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206 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
crassa, saepe superne ramosa et inde multiceps, apice rudimentis 
foliorum delapsorum dense vel densissime vestita et in rosulam 
foliorum basilarium desinens. Scapi plerumque nudi vel rarius 
pilis minimis unicellularibus albidis subdense obtecti, uniflori, 
foliis longiores. Folia tenuia, modo membranacea, lineari- 
lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, integerrima, basin versus 
sensim in petiolum plus minus longum attenuata, plerumque 
glabra vel interdum pilis eis caulis similibus pilosa. 
Genus novum valde affinis Brayae est, sed primo visu differt 
floribus turcoso-coeruleis magnis, calyce persistente, sepalis con- 
vexiusculis ac glandulis maioribus. 
Solms-Laubachia pulcherrima, Muschler. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma tortuosum, 12-15 cm. longum, cortice cinereo, 
crassiusculo, dense reticulato-rimuloso vestitum, apice plerumque 
ramosum ; ramis brevissimis, apice foliosis, dense congestis, 
obscure dichotomis. Folia omnia isomorpha imbricata ramo 
adpressa, saepius antrorsum leviter curvula, infera vetusta et 
emortua cinerea, supera vel apicalia virescentia, subcrassiuscula, 
rigidula, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 2-3 cm. longa, 0°75-I cm. 
lata, pilis satis longis unicellularibus simplicibus sericeis albidis 
plus minus dense obtecta, dein mox subglabra. Flores maximi, 
solitarii, longissime pedunculati (pedunculis usque ad 6-7 cm. 
longis, pilis eis foliorum similibus densissime obtectis) ; sepala 
ovato-lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, basi aequalia, albo- 
marginata, pilis minimis unicellularibus simplicibus flavido-albis 
dense vel densissime vestita ; petala, etc., cf. diagn. generis. 
“Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers. bright turquoise blue, 
fragrant, aromatic. Growing in crevices of limestone cliffs on 
the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 
12,000 ft. Flow. bright turquoise blue, May 1906.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 2164. 
Allied to Braya, but differing in its short, one-flowered scapes, 
small sepals, and turquoise-coloured petals. It is dedicated to 
Professor Graf zu Solms-Laubach. 
(In habit our plant is not unlike to Parrya exscapa, Mey., of the 
Altai Mountains and Western Tibet, but easily distinguished 
from it by the hairiness of leaves and peduncles, the entire leaves, 
the sub-equal sepals, and the colour of the larger flowers. L. Diels.] 
CUCURBITACEAE. 
Hemsleya amabilis, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Planta scandens ad 0°9-2°7 m., glabra. Folia petiolo ca. 
3 cm. longo praedita, pedato-7—-8-partita, (sub lente) ciliolata 
