SPECIES ASIATICAE. 217 
“ West China:—Western flank of the Tali Range, on 
dry grassy slopes. Lat. 28° 40’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Scandent 
plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers deep crimson-maroon. July 1917.” 
G. Forrest. No. 15,619. 
37 Ophiorrhiza umbricola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate O. Griffithii, Hook. f. a qua bracteolis 
lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, corollis majoribus pallide 
carmineis praeter alia signa recognoscitur. 
Planta 20-45 cm. alta basi decumbens caulibus glabris vel 
fere glabris. Folia petiolo circ. 2 cm. longo glabro munita; 
lamina majorum 9-13 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, lanceolata vel 
subelliptica, longe acuminata, basi cuneata, tenuiter mem- 
branacea, utrinque glabra vel setulis hic illic pagina superiore 
conspersa, supra atroviridis, infra multo pallidior, costa nervisque 
subtus conspicuis; stipulae inconspicuae. Cymae terminales 
pauciflorae pedunculo ad 3 cm. longo glabro suffultae ; ramuli 
glabri vel minutissime fulvido-puberuli ; pedicelli vix 1.5 mm. 
superantes ; bracteolae 5-6 mm.,longae lanceolatae vel oblongo- 
lanceolatae, obtusae, glabrae, costa conspicua pererratae. 
Calycis tubus circ. 2 mm. longus costatus sparsim et minutissime 
puberulus dentibus minutis deltoideis. Corolla circ. 2.5 cm. 
longa pallide carminea extra glabra intus villosa lobis ovatis 
_ obtusiusculis circ. 6 mm. longis. Discus conspicuus bilobus in 
sicco carmineo-suffusus. - Fructus deest. 
“Upper Burma :—Nwai Valley, on shady banks in forest 
amongst undergrowth. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Flowers deep pink. 
Sept. 1914.”” F. K. Ward. No. 1944. 
“West China :—Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, on trees 
and boulders, in shady mixed forests. Lat. 25° 12’ N. Alt. 
8000 ft. Plant of 9-18 inches. Flowers pale carmine, drying a 
deeper shade. June 1g918.”’ G. Forrest. No. 17,656 
ob Parrya xerophyta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis P. dinearifoliae, W. W. Sm. a qua 
caulibus elatioribus miro modo foliis semi-emarcidis onustis, 
foliis glabris vel subglabris, fructibus oblongis tantum ad 
margines (et parcissime) pilosis recedere videtur. 
Planta quoad folia et flores P. linearifoliae simillima sed 
habitu longe divergit. Pars epigaea ad 15-20 cm. attingens 
foliis annorum plurium semimarcidis induta. Folia linearia 
glabra vel subglabra ; pars apicalis mox emarcida et cito decidua, 
pars basalis persistens rigida incrassata straminea, glabra vel 
hic illic capillis longis albidis conspersa. Inflorescentiae ut in 
P. linearifolia ; calyx pedicellusque multo minus pilosi ; corolla 
