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220 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
Moist, shady situations in pine forests and on mountain meadows 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 10’ N. 
Alt. g—-10,500 ft. May 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2231. 
This species is apparently not closely allied to any other of 
the region, and easily recognised by its nodding, ruddy green 
inflorescences. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
» Gentiana asterocalyx, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Annua. Caulis ramosus, 7-15 cm. longus, purpurascens. Folia 
pallida, basalia late lanceolata, caulina anguste lanceolato- 
subulata, margine subhyalina, 10-12 mm. longa. Flores ad 
ramorum apices solitarii, sessiles. Calycis 15-nervii tubus 
5-6 mm. longus, 3-3°5 mm. latus; dentes tubo sublongiores, 
margine involuti, aristato-subulati, demum_ stellato-patentes, 
scaberuli ca. 8-g mm. longi. Corolla extus viridis intus intense 
coerulea, tubus subobconicus 7-11 mm. longus, lobi limbi 
triangulares ca. 5 mm. longi, plicae fere duplo breviores. Ovarium 
brevissime stipitatum, stoneware ca. 5 mm. longum ; 
stylus papillosus 4 mm. lon 
“Plant of 3-6 inches. Corolla interior bright blue, exterior 
green. Dry situations in open pine forests on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. June 
1go6.” G. Forrest. No. 2415. 
An ally of G. scariosa, Balf. f. et Forrest, but a taller plant, 
distinguished also by the leaves being less crowded, the longer 
calyx, with teeth finally spreading and exceeding in length the 
tube of the corolla, and by the short stipes of the ovary. 
> Gentiana decorata, Diels. Sp. nov. 
en, 
Planta e basi multicaulis, caulibus decumbentibus caespitosa, 
2°5-5 cm. alta. Folia ad caulis partem superiorem conferta, 
parva, basi vaginata connata, lanceolata, spathulata, vel oblanceo- 
lata, apice + acuta, margine obsolete papillosa, 1-5-5 mm. longa, 
vix 1I-1°5 mm. latiora. Flores solitarii caules terminantes. 
Calycis tubus 3-4 mm. longus, lobi foliacei suboblanceolati vel 
anguste spathulati, breviter mucronulati, 3-4 mm. longi. Corolla 
intense coerulea; tubus 5-6 mm. longus, lobi elliptici valde. 
concavi, latere altero appendice dentiformi praediti, 8-g mm. 
ongi. Ovarium cum stylo stigmatibusque demum_ revolutis 
12-13 mm. longum. Antherae intense coeruleae. 
* Plant of 1-2 inches. Flowers deep indigo-blue. Forming 
tufts on ledges of cliffs and on humus-covered boulders on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. 
13-14,000 ft. September 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 3021. 
