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180 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 
Silene Stewartiana, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma breve, pluricaule. Caules edscendentes, basi ramos 
nonnullos steriles superne floriferos edentes, 20-35 cm. longi, 
basi glabri, superne pilosuli. Folia sessilia, cate punctulata, 
glabra, lanceolata basi subamplectentia apice acuta, media 
circa 6-8 cm. longa, 1°2~1°5 cm. lata, superiora decrescentia. 
Flores pauci, longiuscule pedicellati. Calyx ovato-campani- 
formis, subturgidus, pallidus, nervis 10 glanduloso-pilosulis 
viridibus striatus, dentibus triangularibus ciliatis praeditus, 
2~2°5 cm. longus, 1-1°5 cm. latus. Petala “ pallide lavandu- 
lacea,”’ parte infera obcuneata circ. I2 mm. longa, supera 10-11 
mm. longa, 4-5 mm. lata, 4-fida, segmentis lateralibus quam 
2 mediana brevioribus. Gynophorum circ. 4 mm. longum, 
ovarium 6 mm. longum, styli 3 brevi. 
“Plant of g-16 inches. Flowers pale lavender. dom: grassy 
slopes on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’N. 
Alt. 10,500-12,000 ft, August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2672. 
In habit not unlike some forms of S. tenuis, Willd. ; but the 
calyx is larger, the petals with four lobes, two larger and two 
(lateral) smaller. I have not seen any scales on the petals ; but 
the material being scanty, the species wants further observation. 
ud! Silene cryptantha, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma crassum napiforme. Caules subprocumbentes, 
divaricato-ramosi, pubescentes, 30-50 cm. longi. Folia breviter 
petiolata, ad costam pilosula, ceterum glabra, ovata, marginata, 
1‘*5-1°8 cm. longa, 08-1 cm. lata. Panicula ampla divaricato- 
ramosa. Flores pedicellati pedicellis 3-5 mm. longis sub calyce 
bibracteolatis. Calyx ambitu subclavatus, glanduloso-pubescens, 
saepe purpurascens, 5-6 mm. longus, dentes anguste ovati 
obtusiusculi, breves. Petala rosea, anguste spathulata, integra, 
7 mm. longa, sub apice I mm. lata; squamulis nullis. 
Stamina 4-5 mm. longa. Ovarium clavato-cylindricum, 3°5 mm. 
longum, styli 3 circ. 3 mm. longi. 
“ Procumbent plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers bright rose. 
Dry, stony slopes on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. July 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2783. 
A similar plant has been collected near Yunnan-fu (Ducloux. 
No. 453). 
Allied to S. pachyrrhiza, Franch., from which it differs by 
the much smaller flowers with very narrow entire petals. In 
S. pachyrrhiza they are bifid, have two lateral auricles and two 
inner scales, 
