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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 171 
infra subincana laxiuscule pilosa vel subsetulosa, costa nervisque 
circ. I0 paribus subtus paulo eminentibus, utringue in sicco 
subconspicuis. Inflorescentiae 3~5-florae; pedunculus circ. 
Io cm. longus molliter et dense pilosus; pedicelli similiter 
induti, 5~10 mm. longi; bracteae 2.53.5 cm. longae, foliaceae, 
ovatae, calyces floresque inapertos plus minusve amplectantes, 
pilosae. Flores 5-5.5 cm. longi lilacini vel purpurei. Calyx 
I.3-I.5 cm. longus, fere ad imum in lobos lineari-oblongos 
obtusos extra pilosos intus glabros fissus. Corollae bilabiatae 
anguste tubulosae tubus circ. 4.5—5 cm. longus, supra leniter 
ampliatus ad 1.5 cm. latus (in sicco), extra setulis articulatis 
densiuscule conspersus, intus glaber ; lobi rotundati. amina 
perfecta duo inclusa in medium tubum’ inserta filamentis 
glabris. Ovarium cum stylo circ. 4 cm. longum dense albido- 
pilosum; stigma oblique expansum bilobulum. Capsula 
linearis 7-8 cm. longa. 
China :—Yunnan, south of Red River from Manmei, 
6000 ft.; Henry No. 9188a’in Herb. Kew. et Edin. / at Feng- 
Chen Lin mountain forests, 7ooo ft.; flowers purplish (?). 
Henry No. 91888 in Herb. Kew. et Edin. ;/ Mengtze, 6v00 ft., ° 
in ravine; Henry No. 94138 in Herb. Kew. et Edin. ;/ Mengtze, + 
in forests, 5500 ft., lilac flowers. Henry No. 94134. 
Chirita Dalzielii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. sinensi, Lindl. a qua foliis longe petiolatis, 
corymbis 1~-5-floris, calycis segmentis linearibus hirsutis inter 
alia differt; a C. Juliae, Hance foliis majoribus, lamina haud 
in petiolum attenuata sed abrupte separata, pedunculis 
pedicellisque longioribus, corollae forma recedit. 
Planta acaulis. Folia 8-12 rosulam formantia, petiolis 
plerumque 3-8 cm. longis setis patentibus longis articulatis 
fulvis dense indutis ; lamina majorum ad 15 cm. longa, ad 7 cm. 
lata, minorum circ. 6 cm. longa, circ. 3 cm. lata, plus minusve 
elliptica vel rarius ovata vel ovato-oblonga, apice obtusa, basi 
plus minusve rotundata vel raro asymmetrice cordatula, margine 
regulariter crenato-serrata, in sicco papyracea, supra setulis 
dense et scabridule induta et setis longis articulatis fulvis 
sparsis vel numerosis ad margines numerosioribus praedita, 
infra praesertim ad costam eminentem nervosque 6-8 paria 
dense et longiuscule fulvo-setosa. Inflorescentiae 1~5-florae ; 
pedunculus 6-10 cm. longus, ascendens, dense et longiuscule 
fulvo-setosus ;_ pedicelli similiter induti 1.5-2 cm. longi; 
bracteae 2-3 mm. longae, lineares vel lineari-oblongae, longe 
Flores 3-4 cm. longi, purpurei, intensius reticulato- 
venosi. Sepala 4-5 mm. longa, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, 
fulvo-setosa. Corollae bilabiatae tubus circ. 2.5 cm. longus, 
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