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Calyx 12-15 mm. longus, integer, spathaceus, ore obliquo 
spinosus atque pilosus. Corolla extus pilosa, alba vel purpurea ; 
tubus curvatus, 20-25 mm. longus, limbi lobi late ovati, apice 
emarginato- -bilobi, 5 mm. longi. Stamina fertilia 4 
‘* Dry, grassy hillsides. Chung Tien plateau. Alt. 12-13,000 
ft. 1904."’ G. Forrest. No. 393 
Mountains near Tali. Delavay, No. go, etc., ‘‘ M. betonicoides, 
Benth.,”’ ex Franchet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii, p. 8. 
This is similar to M. betonicoides, Benth., of the Sikkim 
Himalaya, but the spines are shorter and softer, and the calyx very 
different, being spathaceous and quite entire except the spines. 
Triplostegia Delavayi, Franch., ms., in Herb. Paris. 
Caulis e rhizomate bulboso-incrassato fibris incrassatis aucto 
ortus, 0°3-0°6 m. altus, villosus et glanduloso-pilosus, basi foliis 
brevibus deinde longioribus praeditus, simplex. Folia media 
subsessilia, ambitu obovata vel oblanceolata, pinnatifida vel 
sinuato-lobata lobis inaequaliter serratis, herbacea, in utraque 
facie pilosa, 4-9 cm. longa, 2-2°8 cm. lata. Panicula terminalis 
ampla, e corymbis divaricato-ramosis composita, bracteae 
subovatae, bracteolae 4 ultimae involucellum florem amplectens 
2°5 mm. longum formantes, pilosae et stipitato- glanduliferae, 
apice cymbiformi implicatae atque apice ipso subuncinato- 
recurvatae. Calyx exterior 8-costatus pilosus, circ. 
longus ; interior breviter 5-dentatus, dentes triangulares pilosi 
0'5mm.longi. Corolla alba vel roseo-suffusa, pilosa; tubus gracilis, 
6-7 mm. longus, limbi lobi elliptici, 3°5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. 
Stamina lobos fere aequantia, stylus eis aequilongus vel brevior. 
“Plant of 1-24 ft. Root tuberous. Flowers whitish-rose. 
Open, grassy situations on the margins of pine forests on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. ro- 
11,000 ft. August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2755. 
“Plant of 1-2 ft. Stony pastureland on the eastern flank 
of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. July 
1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 4646. 
Also ‘“‘ Mengtze, eastern mountains, 6000 ft.” A. Henry. 
No. 9441. 
Easily recognised by its large panicle and much larger corolla. 
The leaves are deeper cut than in T. glandulifera. 
EBENACEAE. 
Diospyros Balfouriana, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor 1°5-7 m. alta. Folia (perfectiora non visa, 
minora ramulorum florentium) petiolo 0-5-1 cm. longo praedita, 
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