270 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
Not likely to be a cultivated specimen in such a country which 
is very wild. January 1906.” G. Forrest. No. rior. 
This species is near to A. acaule, but differs by the harder, 
more deeply cut leaves, the smaller bracts, the shortly spurred 
petals, the less velvety ovaries, which are more narrowed at the 
top, and bear a longer style. 
.(/\” Aconitum acaule (Fin. et Gagnep. sub tit. var.), Diels. 
a 
Aconitum Napellus, L. var. acaule, Fin. et Gagnep. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. France, li (1904); in Contrib. Fl. As. Orient. i. 
(1905), 209. 
Caulis (ex collectore) 0’5-o’g m., inferne glaber, superne minute 
velutinus. Folia 2-3 basi appropinquata, petiolo longissimo (circ. 
20 cm.) praedita, media mox decrescentia, superiora bracteoidea, 
lamina inferiorum 8-12 cm. longa, 10-14 cm. lata, tripartita, 
segmenta lateralia iterum alte bifida, medium trifidum, omnia 
conspicue serrata, omnia subtus pallida, glabra vel praecipue ad 
nervos subtus elevatos pilosa. Racemus simplex vel basi ramis 
brevibus paniculato-auctus, bracteatus, velutinus, angustus, 
12-30 cm. longus, 5-6 cm, latus. Bracteae (saltem superiores) 
oblongae, integrae, nonnunquam leviter coloratae. Flores circ. 
3 cm. longi, 15-16 cm. lati. Sepala pubescentia, intense coerulea. 
Cassis circ. 2°5 cm. alta, angusta, apice rostrata. Petala apice 
obtusissima, haud calcarata, lamina brevi praedita. Stamina 
saltem interiora dentata. Carpella 5, ovarium (siccum) luteo- 
velutinum. 
“Open mountain pastureland on the Tali Range to the west of 
Tali fu. Lat. a oe N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. October 1904.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2 
“ Plant of oa ft Flowers deep clear blue. Open, grassy 
ledges of cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 20’N. Alt. 10,500-11,500 ft. October 1906.” G. Forrest. 
. 3089. 
“ Plant of 14-3 ft. Flowers deep blue. Dry ledges, and at the 
base of cliffs in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 810,000 ft. August—October 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 4691. 
Thebracteate narrow racemeof medium-sized deep blue flowers, 
the beaked hood, the golden velvet of the ovaries are distinct 
features of this species. 
ROSACEAE. 
‘© Sibiraea tomentosa, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex 0°6-1°2 m. altus. Rami juniores cortice fusco-purpureo 
obtecti, novelli tomentelli. Folia ad apices ramorum conferta, 
