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304 PLANTAE. CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
in and on the margins of pine and mixed forests on the eastern 
flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8—10,000 ft. 
June—August 1906.”” G. Forrest. No. 4663. 
“ Plant of 14-3 ft. Flowers golden yellow, exterior veined 
green. Open, grassy situations in pine forests on the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 10—12,000 
ft. September 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 3039. . 
Although the classification of Veratrum is very unsatisfactory, 
I think Forrest’s plants may be considered a new species, 
recognised by its very narrow leaves and bracts. It is allied to 
V. dahuricum, Turcz. There are several other forms of the 
genus in Western China, 
SCITAMINEAE. 
‘\ Hedychium Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis 0°6—1'2 m. altus, glaber. Folia (summa): vagina ca. 
15 cm. longa, petiolo brevi, lamina anguste lanceolata, glabra, 
apice tenuissime acuta, circ. 50 cm. longa, 6—6°5 cm. lata. Spica 
cylindrica, 20-25 cm. longa. Bracteae anguste ovatae sed margine 
inflexosublinearesangulo acuto patulae, 4—5 cm.longae, 2—3-—florae. 
Calyx bractea brevior. Corollae tubus 4-5°5 cm. longus, lobi 
sublineares (torquati ?) 4 cm. longa, 0°3-0°6 cm. lati. Staminodia 
late elliptica alba 3—-3°5 cm. longa, 1°2-1°5 cm. lata. Labellum 
eis simile, sublatius (?). Stamina 3 cm. longa. 
“ Plant of 2-4 ft. Flowers white. Open, moist situations in 
the Tali valley. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 6700 ft. July 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 4812. 
A similar plant seems to be Hancock, No. 387, from Red River, 
Southern Yunnan, in Herb. Kew ; I have not dissected its flower. 
This species is different from H. coronarium by its narrower 
spreading bracts, the narrower segments of the corolla and 
broader staminodes. I could not find out some of the details 
of the flower without destroying the specimen. The description 
must be completed from living specimens. 
