rye DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoOVARUM. 
“‘Jang-tzow Shan, Shweli-Salween divide, in shady situations 
in thickets and among boulders. Lat. 25° 10’ N. Alt. 7-8,000 
ft. Plant of 12-14 inches. Flowers dull creamy-yellow. Aug- 
ust 1919.”” G. Forrest. No. 18319. 
“‘S.E. Tibet :—Salween-Kiu-chiang divide, Tsarong, on shady, 
dry banks amongst boulders in ravines and forests. Lat. 28° 40’ 
N. Long. 98° 15’ EK. Plant of. 12-20 inches.. Flowers fra- 
grant, interior creamy-yellow, exterior brownish-white. July 
tg19.”’ G. Forrest. No. 19028. 
‘‘Upper Burma :—Naung Chaung Valley, in forest under deep . 
shade, damp but not wet places. Alt. 5-9,000 ft. Flowers 
white. July 1914.”’ F.K. Ward. No. 1723. 
yank Oxygraphis tenuifolia, W.E. Evans. Sp. nov. 
ras Species distinctissima, ab omnibus descriptis habitu caespitoso 
estolonifero, foliis angustissimis longe petiolatis apice integris 
bene cognita. 2 ; 
Planta 3-6 cm. alta pusilla dense caespitosa glaberrima. 
Radices numerosae paulo carnosae graciles. Folia omnia radi- 
calia multa cum petiolo 3-6 cm. longa; lamina 10-15 mm. longa, 
2mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata supra in apicem integrum obtusius- 
culum sensim angustata infra in petiolum complanatum auguste 
alatum basi membranaceo-expansum contracta. Scapi solitarii 
vel plures folia fere aequantes simplices aphylli uniflori; in 
specimine uno scapus supra bifurcatus biflorus bractea foliacea 
praeditus. Flores 1to-12 mm. diametrd. Sepala 5-6, vires- 
centia, 2-3 mm. longa, elliptica vel lati-ovata vel suborbicularia, 
obtusa integra paululo alutacea persistentia. Petala 10-13, 
flava, 5 mm. longa, circ. 1 mm. lata, ungue 1.5 mm. longo uni- 
nervio glandulam prominulam flavidam supra gerente, lamina 
anguste lanceolata trinervia acutiuscula integra ungue duplo lati- 
ore. Stamina haud numerosa ad petalorum unguem plus 
minusve pertinentia. Carpella sat numerosa sub anthesi 2 mm. 
longa; ovarium laeve lateraliter compressum; stylus 1 mm. 
longus fere rectus supra sensim gracilior apice haud hamatus. 
“China :—Yunnan, mountains in the N.E. of the Vangtze 
Bend. Lat. 209 45’ N. Alt. 13~14,000 ft. Tufted plant of 1- 
1% inches. Flowers golden-orange. Moist, stony pasture.’ 
Fl. July 1913. G. Forrest. No. 10632. 
at Parnassia Cooperi, W. E. Evans. Sp. nov. 
Inter species petalis per totam marginem fimbriato-ciliatis haec 
tantum cum P. Davidi, Franch. est comparabilis ; habitu et mag- 
nitudine et folio caulino solitario quadrat ; petalis angustissimis, 
____ Staminodiis trifidis lobis lateralibus majoribus late divaricatis in- 
