374 A. Batalin, 



Lamina 18 — 22 mm. long, et 8—9 lat., petiolus usque 4, 

 pedicelli usque 5 mm., involucrum 3 — 3V a long-., corolla 18 long., 

 lobus 3% long, et 3% lat., anthera 2% mm. long. 



China borealis, prov, Kansu orientale: prope pagum Nai ti ha, 

 11 Sept. 1885, flor.; vallis fluv. Pei-shui infra pagum Kwang-ting, 

 22 Jun., flor. (Potanin). 



54. 



Frutex ramosus, ramulis, pedunculis pedicellisque cinereis dense 

 hirtis, pilis aim's; folia opposita longiuscule petiolata plerumque 

 elliptica acuta vel subacuta hasi cuneata et in petiolum attenuata, 

 utrinque hirta subtus pallidiora cum nervis secundariis vix prominulis, 

 stipulae hirtae triangulares non spinescentes ; flores in quasi umbellis 

 compositis, pedicelli bone evoluti; involucrum hirtum alte connatum 

 solum late bidentatum calycem vix aequans; calycis lobi truncato- 

 rotundati latiores quam longi ciliati; corolla (in sicco violacea) an- 

 guste infundibularis, extus dense hirta, intus dilute hirta, lobis ob- 

 longis recurvatis induplicato-valvatis tubo duplo brevioribus acutis 

 apice cum mucrone incurvo; stamina prope basin loborum inserta, 

 filamenta antheris breviora, antherae exsertae; stylus 5-fidus. 



Folium totum 20—35 long, et 9—16 lat, petiolus 4—6, 

 pedicelli usque 3%, corolla 1 2 long., filamentum 1% anthera 2%ifei 

 long. 



China borealis, prov. Kansu orientale, inter pag08 Pi kua et 

 Yu ling guan, 5 Sept. 1885, flor. (Potanin). 



Leptodermis vestita Hemsl. non vidi et videtur diversum esse. 



55. Valeriana flagellifera sp. nov. 

 (Ser. Officinales). — Humilis, rhizoma breve parvum verticale, 

 flagella longa numerosa emittens, radices omnes tenues; caulis ple- 

 rumque simplex, foliosus hirtus; folia infima atque in flagellis integra 

 late oblonga obtusa margine repanda in petiolum latum longum et 

 basi in vagina dilatata abeuntia, caetera pinnatisecta, foliolis 7—9, 



