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‘Plant of 6-9 inches. Flowers light-yellow, spotted purple. 
Moist moss-covered ledges and crevices of cliffs on the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 10-11,000 
ft. August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 26809. ; 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers orange-yellow, spotted 
orange-brown. On trees and humus-covered boulders in shady 
situations in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. July-August 1906.” G. 
Forrest. No. 4385. 
The leaves are arranged about as in Didymocarpus oblonga, 
DC., but everything else is different. 
Didissandra muscicola, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Acaulis. Folia subsessilia, ad basin et marginem pilis multi- 
cellularibus fuscis vestita, praeterea in utraque facie densissime 
cinereo-velutina, lanceolato-ovata vel oblonga, conspicue serrata, 
8-10. cm. longa, 2-3°8 cm. lata. Scapi pilis fuscis patulis vestiti, 
20-30 cm. alti, apice corymboso~3—4-flori ; pedicelli graciles, 
3-3°5 cm. longi. Sepala anguste ovata, glanduloso-pilosa, 
5 mm. longa, 1°8 mm. lata. Corolla intense aurantiaca, campan- 
ulata, sub fauce constricta, 30 mm. longa, 15 mm. lata; labii 
superioris lobi 2 breves, labium inferius longius, lobi semior- 
biculares ciliolati, 5-6 mm. longi. Capsula subclavata, 3°5-4°5 
cm. longa, 0°4 cm. lata, stylo apice bkevster bilobo circ. 0°5 cm. 
longo praedita, 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers deep orange. On 
moss-covered boulders and trees in shady rhododendron 
forest in side valleys of the Mekong, Mekong-Salwin divide. 
Lat. 27°. 30’-N. Alt. 7-8000 ft. July 1905.” °G. Forrest. 
No. 5095. 
A similar plant with smaller flowers from Northern Szechuan, 
Cheng Kou (Farges, No. 1455) is in the Paris Herbarium (unnamed). 
Boea arachnoidea, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, I 5-30 cm. altus, ubique praecipue ad foliorum 
insertiones arachnoideo-lanuginosus. Folia inferiora petiolo 5-6 
cm. longo, floccoso-lanuginoso praedita, lamina membranacea, 
supra pilosula, subtus + lanuginoso-pilosa, e basi obtusa ovata vel 
elongato-elliptica, crenato-serrata, usque ad ro cm. longa, 3°5 
cm. lata. Folia superiora multo minora. Inflorescentiae ex 
axillis foliorum omnium ortae, corymbosae, pedunculis 2-3 cm. 
longis praeditae ; pedicelli 1-5-2 cm. longi,. dense lanuginosi. 
Flores adhuc ignoti. Sepala 5 anguste ovata, membranacea, 
6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, trinervia, apice ustulato-callosa, 
fructifera omnino reflexa, arachnoideo-pilosa. Capsula torta, circ. 
2 mm. longa. Semina ovoidea castaneo-fusca exappendiculata, 
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