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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 157 
subvirides. Pedicelli ad 1.5 cm. longi glabri. Perianthii pal- 
lide flavi segmenta circ. 1 cm. longa lanceolata acuta vel subacuta 
5-nervia margine late albido-scariosa. Antherae 5 mm. longae 
filamentis circ. duplo longiores. Ovarium trigonum 1.5 mm. 
altum stylo gracili circ. 1 cm. longo. Fructus maturus deest. 
“West China :—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in shady 
situations by streams. Lat. 28° N. Alt. 9,000 ft. Plant of 
1%4-2 ft. Flowers pale yellow. August 1918.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 16925. 
Chlorophytum oreogenes, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. undulato, Wall. a quo foliis latioribus flac- 
cidis, floribus majoribus erectis, filamentis antheras aequantibus 
praeter alia signa divergit. 
Planta ad 60 cm. alta. Folia ad 36 cm. longa, ad 2.5 cm. 
lata, loriformia, acuminata, in sicco tenuiter membranacea atque 
flaccida. Scapus elatus multiflorus ramosus ramis gracilibus 
sed rigidiusculis. Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
rigidae, ad 1.5 cm. longae. Pedicelli bracteas suas plerumque 
paulo superantes. Perianthii albi segmenta circ. I cm. longa, 
ovata-lanceolata, subacuta. Filamenta 4-5 mm. longa antheras 
aequantia. Stylus 7 mm. longus. Capsula triquetra circ. 
mm. diametro loculis 4—6-seminiferis, seminibus compressis 2 
mm. diametro nigris. 
‘West China :—On the Yung-peh Mountains, Yunnan, on 
rocks and ledges of cliffs. Lat. 27° 45’ N.- Alt. 10,000 ft. 
Plant of 114-2 feet. Flowers white; anthers pale yellow. 
August 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 11183. 
12 Codonopsis rosulata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Codonopsidi meleagni, ‘Diels a qua foliis late 
ovatis irregulariter serratis infra glabris, floribus minoribus 
pallido-coeruleis praeter alia signa differt. 
Planta 60-90 cm: alta inter gramina subscandens. Caulis 
flexuosus e radice tuberosa ortus basi rosulatim foliatus, supra 
fere nudus foliis multo reductis 1-2 munitus stramineus glaber. 
Folia radicalia circ. 8 petiolo 1-2 cm. longo latiusculo praedita ; 
lamina vulgo 6-7 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, late ovata, apice bene 
rotundata, basi breviter cordata, margine lacerato-serrata, in 
sicco tenuiter membranacea, supra glabra vel tantum ad basim 
pubescens, infra glabra paulo pallidior, costa’ media latiuscula ; 
folia caulina fere sessilia vulgo x cm. longa, raro ad 3.5 cm. 
Flores terminales solitarii vel nunc bini fortasse cernui. Caly- 
cis lobi circ. 1 cm. longi lanceolati acuti virides glabri. Corolla 
pallido-coerulea immaculata circ. 1.6 cm. longa fere ad basim in 
lobos obovatos divisa. Staminum filamenta brevissima. Ovar- 
