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pilosula, gibbo dense et longiuscule setosulo, limbo 9 mm. longo 
quam tubus duplo longiore, labio superiore breviter 4-lobato 
lobis ovatis, tubo intus basi pilosulo. Stamina limbum fere 
aequantia filamentis glabris antheris oblongis circ. 3 mm. 
longis. Stylus staminibus paulo brevior pilosulus. Ovaria 
glabra circ. 2mm. longa. Fructus deest. 
“China :—At Atuntsu on the borders of Yunnan and Tibet, 
in rain-forest undergrowth, 10,000-12,000 ft. June 1913.” 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 558. 
Lychnis bhutanica, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate L. indicae, Benth. et L. nutantis, Benth. 
sed caule glanduloso-piloso, foliis carnosulis dense glanduloso- 
pilosis, inflorescentiis glandulosis inter alia longe differt. 
Planta circ. 30 cm. alta. Caulis ramosus infra pilis pur- 
pureis dense indutus, supra minus dense. Folia radicalia 
obovata vel late spathulata, + 12 cm. longa, + 4 cm. lata, 
apice subacuta, basi in petiolum latum cuneata, carnosula, 
undique + glanduloso-pilosa; folia caulina ovata + 7 cm. 
longa, + 3.5 cm. lata, sessilia, acuta, basi ipsa dense purpureo- 
pilosa, caeterum radicalibus subsimilia. Panicula laxa 10-2o- 
flora; pedunculi ad 3 cm. longi densissime glanduloso- oo 
pedicelli breves bracteis parvis praediti. Calyx circ. 
longus, multo inflatus, pallido-viridis jugis 10 tehcaeaciialibes 
dense nigro-pilosis pererratus intus glaber; dentes 5 triangu- 
lares circ. 5 mm. longi dense ciliati, dorso pilis nigris glandu- 
losis hirsuti. Carpophorum 5 mm. longum dense albo-villosum, 
Petala circ. 1.7 cm. longa infra carpophoro adhaerentia ejusque 
ope paulo calycem superantia ; unguis oblanceolata apice late 
alata viridi-albida purpureo-striata; lamina purpurea 3-4- 
fida, segmentis duobus plerumque aliis majoribus. Stamina 
to filamentis basi ipsa albo-villosis 1.3 cm. longis, antheris 
2 mm. longis. Styli 5 ovarium 7-8 mm. longum subaequantes. 
Fructus circ. 1.5 cm. longus laevis nitenti-olivaceus dentibus 
5 integris vel bifidis; semina circ. 1 mm. longa, reniformia, 
tuberculata, brunnea. 
“ Bhutan :—Parshong, Timpu. Alt. 12,000 ft. In peat 
meadow. September 1914.” R.E.Cooper. No. 2952. (Fruit- 
ing specimen.) 
Flowering specimen in Herb. Edin. cult. Bees, Ltd., from 
seeds of No. 2952. 
‘“Parshong, Timpu. Alt. 12,000 ft. July rorq.” R. E. 
Cooper. No. 1878. (Flowering specimen.) 
