, prov. Kansu orientale (Amdo), in valle fluv. 

 Tshagon, 10 Jul. 1885, fructif. (Potanin); prov. Hupeli, lv>9. 

 (Aug. Henry, N. 6778), cum amentis. 



Species proxima G. ferox Wall, differt foliis angustioribus, ob- 

 longis, longe et sensim acuminatis, squamis amentorum cano-tomen- 

 tosis cuspidulatis (nee glanduloso-aristatis), involucro nucis extus 

 cano-villoso. Involucrum nucis in specie nostra spinosius. 



{Liriope). — Acaulis, rhizoma tenue longe-repens stoloniferum, 

 rami a?rei multicipitescongesti, dense fibris foliorum vetustorum tecti, 

 folia anguste-linearia omnia radicalia canaliculatim condupheata, 

 marline scabra, lirma et falcatim curvata, subglauca; scapus erectus 

 nndus, firmus, teres et Levis, sub anthesi, cum infiorescentia, foliis 

 duplo longior, racemus multiflorus laxus, pedicelli inferi bini, ceten 

 solitarii erecti vel ascendentes bracteis minutis multoties longiores; 



penanthium longitudine pedicelli, 



baud adnatura, profunde 



6-partitum, campanulatum, basi subito in stipitem longum attenua- 

 te et cum pedicello articulatum; lacinii uninervii violao.M --Moii-i 

 Musi; stamina hypogyna, perianthio baud adnata eo vix breviora, 

 filamenta duplo longiora quam anthers breve- oblongae, dorso supra 

 basin affix®, ovarium 3-loculare, 6-looulum depressum, stylus sulm- 

 latus, longitudine staminuni, stigma puuetiforme. 



Folia S0-120 mm. Long, et -I 1 , mm. lat, scapus totes 

 2 S0, racemus 70, bractea %—J long., pedicellus 3—4, «os cum 



