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214 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES NONNULLAE. 
apice valde obtusa vel rotundata, basi cuneata, 3-5 cm. longa, 
1.5-2.7 cm. lata, coriacea vel subcoriacea, supra viridia, pilis 
transverse septatis albidis marginem versus numerosioribus 
subscabridula, subtus dense cinnamomeo-lanata, indumento 
mox in laminam membranoideam agglutinato saepe albescente, 
nervis supra obscuris, costa subtus saepe prominente et nervis 
lateralibus utrinque paucis interdum subconspicuis, margine 
crenato-lobulata ; petioli saepissime 1.5—4 cm. longi, indumento 
ei foliorum paginae inferioris simili tecti. Pedunculi communes 
saepissime 2—5, ad 12 cm. longi, fusco-rubri vel purpurascentes, 
pilis transverse septatis glanduloso-capitatis tecti; bracteae 
parvae ; pedicelli ad 2 cm. longi, pedunculo similes nisi tenuiores. 
Calyx ruber, 2 mm. longus, in segmenta 5 inter se subaequalia 
oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga apice saepius obtusa vel fere 
rotundata rarius subacuta dorso margineque pilis glanduloso- 
capitatis instructa partitus. Corolla lutea, 2 cm. longa, extra 
pilis albis glanduloso-capitatis tecta; tubus circa I4 mm. 
longus, ubi latissimus circa 5 mm. diametro ; labium posticum 
vix 7 mm. latum, fere ad medium 2-lobatum, anticum circa 
1 cm. latum, 3-fidum, segmentis 2.75—3 mm. latis, labiis ambobus 
intra inferne breviter glanduloso-pubescentibus. Antherae anti- 
cae e corollae tubo paululo exsertae, laterales superantes, omnes 
circa 0.75-I mm. longae, ovatae vel late oblongae ; filamenta 
lateralia 6 mm. supra corollae basem et circa 2 mm. infra antica 
inserta, omnia teretia, glabra vel pilis brevibus glanduloso- 
capitatis parcissime instructa, anticis lateralibus paulo sed 
distincte crassioribus. Discus 2 mm. longus, apice undulatus 
vel 5-lobulatus. Pistillum glabrum, corollae tubum aequans, 
stylo cum stigmate bilobulato circa 3 mm. longo. Capsula 
circa 3 cm. longa, inferne angustata, basi calyce persistente 
cincta. 
Yunnan :—Kari pass, Mekong-Yantgze divide. 10,000 ft. 
Lat. 27° 40’ N. Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers deep orange. 
Dry situations on limestone cliffs. Forrest. 13,058. Flr. et fr. 
Aug. 1914. 
Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. 10,000 ft. 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers deep orange. On 
rocks and cliffs in shady dry situations in side valleys. Forrest. 
10,743. Flr. et fr. Aug. 1913. 
piece hee 10,000 ft. Lat. 28° 10’ N. Fores: 15,214. 
Flr. et fr. July 1 
Cult. Hort. “i Reg. Edin. et Kew. Forrest. 12,716. 
Perantha cordatula, Craib. 
Rhizoma breve, crassum, rectum, radices numefosas emittens. 
Folia omnia _basalia, oblongo-lanceolata vel aiougoerntas: 
