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168 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
BORRAGINACEAE, 
Paracaryum brachytubum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caules complures 30-50 cm. alti, pilosi, basi rudimentis foliorum 
basalium praediti, ceterum foliati. Folia caulina membranaceo- 
herbacea ; inferiora longius cetera brevissime petiolata, summa 
sessilia, ovata, acuta, in utraque facie praecipue in nervis hispida, 
nervi laterales utrinque 2 a costa ima abeuntes eique subaequales. 
Folia media circ. 4—4°5 cm. longa, 2—-2°5 cm. lata. Cuincinni et 
terminales et ex axillis foliorum summorum pedunculati. Calycis 
hispidi tubus hemisphaericus vel hemiovoideus, 1°5 mm. longus, 
limbi segmenta anguste triangularia, 2 mm. longa. Corollae 
coeruleae tubus brevis, I-1°5 mm. longus, limbi lobi late elliptici 
vel suborbiculares, 4-5 mm. longi, 35-4 mm. lati; squamulae 
reniformes vel meniscoideae, dense pilosulae ad faucem insertae. 
Stamina circ. 1 mm. longa tubo inclusa. 
“Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers blue. Open situations on 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40°. Alt. g-11,000 ft. July-August 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 4474. 
As the fruit of this plant is unknown, the genus remains 
doubtful. The plant is very similar in habit to Parvacaryum 
glochidiatum, Benth., but the tube of the corolla is much shorter, 
the scales of the throat stouter and kidney-shaped, the inflores- 
cence more condensed. 
Cynoglossum ? Dunnianum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Perennis ; caulis 15~35 cm. longus, hispidus. Folia basalia 
conferta, anguste obovata vel oblanceolata, hispidissima, 7-11 cm. 
longa, 1°5—4 cm. lata; caulina minora, anguste oblonga vel sub- 
lanceolata. Inflorescentia e cymis bracteis parvis suffultis longe 
pedunculatis confertifloris suberectis composita ; flores ipsi cernul. 
Sepala hispidissima, sublanceolata, ca. 3 mm. longa. Corolla 
rosea et coerulea; tubus 6-7 mm. longus; limbi lobi subor- 
biculares 4 mm. diareet: Squamulae sub medio tubi insertae, 
tenerae, ciliatae. Stamina 4°5 mm. longa, tubo supra squamulas 
affixa, paulum ex fauce exserta. Stylus 4-5 mm. longus. Fructus 
non visus. 
“Plant of 9-16 inches. Limb of corolla bright blue, tube 
pink. Dry, stony, open situations on hills at south end of the 
Lang-Kong valley, near the village of Kai-hi-dsi. Lat. 26° 25’ 
N. Alt. 7500 ft. April 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 2004. 
“ Plant of 6-14 inches. Flowers blue and pink. Dry, open, 
stony pastureland along the base of the eastern flank of the 
Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 7-8000 ft. April-June 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4476. 
