Plate 2599. 



PETROCOSMEA IODIOIDES. Hrmsf. 



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Gesnerace.e. Tribe Cyrtaxdre^:. 



P. § Anisochilus, llemsl. (sect, nov.) ; corolhe labio postico quam 

 antico multo minore complicate stylum amplectente. 



P. (§ Anisochilus) iodtoides, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a P. minore, Hemsl. 

 foliis eordato-rotundatis differt. 



Herba perennis, acaulis, 3-5 poll, alta, scapis seu pedunculis 1-4- 

 floribus quam foliis ssepius paullo brevioribus. Folia longe graciliterque 

 petiolata, hirsuta, mollia, cordato-rotundata, 1-1 f poll, diametro, 

 crenato-dentata. Peduncidi atque pedicelli graciles, hirsuti. Calycis 

 segment a oblongo-lanceolata, vix acuta, 2-3 lin. longa, extus hirsuta. 

 Corollce tubus brevissimus, labio postico parvo, emarginato, suberecto 

 tylum exsertum amplectente, antico late trilobato 7-8 lin. diametro, 

 lobis rotundatis. Stamina 2, filamentis brevissimis hirsutis. Ovarium 

 hirsutum. Capsula oblonga, compressa, 3-4 lin. longa, glabrescens. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, on rocks at 7000 to 9300 feet, Hancock, 

 301 ; A. Henry, 10,259. 



This and P. minor, Hemsl. (pi. 2600) differ from the previously 

 described species in having a very much reduced, nearly erect, upper 

 lip, which embraces the exserted style. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, three segments of the calyx and pistil; 2, corolla and stamens; 3, cross 

 section of ovary. All enlarged. 



