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Plate 2410. 



PETEOCOSMEA GRANDIFLORA, Ilemsl 



Gesxeeace.b. Tribe Cyrtandre.e. 



P. grandiflora, Ilemshy in Kew Bull 1895, 115 ; acniiliSj ciespitosa, 

 foliis numerosis appressis longe v. loDgissimepetioktis papyraceis mollis 

 oblongis lanceolatis ovatisve rariiis fere orbicularibus vix acutis basi 

 cuneatis v. iiiterdum rotundatis ubique longe sericeo-pilosis, pedunculis 

 gracilibus foliis brevioribus uni- v. perraro bi-floris medio bibracteatis, 

 bracteis parvis linearibus, calycis segmentis fere liberis iiiiequilongis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis pilosis, corolla ca?rulea obliqua inax][ualiter 

 bilabiata, labio postico multo minore, lobis omnibus latis rotundatis, 

 staminibus 2 filamentis brevibus incrassatis hirsutis, antheris magnis, 

 loculils connectivo incrassato hirsuto sejunctis, ovario liirsuto, stylo 

 hirsuto gracili bis curvato^ id est rursum prorsum cur^^ato, capsula 



ignota. 



Hab, 



Western China : Mongtse, Yunnan, crevices of limestone 



precipices at 6 100 feet alt. Hancock (No. 115). 



Folia maxima cum petiolo 6 poll. longa ; larulna |-2| poll, lo 

 PedancuU 1-2 poll, longi. Calycis segmenta H-2 lin. longa. Co) 



longa. 



olla 



1-1^ poll, diametro ; labium aiiticum 10-12 lin. latum. 



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Mr. Hancock describes the flowers of this charming little plant as 

 cobalt-blue. The only other known species is P. sinensis^ Oliv., in 

 *Icones Plantarum/ t. 1716. — W. B. Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. Caljx and ovary, 2. Base of ccrolla, with stamens and staminoles. 

 Enlarged. 



