SPECIES ASIATICAE. ty 
obtusa brevissime emarginata vel calloso-apiculata, basi vulgo 
late cuneata, coriacea, supra subnitida ubique molliter puberula, 
nervis subconspicuis, subtus paulo pallidior, molliter puberula, 
usque ad marginem paululum in sicco revoluta, nervis obscuris. 
Flores non visi. Capsula circ. 9 mm. longa olivacea seminibus 
circ. 5 mm. longis, circ, 2 mm. latis, subtrigonis nigris nitentibus. 
“China :—Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, 
Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 8-10 ft. 
In fruit. Open situations in ravines. July 1913.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 10,684. 
‘) Campanula xylopoda, J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. canae, Wall. sed inter congeneres caudice 
lignoso crassissimo, caulibus numerosis lignosis conspicua. 
Planta perennis ad 30 cm. alta undique tomento canescente 
praesertim in caule atque paginis foliorum inferioribus induta. . 
Caudex + I cm. diametro; caules 15-20 basi orientes lignosi 
graciles ascendentes sat foliosi. Folia 1-2 cm. longa 3-6 mm 
lata, lanceolata subacuta vel obtusa margine paululo sinuata, 
basi acuta, membranacea, supra atroviridia tomentosa infra 
tomento densiore canescente praesertim ad costam venasque 
induta; nervi obscuri; petioli 1-2 mm. longi. Paniculae 
pauciflorae laxae; bracteae foliis subsimiles sed minores; 
pedicelli graciles 1.5—-2 cm. longi. Receptaculum circ. 
longum ; calycis dentes circ. 4 mm. longi anguste lanceolati 
acuti canescentes. Corolla coerulea I cm. longa-cylindrica circ. 
ad medium in lobos gu iota subacutos divisa, ore 4-5 m 
lata, extus pubescens. Stamina stylo breviora antheris circ. 
4 mm. longis filamentis I mm. rae Stylus 7 mm. longus. 
‘“* China :—North-East Yunnan, dry calcareous banks of the 
Blue River (Yangtze-kiang) at 1200 ft. Coll. E. E. Maire. 
No. 798 (anno 1913) in Herb. Edin. 
aoe Carduus euosmus, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. 
Species inter affines hujus regionis habitu gare capitulis 
permagnis, floribus aurantiacis fragrantibus bene n 
Herba perennis acaulis radice crassissima ite reliquiis. 
fibrosis petiolorum praeteritorum ad collum dense induta. Folia 
petiolo ad 5 cm. longo complanato plurisulcato dense albo- 
araneoso-tomentoso praedita ; lamina 25-30 cm. longa, 5-8 cm. 
lata, ambitu anguste lanceolata, irregulariter pinnatifida, supra 
glabra sublucida infra tomento albo denso araneoso induta, lobis 
latis basi confluentibus irregulariter lobulatis, nervis subtus 
conspicuis stramineis in spinas longas excurrentibus. Capitula 
plerumque 4-12, subglobosa, 5-7 cm. diametro subsessilia vel 
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