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integra, supra glabra vel ad sulcum costae nunc minute puberula, 
saturate viridis, nitens, subtus pallidior sparsim pilosula, ad 
costam nervosque densius, nervis utrinsecus circ. 8 leviter cur- 
vatis omnibus intra marginem anastomosantibus. Paniculae 
terminales ramulo ex axilla folii supremi persistentis addito, 
circ. 13 cm. longae, 10 cm. latae, dense fulvo-pilosulae ; paniculae 
ramuli ascendentes. Flores flavidi sessiles vel subsessiles, in 
axibus ordinis tertii, bracteis ovatis circ. 1.5 mm. longis fulvo- 
~~ pilosulis. Sepala 4-5 imbricata late ovata cire. 1.5 mm. longa 
-ciliolata. Petala exteriora suborbicularia ad 2.5 mm. diametro 
concava staminibus sterilibus adnatis; interiora duo multo min- 
ora oblonga integra vel nunc apice brevissime biloba staminibus 
fertilibus adnatis, filamentis antheras aequantibus. Discus par- 
vus 5-dentatus. Ovarium glabrum stylo subulato. Fructus 
eest. 
‘West China :—Ma-chang-kai Valley, Yunnan, in open 
thickets. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 8,o00 ft. Shrub of 30 ft. 
Flowers creamy-yellow. August 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
11879. 
49% Ophiopogon grandis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter congeneres rhizomate praelongo crassissimo, scapo val- 
ido multifloro, floribus bracteisque pro genere maximis bene 
notatus. 
Planta robusta ad 60 cm. alta rhizomate valde lignoso orta. 
Caulis epigaeus brevis. Folia numerosissima valde congesta ad 
50 cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, basi petiolatim an- 
gustata, textura firma, nervis prominulis. Scapus foliis multo 
brevior ad 20 cm. longus robustus 12-20-florus. Bracteae ovato- 
lanceolatae acuminatae atrovirides margine albido-scariosae per- 
sistentes inferiores 10-12 mm. longae, superiores sensim decres- 
centes. Pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi glabri. Perianthii segmenta 
11-12 mm. longa erectiuscula alba extra purpurea ovata sub- 
acuta. Staminum filamenta vix 1 mm. longa; antherae 6 mm. 
longae. Stylus 6 mm. paulo superans gracilis. 
‘West China :—Hills to the east of Tengyueh, Yunnan, in 
crevices of rocks and cliffs in side valleys. Lat..25° N. Alt 
6-7,000 ft. Plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers fragrant, creamy-white, 
flushed purplish-lake on exterior; anthers green. May 1912.” 
G. Forrest. No. 7961. . 
‘““Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, in shady mixed forests. 
Lat. 25° 30 N. Alt. 7,000 ft. Plant of 1-1% ft. Flowers 
white. July ror8.”’ G. Forrest. No. 17670. 
““Shweli-Salween divide, amongst boulders in shady gullies. 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7,000 ft. Plant of 2 ft. Flowers ? April 
1919.” G. Forrest. No. 17807. 
