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,019 Silene atrocastanea, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma crassum, radices longas emittens. Caules plures 
vel solitarii, dense pilosi, 10-20 cm. longi. Folia fere omnia ad 
basin caulis conferta; infima parva, spathulato-obovata lata, 
media longiora, in petiolum I-1°5 cm. longum angustata, lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, acuta, in utraque facie+ pilosa, 8-10 cm. longa, 
2°5-3 cm. lata, nervi praeter costam vix prominuli. Folia 
superiora iterum valde reducta. Flores saepe cernui, solitarii, 
bini vel ad 6 racemum laxiflorum formantes ; pedicelli 1-1°5 cm. 
longi. Calyx amplissimus, turgidus, albidus nervis 10 atropur- 
pureis striatus, pilosus, late campaniformis, ca. 1°8-2 cm. longus, 
1°4-1'6 cm. latus; tubus quam dentes triangulares fere duplo 
longior. Petala saturate castanea, pars infera obovata circ. 
Io mm. longa, pars supera 8 mm. longa in dentes 4 subaequales 
oe sublanceolatos acutos fissa, intus squamulis 5 a 
1'5-2 mm. diamet. praedita. Gynophorum circ. I2-15 mm. 
longum. Ovarium 5-8 mm. longum in parte verticali coriaceum ; 
stvli 3 circ. 6—8 mm. longi. 
“Plant of 4-9 inches. Flowers deep maroon. Ledges and 
crevices of cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. September 1906.” G. 
Forrest. No. 3043. 
Allied to S. scopulorum, Franch. (Plant. Delavay., p. 85, Plate 
xxii.), but the stems are shorter, the cauline leaves much fewer, 
the calyx longer and much broader, the gynophore longer. The 
petals are very similar in both species and of nearly the same 
size. 
2! Arenaria Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caules basi squamis pallidis brunneis obtecti superne foliati, 
5-10 cm. longi uno latere pubescentes. Folia superne conferta, 
glabra, crassiuscula, margine atque apice indurata, ovata, apice 
mucrone brunneo vel pallide fusco saepe incurvo subspinescenti- 
acutissimo ornata, 5-8 mm. longa, 2~3 mm. lata; nervi praeter 
costam obsoleti. Flores subsessiles terminales solitarii. Sepala 
foliis similia, anguste hyalino-marginata, basin versus parce 
ciliata, 7-8 mm. longa, 2°5-3 mm. lata. Petala obovata apice 
obtusa, 8-10 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Stamina 10, episepala, 
extus basi squamula praedita, 6 mm. longa, antherae violaceae. 
Ovarium 2°5 mm. longum, circ. 6-ovulatum; styli 3 apice 
extrorsum curvati, 3-3°5 mm. longi. Fructus athe ignotus. 
“ Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers white, anthers violet. In 
crevices of limestone cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. r1~12,000 ft. September 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No, 2915. 
