230 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM, 
breviter et obtusiuscule apiculata, basi late cuneata, margine 
plana, in sicco papyracea, glabra, supra pallido-viridis, infra 
pallidior, costa media infra conspicua albida, nervis lateralibus 
subobscuris.. Inflorescentiae terminales late paniculatae, ad 
12 cm. longae, ad 9 cm. latae, pedunculis crassis glabris, racemis 
ipsis circ. 20-floris sparsim albido-pilosulis, pedicellis circ. r mm. 
longis albido-pilosulis. Perianthii _purpureo-kermesini tubus 
circ. 8 mm. longus, I mm. latus, anguste cylindricus, sparsim 
pilosulus ; lobi 1 mm. paulo superantes oblongi obtusi; disci 
squama unica oblonga apice erosa. Stamina biseriata antheris 
circ. r mm. longis filamenta superantibus. Ovarium circ. 2.5 
mm. longum apice pubescens, stigmate capitato, stylo brevis- 
simo. Fructus deest. 
“* West China :—Mekong Valley, Yunnan, in open situations 
amongst rocks by streams. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. 
Shrub of 3-6 ft. Flowers deep purple-crimson. July 1914.” 
G. Forrest. No. 13,079. 
In appearance this species suggests W. scytophyilla, Diels, 
but differs very widely in the inflorescence. In cultivation the 
flower buds are purplish at the apex but the flowers are greenish- 
yellow. 
