200 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Petala 4, obovata, apice plus minusve obtusa, circ. 4 mm. longa 
(vix perfecte evoluta), glabra, flavido-viridia. Discus in struc- 
turam carnosulam circ. 0.5 mm. longam unilateraliter productus. 
Stamina 6, antheris circ. 2 mm. longis, filamentis 1 mm. longis. 
Ovarium sessile filamenta staminum paulo superans, stylo 
nullo. 
“ China :—Chungtien plateau, Yunnan, in open pasture. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 2 ft. Flowers green. 
June 1917.”’. G. Forrest. No. 13,762. 
This Cleome occurs at a remarkable elevation for the genus 
and is apparently the only one recorded from Yunnan. 
gow’ Cremanthodium angustifolium, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species capitulo discoideo praedita ; a speciebus ejus modi, 
C. discoideo, Maxim., C. caloto, Diels, C. campanulato (Franch.), 
Diels, C. cucullifero, W. W. Sm. foliis praelongis lineari-lanceo- 
latis facile distinguitur. 
Planta 25-50 cm. alta radicibus carnosulis multis munita. 
Folia radicalia numerosa congesta erecta praelonga, ad 24 cm. 
longa, 1.5-2 cm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta vel sub- 
acuta, basi vix petiolata sed in partem vaginiformem membrana- 
ceam lamina paulo latiorem ampliata, alutacea, utrinque glabra, 
in sicco pallido-viridia, costa media subconspicua, nervis secun- 
dariis vulgo 4-6 costae subparallelis subobscuris, reticulatione 
ultima evanescente; folia caulina vulgo 3, sessilia, 5-9 cm. 
longa, forma atque textura basilaribus subsimilia ; ad apicem 
caulis et sub capitulo apparent folia 2-3 bracteiformia, I-1.5 cm. 
longa, linearia vel subulata. Caulis ipse capitulo solitario 
terminatus, infra glaber, supra pilis albidis vel fulvidis gradatim 
villosior, apice villosissimus. Capitulum discoideum, in sicco 
complanatum circ. 3 cm. diametro; involucri phylla 12-13 
mm. longa, circ. 2 mm. lata, lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, 
pilis fulvidis vel subrufescentibus praesertim ad medium dense 
induta, in vivo saturate atro-kermesina, in sicco nigrida. 
Flores disci aurantiaci; corolla circ. 8 mm. longa; pappus 
sordide albus corollam subaequans. Achaenia immatura circ. 
2 mm. longa oblonga glabra. 
“West China:—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend, Yunnan, in open stony pasture. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 
12,000 ft. Plant of 12-16 inches. Florets dull orange; phyl- 
laries deep black-maroon. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
10,653. 
“Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, Yunnan, in open 
stony pasture. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Plant of 
10-20 inches. Florets fragrant, deep ruddy orange ; phyllaries 
dull black-crimson. July 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,809. 
