162 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
(3°? Strobilanthes cyphantha, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Be nl 
alow 
dred 
—— 
Caulis suffrutescens, 0°45-0°6 m. altus, quadrangulus. Folia 
herbacea, 2-5 cm. longe petiolata, herbacea, in utraque facie 
paleaceo-pilosa, sicca luteo-viridia, ovata, basin versus in petiolum 
subdecurrentia, apice acuminata, crenato-serrata, circ. 10 cm. 
longa, 4-5 cm. lata. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum superiorum 
longe pedunculatae subcapitato-confertae, bracteae et bracteolae 
oblanceolatae vel lanceolatae, praesertim ad margines cum sepalis 
longe paleaceo-pilosae pilis patulis, sepala fere aequantes. Sepala 
aequalia linearia apice demum patentia. Corolla coerulea ampla 
3-4 cm. longa extus puberula ; tubus e basi cylindrica latissime 
ventricosus, limbum versus subrectangulo-curvatus; limbus 
brevis. Filamenta et stylus puberula. Ovariumapice barbatum. 
“ Half shrubby plant of 14-2 ft. Flowers blue. Grassy situa- 
tions amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’. Alt. g-ro,oo0o ft. Flow. June 1g06.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 4549, partly. 
Strobilanthes Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa vel herbacea, Caules 15-50 cm. alti, plus minusve 
glanduloso-pilosi. Folia herbacea, eeedabec-pilosa vel glabre- 
scentia subsessilia, ovata, basi lata ubcordata rarius 
cuneato-angustata, crenato-serrata, apice “ obtusiuscula, 2-5 cm. 
longa, 1°2-3.cm. lata. Inflorescentia simplex, spicata vel ramis ex 
ae foliorum inferiorum additis sub-paniculata. Flores solitarii 
ssiles. Bracteae foliaceae, superiores integrae ovato-ellipticae ; 
Sats anguste oblongae, sepalis saepe breviores. Sepala 
linearia, cum bracteis bracteolisque glanduloso-pubescentia, 
longitudine unum cetera superans, 1-2 cm. longa, 0°2-0°3 cm. 
lata. Corollae coeruleae vel purpurascentis 3-35 cm. longae 
tubus e basi angusta ampliatus campanulato-cylindricus. Stylus 
apice paulum dilatatus ; ovarium minute puberulum 
‘Plant of 6-12 inches. All parts, with exception of corolla, 
glandular. Flowers pale blue. Open, grassy situations in side 
valleys on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 25’. Alt. 11,000 ft. Flow, June 1906.”  G.. Forrest, 
No. 2456 
“* Plant of 1-14 ft. Flowers deep blue. Dry, open situations 
amongst boulders on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Flow. August 1906.” G. 
Forrest. No. 2760. 
‘* Half-shrubby plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers purplish-blue. Moun- 
tain meadows on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
27° 40’N. Alt. g-10,000 ft, Flow. August 1906.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 4551. 
