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acuminate calyx-lobes: rootstock short and stout: 

 Ivs. membranaceous, 6-16 in. long including petiole, 

 obovate or oblanceolate, rounded at apex, tapering 

 into long winged petiole, irregularly dentate and some- 

 times obscurely lobed: scape to 3 ft. high, silvery fari- 

 nose as are also the calyx and the spreading pedicels: 

 bracts linear: calyx not equaling corolla-tube, white- 

 farinose inside, the lobes lanceolate and acuminate 

 and valvate around the elliptic-oblong or subglobose 

 caps, after flowering; corolla about 1 in. diam., with 

 orange-brown eye, the limb deeply divided, the lobes 

 obcordate. W. China, 8,000-10,000 ft. altitude. Intro. 

 1905. G.C. III. 41:391. R.H. 1911, p. 466. R.B. 

 36, p. 270. Gn.W. 25:516. G. 33:609; 35:415; 

 37:55. G.W. 13, p. 124. R.H.S. 39:169. Thrives in 

 usual garden conditions but best along streams and 

 about ponds. 



BBB. Scape glabrous, or at most only puberulent. 

 c. Corolla-throat annulate. 



168. japdnica, Gray. Plant glabrous, tall, not mealy 

 except the calyx: Ivs. 4-6 by about 2 in., obovate- 

 oblong or spatulate, obtuse, membranaceous, sharply 

 and irregularly denticulate, gradually narrowed to a 

 winged petiole shorter than the blade and with a 

 sheathing base: scape tall, much exceeding the Ivs., 

 8-24 in. high, bearing several many-fld. superposed 

 umbels: bracts linear-subulate: fls. purple, rarely rose 

 or white; calyx open-campanulate, mealy inside, with 

 broad-triangular acuminate lobes; corolla-tube grad- 

 ually broadened toward the ringed throat, the limb 

 about ;Hjin. across, with obcordate emarginate lobes: 

 caps, globose, shorter than the calyx. Japan. B.M. 

 5916. G.C. III. 33:307; 40:207. J.H. III. 68:465. 

 G.M. 48:283. G.Z. 15:129. G.W. 3, p. 183. H.F. II. 

 13:265. Gt. 1872, p. 195. R.H. S. 39:193. F.S. 

 19:1950, 1951. I.H. 18:69. Gn. 29, p. 382. R.H. 

 1871:570; 1895, p. 424. P.M. 1871:537, 538; 1872:9. 

 Blooms early in summer to midsummer. Makes a 

 noble plant in deep moist soil and a shaded place. 

 Hardy at the N. There are many color-forms, as var. 

 alba, Hort., has white fls. (Gn. 78, p. 280. G.W. 7, p. 

 559); var. rdsea, Hort., has* rose-colored fls. (F.W. 

 1872:257); var. lilacina, Hort., lilac; var. splendens, 

 Hort., rich blood-red; var. striata, Hort., striped white; 

 var. salmonea, Hort., salmon-colored; var. bicolor, 

 Hort., white with crimson center; var. carminata, Hort., 

 carmine. 



169. Beesiana, Forr. Very like P. serratifolia(No. 162), 

 and at first confused with it: 1-2 ft. high: fls. rose-car- 

 mine with bright yellow eye, fragrant: Ivs. oblong to 

 obovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or very short- 

 acute at apex, narrowed to petiole which is winged above, 

 serrate: scapes surpassing the Ivs., bearing about 3 or 

 more whorls of few to several more or less deflexed fls.: 

 calyx campanulate, to 5 lines long; corolla-limb about 

 %in. across; spring and early summer. Yunnan, China, 

 9,000 ft. altitude. Named for Bees, nurseryman, 

 Liverpool. Intro. 1908. G.C. III. 50:240, 243. J.H. 

 111.68:121. G. 36:175. R.H.S. 39:168. A moisture- 

 loving species. An attractive and promising species 

 for cultivation. 



170. Poissonii, Franch. Plant tall, stout, glabrous, 

 noi farinose or aromatic: Ivs. about 8-9 in. long and 

 2 in. broad, stiff -leathery, glaucous, obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, sharp-dentate, margin folded upward on each 

 side and crisped and twisted, midrib prominent; the 

 petiole very short, sheathing and scarcely distinct from 

 the blade: scape stout, many times longer than the Ivs. 

 (3-5 ft.), bearing superposed umbels of 3-12 fls.: bracts 

 lanceolate, herbaceous: fls. rose; calyx split to the 

 middle or below, tubular-campanulate, with ovate- 

 lanceolate, subacute lobes; corolla-tube funnelform, 

 red inside and out, puberulous inside, the limb with a 

 golden ring at the mouth, about 1 in. across, flat on 



expansion, with obcordate, emarginate and cleft lobes: 

 caps, cylindric, little exposed above the closely invest- 

 ing tubular calyx, the fr.-stalks closely appressed to the 

 scape. Yunnan, China. B.M. 7216. Gn. 62, p. 81. 

 R.H.S. 39:169. Fl.-stalks and calyx usually glistening 

 and red-stria te; season of bloom long. Intro. 18CO. A 

 very promising species. 



171. Wflsonii, Dunn (P. angustidens, Pax, in part). 

 Plant aromatic: Ivs. green (not glaucous), tending to 

 recurve rather than to incurve, rarely 8 in. long or more 

 than \]/2 in. broad: fl.-stalk and calyx green, not shining: 

 fl. much smaller than in P. Poissonii, the corolla-limb 

 concave and never flat, the lobes short, rounded, 

 crenulate, not cleft: caps, ovoid, much projecting from 

 the cup-like calyx, the fr.-stalks not so closely appressed 

 to the scape. China. Intro. 1907. 



172. oblanceolata, Balf. f. (P. angustidens, Pax, in 

 part). Plant like P. Poissonii: not aromatic: Ivs. 

 glaucous, oblanceolate or strap-shaped, always narrow 

 (about 1 in. wide) and often more than 1 ft. long, flat, 

 curving outward from the st., the margins with sharp 

 and rigid small teeth: calyx not shining; corolla-limb 

 larger than that of P. Poissonii, flat on expansion, tube 

 whitish inside and outside, the lobes acute: fr. ovoid 

 with conical summit, partially inclosed in calyx, the 

 fr.-stalks not rigidly appressed. China. 



173. Miyabeana, Ito & Kawak. (P. japdnica var. 

 Miyabeana, Ito). Lvs. oblong-ovate to wide-oblanceo- 

 late, acute when young but later obtuse or rounded, 

 to 8 in. long, somewhat narrowed at base, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, farinose beneath at first but becoming 

 nearly or quite destitute of meal, the margin irregu- 

 larly denticulate: scape 1-2 ft. high and much exceeding 

 the Ivs., bearing several superimposed, 6-10-fld. 

 whorls, with pedicels to \ 1 A in. long: bracts ^-%in. 

 long, narrow and acute: calyx mealy within, the lobes 

 deltoid and shorter than the tube; corolla purple, the 

 tube more than J^in. long, the obcordate lobes nearly 

 Min. long: caps, oblong or globose-oblong, inclosed 

 in the purplish fruiting calyx. Formosa. B.M. 8606. 

 Closely allied to P. Poissonii. 



cc. Corolla-throat not annulate. 



174. Parryi, Gray. Plant glabrous or minutely 

 puberulent, tall, robust, not farinose: Ivs. more or less 

 than 8 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, fleshy, narrowly obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute and then mucronulate, 

 entire or minutely denticulate, almost sessile, narrowed 

 to a winged petiole which is scarcely distinguishable 

 from the blade: scape tall, stout, 8-16 or 20 in. tall, 

 bearing a simple 1-sided, many-fld. umbel: bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute: fls. fragrant, purplish; calyx 

 glandular, split to the middle, the tube ovoid, with 

 triangular acute often purplish lobes; corolla-tube 

 broadened toward the ringless throat, the limb with a 

 golden mouth, 1 in. across, with obcordate, emar- 

 ginate lobes: caps, oblong, included in the calyx. 

 Rocky Mts., Idaho and Colo, to Ariz. B.M. 6185. 

 Gt. 1877, p. 65. According to Nelson, "a handsome 

 plant but very rank smelling; along subalpine brooks." 

 Often 1 ft. and more high. 



175. Rusbyi, Greene. Not farinose (except the infl.), 

 slender and small for the section: Ivs. 2-3 in. long, 

 oblanceolate, subobtuse, membranaceous, denticulate, 

 narrowed to the narrow winged petiole which more or 

 less equals the blade: scape slender, 4H~6 in. high, 

 slightly exceeding the Ivs., bearing a simple 6-10-fld. 

 umbel: bracts ovate-lanceolate: fls. bright rose borne 

 on pedicels which are soon nodding; calyx tubular- 

 campanulate, split almost to the middle, farinose, with 

 narrowly lanceolate, acute lobes; corolla-tube slender- 

 cylindrical, the limb somewhat concave, almost %in. 

 across, with obcordate emarginate lobes. Mountains 

 in New Mex. and Ariz. B.M. 7032. G.C. III. 54:190. 

 J.H. III. 51:89. Gn. 78, p. 388. 



