PLATE 2768. 
WAHLENBERGIA BREVIPES, Heimsl. 
CAMPANULACE. 
W. brevipes, JZems/. (sp. nov.) ; species habitu W. Meio 
Reichb., sed forma florum subsessilium ab ea omnino recedit 
erba prostrata, ut videtur perennis, fere undique glabra. Canes 
numerosi, gracillimi, elongati, 1-2 ped. longi, compressi, angustissime 
bialati ; internodia quam m folia breviora vel. longiora. olia primaria 
alterna, longe petiolata, membranacea sepius rotundato- ee inter- 
dum basi subcuneata, maxima 6 lin. diametro, sed se inora, 
serrulato-denticulata, pilis paucis minutis conspersa ; sansts lamina 
sequante vel breviore. /Vores purpurascentes, 4-5 lin. diametro 
axillis foliorum primarium subsessiles, foliis 2 secundariis parvis sub- 
oppositis suffulti. Calycis tubus longitudinaliter 10-angularis, secus 
patentibus. Stamina inclusa, glabra, filamentis filiformibus ima basi 
leviter dilatatis. Ovariwm 3- loculare, multiovulatum ; stylus puberulus, 
exsertus, trifidus, lobis recurvis. Capsula ignota 
Cutna : forests south-west of Mengtze at 5000 feet, A. Henry, 
10941. 
This pretty sae oe plant is so like Pratia begoniefolia in 
general appearance that it was Pita or a congener before the 
flowers were examined. “Ww. TTING HEMSLE 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, the same with the corolla removed; 3, a stamen. All 
enlarged, 
