Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. 
Plants pen behe and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
of Yunnan and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, and 1906. 
New and Imperfectly known Species. 
BY 
PROFESSOR DR. L. DIELS, 
Marburg. 
DICOTYLEDONES. 
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ACANTHACEAE. 
Hemigraphis drymophila, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Planta 7°5-15 cm. alta. Caulis brevissimus, basi ramosus. 
Folia plurima basalia subsessilia vel breviter petiolata, mem- 
branacea, inprimis supra minute strigulosa, anguste obovata 
oblanceolata vel anguste elliptica, basin versus plerumque longe 
angustata, 5-15 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata. Rami floriferi adscen- 
dentes, scaposi nudi rarius foliis 2 oppositis minoribus praediti, 
5-20 cm. longi, minutissime puberuli. Flores 2-4-ni capitati, 
scapos terminantes ; bracteae foliaceae involucrantes, 1-1'5 cm 
longae, praecipue ad marginem basalem longius strigoso-ciliatae ; 
bracteolae calycem paulo superantes ciliatae. Calycis segmenta 
anguste lanceolata, strigosa, acuta, 6~7 mm. longa. Corolla lavan- 
dulaceo-coerulea, tubus circ. 8 mm. longus ; limbus conspicuus ; 
lobi 6-7 mm. longi et lati, obovati apice subtruncati. Stamina 
4 subaequalia glabra, thecae obtriangulares, superiora 2 exserta. 
Stylus hirtus, apice in lobos 2 inaequales divisus, 12 mm. longus. 
“ Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers lavender-blue. Dry, shady 
situations in woods at the base of the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 10’. Alt. 8500-10,000 ft. Flow. 
August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2774. 
This little plant has the appearance of H. repanda, Lindau, 
a native of Java and New Guinea. 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXV, June 1912.) 
