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218 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
pallido-rosea. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus ex speciminibus 
haud bonis anguste oblongus 4-5 mm. latus ad margines par- 
cissime pilosus. 
N.E. of Chungtien, Yunnan, on 
ledges and in crevices of dry cliffs. Lat.27°55’N. Alt. 14,000 
ft.. Cushion plant of 6—8 inches height and somewhat greater 
diameter. Flowers pale rose. July 1918.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
16,444. 
This is a plant of very remarkable habit. The stems are 
densely clothed with the persistent and hardened lower halves 
of the leaves. Notwithstanding the striking habit, the plant 
approximates closely to P. linearifolia, W. W. Sm., but is much 
more glabrous while the fruits are very narrow oblong. 
Plectranthus muliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species quoad inflorescentiam P. phyllostachyd1, Diels affinis 
a quo foliis longe petiolatis haud subsessilibus differt ; ut in illa 
specie inflorescentia bracteis conspicuis ornata est. 
Planta suffruticosa ad 1 m. alta ramosa caulibus dense cinereo- 
tomentosis. Folia petiolo ad 2.5 cm. longo albo-tomentoso 
praedita ; lamina foliorum medianorum ad 9 cm. longa, ad 5.5 
cm. lata, ovata, apice plus minusve acuminata, basi breviter et 
subabrupte in petiolum angustata, margine bene crenato-dentata, 
papyracea, supra rugosula glabra nisi ad costam nervosque pilis 
albidis parvis conspicuos, infra pilis simplicibus mollibus 
incano-tomentella, praesertim ad nervos. Inflorescentiae elon- 
gatae angustae terminales et in axillis superioribus ortae, pani- 
culam terminalem formantes ; flores in verticillastros 6—8-floros 
fere continuos compositi; bracteae conspicuissimae, inferiores 
latissime obovatae atque longiuscule cuspidatae, saepe 2 cm. 
longae, 1.5 cm. latae, foliaceae et ut folia indutae, supra decre- 
scentes, superiores lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae 
vulgo circ. 1 cm. longae, 4 mm. latae, etiam ad apicem inflore- 
scentiae verticillastros superantes vel saltem aequantes. Flores 
—6 mm. longi; pedicelli circ. 3 mm. longi pilosuli. Calyx 
circ. 3.5 mm. longus campanulatus sparsim pilosulus dentibus 
triangularibus acutis tubum aequantibus albociliatis. Corolla 
basi gibbosa roseo-purpurea, circ. 5 mm. longa; tubus labiis 
paulo longior ; labium inferius breviter quadrilobum. Stamina 
inclusa. 
“West China :—Mu-li Mountains, S.W. Szechwan, on the 
margins of thickets. Lat.28°12'N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrubby 
plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers creamy-white, flushed and marked 
rose-purple. Sept. rg18.”’ G. Forrest. No. 17,000. 
__ In the conspicuous bracts this species recalls P. phyllostachys, 
Diels, which has however sessile leaves. In size and form of 
