198 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
““ Mekong-Salween divide, yuna. bat.-26 t0 NN. Alt, 
16;000 ft. Sept. 1914.’’ G: Forrest. No. 13,394. 
\oF ppl Coropenns eee aa Schltr., var. purpureo-barbata, 
Ww. W 
A typo corollae pa intus pilis vesiculosis longis pailider 
purpureis vestitis diffe 
“West China eS valley; Yunnan, on grass and 
dwarf scrub in stony situations. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 8000- 
gooo ft. Scandent plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers green and purple- 
maroon. Aug. 1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 13,024. 
“ On the Tong Shan, Yunnan, in open dry situations amongst 
rocks. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. Scandent plant of 
3 it. Flowers yellow, green at base, deep magenta-rose at 
apex and fringed. July 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,738. 
ov Ceropegia monticola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. pubescenti, Wall: a qua pedunculis brevibus 
hirsutulis, corollae lobis intus longe albo-pilosis inter alia 
recedit ; affinis autem C. Avnottianae, Wight et C. macranthae, 
Wight quae foliorum corollaeque forma differunt. 
Planta scandens 60-150 cm. alta; radix non visa. Caulis 
valde flexuosus ramosus laxe foliatus pilis albidis patentibus 
bene conspersus: Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm. longo hirsutulo 
suffulta ; lamina majorum 4-8 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, plus 
minusve late ovata, apice breviter acuminata, basi vulgo 
rotundata, margine ciliata, in sicco membramacea, supra pilis 
appressis bene-instructa, infra glabra nisi ad costam prominu- 
lam sparsim pilosulam. Pedunculus vulgo brevis nunc 4-15 
mm. longus multiflorus hirsutulus; pedicelli 5-10 mm. lon 
subumbellati glabri. Calycis § mm. longi lobi subulato-lineares 
glabri. Corolla circ. 3.8 cm. longa extra glabra; tubo circ. 2.2 
ecm. longo basi distincte inflato fauce multo ampliato, lobis 
1.6 cm. longis lineari-lanceolatis intus longe albo-pilosis ; 
coronae lobi ro lanceolati acuminati ciliati ligulis duplo longio- 
ribus linearibus erectis minutissime pilosulis. 
est China :—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend, Yunnan, on grass on the margins of pine forests. Lat. 
27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Scandent plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers 
yellowish-green and maroon. Aug. 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 
10,944. 
“ Bei-ma-shan, Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan, on scrub 
amongst boulders. Lat. 28° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Scandent 
plant of 2-5 ft. Flowers deep livid maroon-purple. Aug. 
1914.’ G. Forrest. No. 13,198 
