SPECIES ASIATICAE, 197 
“Mountains N.E. of the Chungtien plateau; Yunnan;’ on 
ledges of limestone cliffs. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Plant 
of 2-3 inches. Flowers deep blue. Aug. 1914.” G. Forrest. 
No. 13,108. 
- This new species is a much smaller plant than the glabrous 
and glaucescent C. crenulata, Franch. It approaches C. chrysos- 
plentfolia, Franch., but differs according to the description in 
the simple long-pilose stems, in the cauline leaves, and in the 
relative lengths of calyx-lobes, ovary, and corolla. It may 
however be an extreme form of that species. 
Ceropegia aridicola, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. Balfourianae, Schltr. a qua habitu, foliis 
cordatis subsagittatis, floribus duplo minoribus inter alia signa 
differt. 
Planta 15-20 cm. alta vel ex collectore nonnunquam ad 
50 cm. attingens ; caudex tuberosus ad 3 cm. diametro saepe 
subglobosus ; radices elongatae carnosae. Caules I-2-nati, ut 
videtur plus minusve decumbentes flexuosi gracillimi ramosi 
laxe foliati, basi nudi, pilis brevibus  crispatis albidis bene 
muniti. Folia petiolo 4-6 mm. longo crispato-piloso praedita ; 
lamina vulgo 0.5-1.5 cm. longa, 3-10 mm. lata, anguste tri- 
angularis, apice acuminata, basi cordata atque subsagittata, 
margine integra vel paulo undulata, paulo carnosula, supra 
pilis crispatis scabridule conspersa infra subglabra, costa media 
conspicua pilosula, nervis lateralibus obscuris. Flores ex 
axillis superioribus fere omnibus I-3-nati saepe solitarii ; pedi- 
celli 3-10 mm. longi pilosuli. Calycis 3-4 mm. longi lobi 
lineari-lanceolati acuminati glabri vel pilis paucis conspersi. 
Corolla circ. 1.5 cm. longa, e basi subgloboso-inflata ibique circ. 
4 mm. lata, in tubum circ. 5 mm. longum producta, extra 
sparsim pilosula intus glabra; lobi circ. 5 mm. longi ovato- 
lanceolati vel subrhomboidei extra pilis perpaucis praediti intus 
glabri; corona poculiformis foliolis ovatis obtusis glabris vix 
1 mm. longis, ligulis lineari-spathulatis erectis glabris 2-3 mm. 
longis tenuissimis purpureo-tinctis. Folliculi maturi circ. 
4.5 cm. longi, seminibus 5 mm. longis nigridis albo-comosis. 
“West China:—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend, Yunnan, on dry stony pasture. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 
10,000 ft. Plant of 6-8 inches. Flowers greenish-white, tinged 
purplish at apex. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,549.. 
“N.W. flank of the Lichieng Range, Yunnan, on open 
stony pasture. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 
g-z0 inches. Flowers yellowish-green and red-purple. July 
1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,794. 
