384 A. Batalin, 



Wuping, 5 Jul. 1885, flor.; limites prov. Szechuan, in valle fluv. 

 Heiho, 24 Jul. 85, flor.; prov. Szechuan septentrionale, in valle fluv. 

 Honton (San shui) supra pontem Dshandshi kou, 13 Aug. 85, fructif. 

 (Potanin). 



69. Hemigraphis szechuanica sp. nov. 



Herba prostrata ramosa, caulis quadrangulus hirtus; folia parva 

 opposita ovata acuta vel obtusa basi rotundata vel breviter attenuata 

 petiolata integerrima utrinque hirta; flores solitarii in axillis foliorura 

 sessiles; bracteae duae angustae cuneatae fere lineares calyce duplo 

 vel parte tertia breviores, bracteolae nullae; calyx hirtus fere ad 

 basin parti tus, laciniae lineares; corolla pallide-lilacina extus molliter 

 puberula infundibuliformis, tubus tenuis calyce longior et limbo 

 paullo brevior, limbus late et subito apertus patens, lobi rotundati 

 parum inaequales (postici vix majores) emarginati vel lobulati; 

 stamina 4, didynama, ad basin faucis affixa inelusa; staminodium 

 deest; filamenta longiora pilosa; ovarium obloDgum apice pilosum, 

 stylus pilosus, ovula in quoque loculo 2 ; capsula angusta oblonga 

 calyce vix longior, compressiuscula, parte inferiore angustata; semina 

 plano-compressa fere orbicularia atro-fusca. 



Lamina 10—20 mm. long., 8 — lOlal; petiolus 3—5; bractea 

 5 — 7 long, et 1 lat; calyx totus 10 long., lobi 8 long, et %-—.! 

 lat.; corolla tota 18 — 23 long., ejus tubus 9; capsula 10 long., semen 

 2% mm. in diametro. 



China occidentalism prov. Szechuan, inter oppidum Shi tsuan 

 et Ta shui wan,. 1 Sept. 1893, flor. (Potanin). 



70. Rheum Alexandrae sp. nov. 

 Rhizoma crassum apice foliis vetustis tectum, caulis erectus 

 simplex; folia radicalia 5—7, longiuscule petiolata ovato-oblonga 

 obtusa basi semper cordata integerrima glabra, superiora in bracteas 

 abeuntia, bracteae magnae viridulo-stramineae membranaceae deorsum 

 laxe imbricatae, ovato-oblongae sesquilongiores quam latae obtusae 

 sessiles; paniculae breves bracteis exsertae ; perianthii segmenta4-5, 



