DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 65 
petiolus circ. 1 mm. longus ut ramuli lepidotus. Umbella com- 
pacta terminalis ad 3-flora; bracteae exteriores crustaceae 
rotundatae vel late ovatae apiculatae dorso lepidotae et puberulae 
intus apicem versus sericeae lanato-ciliatae, interiores rotundatae 
late membranaceo-marginatae subtruncatae, intimae tenuiter 
membranaceae spathulatae circ. 5 mm. longae 2.5 mm. latae 
truncatae cucullatae ut exteriores indutae ; bracteolae filiformes 
subclaviformes circ. 2 mm. longae pedicellis longiores epilosae 
dorso sparsim lepidotae ; pedicelli brevissimi circ. I mm. longi 
lepidoti. Calyx cupularis parvus vix 1.5 mm. longus 5-partitus ; 
cupula dense lepidota ; lobi inaequales triangulares vel deltoidei 
obtusi vel subacuti dorso lepidoti ciliati nunc subfimbriati, 
majores ad 1.25 mm. longi r mm. lati. Corolla roseo-lilacina 
circ. 1.2 cm. longa extus elepidota epilosa ; tubus brevis latus 
circ. 4 mm. longus infundibuliformis fauce puberulus in limbum 
5-lobatum expansus; limbi discus circ. 2 mm. longus; lobi 
subaequales tenues oblongo-ovales circ. 6 mm. longi 5 mm. lati 
undulati. Stamina Io alternatim longiora et breviora, longiora 
circ. cm. longa ; filamenta supra basim nudam 1.5 mm. longam 
pilis os corollinum implentibus annulatim villosa; antherae 
ovoideae 1 mm. longae roseo-tinctae. Discus sub ovario dense 
puberulus. Gynaeceum staminibus brevius circ. 6 mm. longum ; 
Ovarium circ. 2.5 mm. longum cylindricum truncatum paullo 
sulcatum imbricatim et laxe lepidotum squamis albidis nunc 
pallide fulvidis ad apicem paullo piloso-cristatum ; stylus roseo- 
lilacinus glaber sub stigmate lobulato haud expansus sed 
labium circulare faciens. Species Seriei Lapponici. 
W. Szechwan. Principality of Batang (Yaragong). Zeda de 
Yaragong. Soulié. 3709. June-July 1904. In Herb. Paris. 
Printed under the authority of His Majesty’s Stationery Office 
By Net & Co., Ltp., Edin nburgh. 
