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298 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
bini vel solitarii fasciculati, penduli, pedicelli 1-1°3 cm. longi. 
Perigonium album 1°5-1°8 cm. longum, 0°3-0'°5 cm. latum, lobi 
0°3-0°4 cm. longi, viriduli, apice barbulati. Antherae 6 mm. 
longae. Ovarium ovoideum, 4-5 mm. longum, sensim in stylum 
Io mm. longum angustatum. 
“ Plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers white, tinged purplish. In pine 
forests on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
g-10,000 ft. July-August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4839. 
ri : Polygonatum Stewartianum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma repens, incrassatum. Caulis erectus, 30-60 cm. altus, 
longe nudus, glaber, minute purpureo-maculatus. Folia terna 
verticillata vel opposita, subtus glauca, ad nervos scabriuscula, 
anguste vel latius lanceolata, apice uncinata, 7~8 cm. longa, 
1-16 cm. lata. Flores pedicellati, solitarii vel bini in axillis 
fasciculati, decurvi penduli, 10-12 mm. longi. Perigonium 
viridulo-purpurascens, e basi ca. 4 mm. lata sub limbo ad 3 mm. 
constrictum, limbo iterum ampliatum; limbi lobi exteriores 
ongi, quam interiores ovati longiores et angustiores. 
Antherae 2 mm. longi. Ovarium late ovoideum, 3 mm. longum ; 
stylus 2 mm. longus, stigma subcapitatum. 
“Plant of 1-14 ft. Flowers pale greenish purple. Dry, 
shady situations amongst scrub and in pine forests on the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. g-10,000 
ft. May 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2185. 
“ Erect plant of 18-24 inches. Flowers greenish-crimson. In 
shady pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27°12’N. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. May rg06.” G. Forrest. No. 2239. 
As to the leaves, this species is similar to Polygonatum ery- 
throcarpum, Hua; in the flower, it resembles P. Delavayi, Hua. 
In foliage, P. Stewartianum forms a transition from the Oppositi- 
foliae group to the Verticillatae. 
* Hemerocallis Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Planta 30-45 cm. alta. Caulis basi residuis foliorum pristi- 
norum fibrosis dense cincta. Folia 20-35 cm. longa, 1-3~1°7 cm. 
lata, obtuse-acuminata. Corymbus 8—1o—florus, pedicelli 1-5-2 
cm. longi, bracteae ovatae vel lanceolatae. Flores rubicundo- 
aurantiaci, inodori; tubus brevis 1-1'5 cm. longus, sensim in 
limbum dilatatus ; segmenta exteriora oblanceolata, 5°5—6 cm. 
longa, I~1°5 cm. lata (sicca), praesertim apicem versus fusces- 
centia, interiora aequilonga latiora tenuiora. 
“Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers deep reddish-orange, non- 
fragrant. Dry clefts and ledges of cliffs in side valleys on the 
eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. 
g-10,000 ft. June1rgo6.” G., Forrest. No. 2512. 
