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cohaerentibus ; staminodia in floribus dissectis desunt. Ovarium 
lineare glabrum disco parvo cylindrico dentato instructum. 
Fructus linearis vix 3 cm. longus, in medio 2 mm. latus, breviter 
stipitatus, valvis utrinque solutis. 
China :—Yunnan. Mountains to the north of Mengtze; at 
7000 ft.; Henry 10232. Types in the Kew and Edinburgh 
Herbaria. 
Didymocarpus purpureo-bracteata, W. W. Smith. Sp. nov. 
Plate cvii. 
Species Rottlerae (Didymocarpo) yunnanensi, Franch. affinis ; 
habitu ascendente, calyce magno tubuloso, fructibus praelongis 
siliquaeformibus conspicua. 
Herba suberecta circ. 30 cm. alta, caule flexuoso, ad apicem 
sparse rufo-pilosulo, ad basin glabrescente. Folia radicalia 
desunt ; in parte inferiore caulis plerumque delapsa, in parte 
superiore 2-3 paria, distantia, inaequalia, petiolis 2-8 cm. 
longis, parce pilosis, circ. 15 cm. longa, circ. 9 cm. lata, ovato- 
elliptica vel ovata, apice breviter acuminata, basi rotundata, 
regulariter serrata, membranacea, supra subglabra (juniora 
pilis minutis albidis furfuraceis sparsis instructa), infra sub- 
glabra venulis sparse pilosulis; nervi primarii utrinque 6-9. 
Inflorescentiae 1-2 in axillis superioribus cymosae 6-12-florae 
circ. 15 cm. longae, folia, paululum superantes. Pedunculi 
circ. 8 cm. longi flexuosi glabri 2-3—plo divisi, pedicellis 1-2 cm. 
longis; bracteae 3 mm. longae ovatae vel ovato-oblongae, 
conspicuae, purpureae. Calyx 8 mm. longus, 4 mm. latus 
tubulosus glaber in lobos quinque breves obtusos ad quartam 
partem fissus. Corolla circ. 3-4 cm. longa, bilabiata, purpurea, 
lineis multis atro-purpureis pererrata ; tubus 2-3 cm. longus, 
basi 3 mm. latus, cylindricus, superne ad 8 mm. sensim ampliatus ; 
lobi valde inaequales, rotundati. Stamina duo inclusa antheris 
cohaerentibus filamentis glabris. Ovarium lineare glabrum 
disco cylindrico 2 mm. longo instructum. Fructus 4-6 cm. 
longus linearis breviter stipitatus. 
China :— 
Yunnan. Mountains to the S.E. of Mengtze; at 6000 it. ; 
flowers purple-pink ; Henry 9189, in Herb. Kew 
S. of Red River from Manmei; at 6000 ft. ; Henry g189A, 
in Herb. Edin. 
Forests in Teng-Chen-Lin Mountains, 7000 ft.; purplish 
flowers; Henry 9746A, in Herb. Edin. 
5. of Red River from Manpan; 6000 ft.; purple flowers ; 
Henry 9746, in Herb. Edin 
