Plate 2000. 







graeillimis 



PETROCOSMEA MINOR, Hemd. 



Gesnerace.e. Tribe Cyrtandbrjs. 



P. (§ Anisochilus) minor, IlemtJ. (sp. nov.) ; ex affinitate 1\ iodiodis, 

 Hemsl. a qua differt foliis ovato-lanceolatis. 



If rba perennis, acaulis, undique pilosa, 3-5 poll, alta, pedunculi 



1-2-floris folia excedentibus. Folia longe graciliterque 

 petiolata, tenuia, rnollia, ovato-lanceolata, absque petiolo t>-1 poll. 

 louga, integra vel obscure crenata. Calycis segmenta anguste lanceo- 

 lata, circiter 2 lin. longa. CoroUce tubus brevissimus, labio postico 

 parvo emarginato erecto stylum exsertum amplectente, antico trilobato 

 circiter 6 lin. diainetro, lobia ovoideis. Stamina 2, vix exserta, iila- 

 mentis crassis hirsutis. Ovarium hirsutum. Capsula oblonga, 3-4 

 lin. longa, compressa, hirsute, seminibus numerosissimis minutissimis. — 



W, BOTTING HEMSLEY. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, on rocks at 6000 to 7000 feet, Hancock, 

 428 j A. Henry 9154. 



Fig. 1, portion of calyx and pistil : 2. a corolla ami ttamens ; 3. a detached 

 stamen ; a cross section of the ovary. All enlarged* 





