172 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
basi 5 mm. latus, mox ad 2 cm. ore ampliatus (in sicco com- 
planatus), extra setulis articulatis conspersus intus glaber ; 
lobi rotundati saepe apiculati 7-8 mm. diametro utrinque 
setosuli. Stamina perfecta duo inclusa. Stylus ad stamina 
attingens, cum ovario densissime pilosus, stigmate obliquo 
obscure bilobulo. Fructus deest. 
“China :—Thai-yong, a mountain valley, 2000 ft. elevation, 
sixty miles west of the port of Swatow, surrounded by hills 
reaching rooo ft. and intersected by glens richly wooded. Sept. 
1898.” J. M. Dalziel. No. 184. 
» Chirita umbricola, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis C. brevipedi, Clarke a qua calycis lobis 
brevibus EM oy corollae tubo brevi pro latitudine inter 
alia recedit. 
Planta acaulis vel fere acaulis. Folia pauca, plerumque 
I-2, petiolo 4-6 cm. longo setulis articulatis fulvis vel ferrugineis 
densissime obsito suffulta ; lamina plerumque 8-16 cm. longa, 
4-8 cm. lata, plus minusve elliptica, apice obtusa vel obtusi- 
uscula, basi oblique rotundata vel late cuneata, margine irregu- 
lariter crenato-serrata setulis articulatis setulosa, in sicco 
membranacea, supra atroviridis, setulis haud articulatis plus 
minusve dense instructa, subtus pallidior laxiuscule setulosa, 
ad costam nervosque 5-7 paria conspicuos paulo densius setu- 
losa, Inflorescentiae 1-5-florae ; pedunculus 6-10 cm. longus, 
ascendens, setulis articulatis ferrugineis dense obsitus ; pedicelli 
similiter induti 1-1.5 cm. longi; bracteae circ. 3 mm. longae 
lineari-oblongae, obtusiusculae, ferrugineo-setosulae. Flores 
3-3-5 cm. longi, coerulei vel violacei vel albi. Calyx circ. 1.2 
cm. longus, tubulosus, ad tertiam partem in lobos triangulares 
acutos fissus, extra sparsim setulosus. Corollae bilabiatae 
tubus 2.5 cm. longus vel paulo longior, basi lato ad os (1.6 cm. 
latum in sicco complanatum) ampliatus, extra setulis articu- 
latis hic illic conspersus, intus glaber; lobi rotundati circ. 
I cm. diametro. Stamina perfecta duo inclusa filamentis 
tantum 7-8 mm. Jongis dense pilosis; staminodia duo. 
Ovarium cum stylo circ. 1.8 cm. longum pilis articulatis minutis 
dense obsitum ; stigma oblique bilobulum. Fructus deest. 
“ Upper Burma :—Ridge of Naung-chaung, Nwai divide ; 
oo ft.; flowers violet blue or white, on wet rocks of 
shady gullies ‘or by streams in forest. July 1914.” F. K. 
Ward. No. 1824. 
