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green. Grassy openings in pine forests on the eastern flank of 
the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 11~12,000 ft. 
September 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2886. 
Recognised by its broad, fan-like, deeply-toothed leaflets and 
segments. 
Trachydium Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
aulis ad basin rudimentis paucis fuscis obsessus, 22-125 cm. 
ee striatus. Folia plurima ex imo caule orti, petiolo basi 
conspicue vaginante circ. 6-8 cm. longo praedita, praeter mar- 
ginem nervosque principales minute scabridos glabra; lamina 
4-5 cm. longa et lata, ambitu late triangularis, pinnatipartita, 
segmenta utrinque circ. 3—4 basi cuneata, iterum alte inciso- 
partita, segmenta ultima lanceolato-linearia apice purpureo- 
ustulata ; infima minus partita, summa petiolo excluso vaginae 
insidentia. Involucri phylla foliacea, basi late cuneata, integra, 
apice trifida, segmentis iterum incisis, I°5—2°5 cm.longa. Umbellae 
radii 10-14, inaequales sub anthesi 3-8 cm. longi. Involucelli 
phylla anguste oblonga, integra vel pauci-incisa, purpureo- 
marginata, flores superantia, 0°5—I cm. longa. Sepala inconspicua. 
Petala viridulo-alba, purpureo-marginata, spathulato-obovata, 
apice integra in unguem angustata, circ. 1°5 mm.longa. Ovarium 
nitenti-atroviride, styli brevissimi. 
“ Plant of 9-24 inches. Petals greenish-white, gynaecium 
glistening dark olive-green. Shady, grassy openings in pine forests 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. 
Alt. ro—11,000 ft. August 1906.”’ G. Forrest. No. 2855. 
The leaves are larger and finer cut than those of Trachydium 
obtusiusculum, C. B. Clarke, of the Eastern Himalaya ; otherwise 
the plants are similar. From T. vubrinerve, Franch., our species 
differs by longer phylla of the involucel and a different foliage. 
4 Heracleum stenopterum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis o'g—-1'2 m. altus, hispidulus. Folia inferiora herbacea, 
in utraque facie scabrido-pilosa subtus pallida, ca. 30 cm. longa, 
45 cm. lata, vagina purpurascente subinflata amplectente 6-7 cm. 
longa atque petiolo communi brevi, ca. 2 cm. longo praedita, 
biternato-partita, segmentis primariis basin versus longe cuneatis 
iterum partitis lobis lanceolatis, cum partibus basali atque inter- 
segmentariis serratis, apice longe acuminatis, 4-6 cm. longis. 
Folia summa vaginata, non petiolata, 3~-5—pinnatipartita, segmentis 
iterum incisis, ultimis serratis acuminatis. Umbellae pedunculis 
22-28 cm. longis praeditae. Involucrum phyllis paucis reductis 
mox deciduis effectum vel nullum. Umbellae radii hispidi, 
30-40. Involucelli phylla pauca, anguste linearia, umbellulam 
vix aequantia. Umbellulae ca. 30—40-florae, pedicelli 0°5—1 cm. 
