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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 189 
12 perianthium fere aequantia filamentis basi complanatis ; 
ovarium 8-carpellatum, carpellis omnino connatis, stylis fere 
rectis ovaria subaequantibus. Fructus baccatus valde de- 
pressus circ. 9-I0 mm. diametro niger; inflorescentia fructi- 
fera ad 15 cm. longa, circ. 4 cm. lata, fructibus in massam 
spiciformem coarctatis. 
China :—Province of Yunnan. Cultivated in the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds collected by George 
Forrest. At present the plant is 3-4 ft high, and has flowered 
and fruited freely. The ripe inflorescence is very striking, the 
black fruits being packed into a dense club-shaped mass suggest- 
ing the ripe inflorescence of Avisaema and other Aroids. Forrest, 
No. 96, from the Kari Pass, Yunnan, previously ascribed to 
Phytolacca acinosa, Roxb., is perhaps the same, but the specimens 
are somewhat incomplete. 
Rhynchanthus Beesianus, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species chinensis affinis RA. longifloro, Hook. f. a quo spica 
circ. 12-flora, bracteis laete scarlatinis, corolla laete flava inter 
alia divergit. 
Planta in scheda circ. 50 cm. alta, ex collectore saepe 60-—go 
cm., erecta, basi tuberoso-incrassata radicibus crassis tomen- 
tosis. Folia 8—ro, disticha, superiora bene evoluta, inferiora ad 
vaginas reducta ; foliorum superiorum lamina plerumque 15-18 
cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, oblongo-lanceolata, apice longe acumi- 
nata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, membranacea, utrinque 
glabra, petiolo brevissimo atque vagina praelonga caulem arcte 
amplectante purpureo-striata auriculis brevibus rotundatis 
praedita; folia inferiora vaginiformia tenuiter membranacea 
margine brunneo-scariosa, medio purpureo-striata. Spica 
terminalis erecta circ. 12-flora breviter pedunculata; flores 
circ. g cm. longi. Bractea circ. 5 cm. longa, fere I cm. lata, 
lineari-lanceolata, acuta, tenuiter membranacea, laete scarla- 
tina; bracteola subsimilis sed multo minor 1.5 cm. vix excedens. 
Calyx circ. 3 cm. longus, tubulosus, supra unilateraliter fissus, 
apice plerumque acuminibus duobus ornatus, scarlatinus. 
Corolla 5-6 cm. longa, laete flava; tubus elongatus supra 
dilatatus ; lobi circ. 1.5 cm. longi, ovato-lanceolati, acuminati ; 
labellum obsoletum. Filamentum longe exsertum, cymbi- 
forme, flavum; anthera circ. 8 mm. longa. Ovarium circ. 
5 mm. longam glabrum triloculare multiovulatum glandulis 
duabus oblongis coronatum; stylus gracillimus stigmate in- 
fundibuliformi ultra antheram paululo exserto. 
“China :—Province of Yunnan; on lava bed west of 
Tengyueh. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5000 ft. Plant of 2-3 ft. 
Perianth bright canary yellow, bracts bright scarlet. Open 
