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This variety is easily recognised by the slenderness of all its 
parts, the small flowers, the limited number of carpels. 
W9¢o'Delphinium Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
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pela 
Caulis crassus, 22-32 cm. altus, dense hispidus. Folia pleraque 
basalia longe petiolata petiolo 10-12 cm. longo, hispidula, ambitu 
orbicularia alte 5-fida, segmentis iterum fissis alte crenato- 
serratis, 5-6 cm. longa, 7-8 cm. lata; folia caulina pauca, brevius 
et latius petiolata, sensim in bracteas trifidas vel supremas 
integras transeuntia. Racemus multiflorus, densus, 12 cm. 
longus, 5 cm. latus ; pedunculi floresque axi contigui, bracteolae 
binae anguste oblongae flori approximatae, hirsutae. Perian- 
thium ex collectore ‘“ pellucidum pallide et dilute lilacinum 
venis saturatius violaceis pictum,”’ extus pilis longis hispidum et 
glandulis elongatis (siccis) flavis obsitum. Sepalum posticum 
calcare quam lamina paulo breviore 2 cm. longo praeditum, lamina 
circ. 3 cm. longa ; lateralia latissime ovata 1°6-1°8 cm. longa. 
Petala (sicca) atrofusca, omnia glabra, superiora cum calcare 
quam calcar sepalinum aliquantum breviore circ. 3 cm. longa, 
inferiora ad basin unguis subcallosa lamina alte bifida praedita, 
circ. 1°3.cm. longa. Carpella 3, ovarium hirsutum. 
“ Plant of 9-12 inches. Perianth semi-transparent, of a pale, 
watery, violet-purple colour, veined a darker shade. Open 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 12-13,000 ft. September 1906.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 3030. 
This is the first speciesof the remarkable tribe ‘‘ Brevicalcarata,”’ 
Huth (in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. xx (1895), 392), discovered in South- 
western China ; it is distinguished from the allied forms by the 
totally glabrous petals. — 
Delphinium Bulleyanum, G. Forrest, msc. Sp. nov. 
Caulis 0°6-1'4 m. altus, praeter inflorescentiam pubescentem 
laevis, subglaucescens vel violascens, glaber. Folia et basalia 
et caulina Jonge petiolata, petiolo 5-8 cm. longo; lamina 
utrinque striguloso-pilosula, subtus pallida, 5-6 cm. longa, 9-10 
cm. lata, alte palmatifida, segmenta subcuneata, inciso-serrata. 
Inflorescentia foliis jam mediis ramos fertiles gignentibus ampla 
paniculata ; pedunculi pubescentes stricti, subcurvati, bracteolis 
2 oppositis, minutis, subulato-linearibus praediti, 2-2°5 cm. 
longi. Flores intense et saturate coerulei; perianthium extus 
puberulum. Sepala ovato-elliptica, apice obtuso-acuminata, 
I-1°3 cm. longa, 0°5-1°6 cm. lata, calcar valde hamatum fere 
hippocrepiforme, ad insertionem floris apice reversum ; petala 
superiora apice emarginata, inferiora alte bifida ciliata atque 
barbata. Carpella 3, ovarium parce pilosulum. 
