108 PLANTAE. CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE 
2210. Draba yunnanensis, Franch., forma. Plant of 1 to 2 inches. 
Flowers bright yellow. In crevices of limestone cliffs above 
the snow-line (of May) on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat.27°12’N. Alt. 13,000 to 14,000 ft. May 1906. 
N.W. Yunnan. 
[The forms of high elevations have a much-branched 
rhizome and 1°5-2 cm. long stems.] 
2211. Potentilla Saundersiana, Royle, var. Jacquemontii, Franch. 
Plant of 4 6 in i i 
Yunnan, China. 
2212. Geum elatum, Wall., var. humile, Royle. Plant of 3 to 5 inches. 
Flowers yellow. Mountain pasture-land on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000 to 
12,000.ft. May 1906. N.W. Yunnan, China. 
2213. Caltha palustris, Linn. Plant of 6 to 12 inches. Flowers 
yellow. Mountain meadows and open situations in cane brakes 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 12’ N. 
Alt. 11,000 to 12,000 ft. May 1906. N.W. Yunnan, China. 
2214. Cobresia cercostachys (Franch.) C. B. Clarke. Plant of 1 to 4 
inches. Grassy ledges of limestone cliffs on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 10’ N. Alt. 10,000 to 
12,000 ft. May 1906. N.W. Yunnan. 
_ [Spiculae partiales androgynae, quare haec species potius 
in sect. Elyna collocanda.] 
2215. Loranthus Balfourianus, Diels. Sp. nov. Plant of 1 to 3 it. 
Flowers orange-crimson. Parasitical on many shrubs but 
Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. gooo to 10,500 ft. May 1906. N.W. 
unnan, China. 
This species is widely distributed in Yunnan. I have 
collected it in most valleys from Yunnanfu north to Tsekou 
on the Mekong 25° to 28° N. Most commonly parasitical on 
the Peach and a species of Salix. Alt. 4000 to 10,500 ft. 
April to July. 
2216. Cynanchum Forrestii, Schltr. Sp.noy. Plant of g to 18 inches. 
Flowers dark greenish-brown. Dry, rocky situations in pine 
forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
7° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000 to 11,000 ft. May 1906. 
2217. Fritillaria cirrhosa, Don. Plant of 9g to 18 inches. Flowers 
n with dark brown markings, pendulous or nodding. 
11,000 ft. May 1906. N.W, 
2218. Iris ruthenica, Dryand. Plant of 3 to 4 inches. Flowers 
tplish-blue, sepals green, veined purplish-blue. Dry, shady, 
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May 1906. N.W. Yusnay, China. gooo to 10, 
