SPECIES ASIATICAE. 175 
sicco fuscopicta 5 mm. longa spatulata, limbo late elliptico vel 
subrotundato supra obtuso integro infra longe fimbriato in un- 
guem aequilongum calycem aequantem subito contracto. Stam- 
inodia late spatulata plana petalorum unguem haud aequantia, 
limbo integro supra obscure sinuato ungui subaequilongo atque 
circ. duplo latiore. Stamina longitudine variabilia ad tertiam 
partem corollae vel ad duas partes attingentia, filamentis ultra 
antheras breves latas haud productis. Ovarium late ovatum basi 
liberum apice breviter contractum, stylo nullo, stigmatibus tri- 
bus rectis sessilibus. 
“Upper Burma :—Chimili Valley. Alt. 11,000 ft. Flowers 
white. Characteristic situations in the middle alpine zone. 
15.8.19.’’ R. Farrer, No. 1211. Type! 
‘Tmaw Bum. Alt. 12,000 feet. Petals pure white, anthers 
dull orange. On grassy rocks, ledges and slopes, in black soil. 
\ Common and now prominent as there is not much in flower. 
Grows in patches. 30.8.19.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 3599. 
1045 Petrocosmea Wardii, \V. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Eupetrocosmeae, Craib, affinis P. grandi- 
florae, Hemsl. a qua habitu multo minore, staminum filamentis 
brevissimis quam antherae multo brevioribus, antheris ipsis ob- 
tuse rostratis recedit. 
Herba nana, rhizomate brevi, basi pilis ferrugineis bene in- 
duta. Folia omnia radicalia petiolo 1-2 cm. longo pilis longis 
ferrugineis atque nonnullis brevioribus incanis densissime tom- 
entoso suffulta; lamina majorum in speciminibus nostris circ. 2 
em. longa, ad 1.5 cm. lata, ovata vel subelliptica, apice obtusa 
vel subrotundata, basi rotundata, margine interdum hic illic den- 
ticulata, in sicco tenuiter papyracea, supra densissime incano- 
tomentosa pilis longiusculis ferrugineis intermixtis, infra densis- 
sime furfuraceo-tomentosa. Pedunculi plures, uniflori, ad 2.5 
em. alti, pilis longis articulatis patentibus dense cinereo-pilosi. 
Calyx circ. 5 mm. longus, ut pedunculi dense indutus, in seg- 
menta 5 lineari-lanceolata acuta partitus. Corolla circ. 1.2 cm. 
longa alba extra minute pilosula; tubus cire. 3.5 mm. longus; 
corollae labia subaequalia. Stamina fertilia duo, circ. 4 mm. 
longa, filamentis vix 1 mm. longis minute fulvido-pilosulis, an- 
theris circ. 3 mm. longis in rostrum obtusum excurrentibus, con- 
nectivo sub lente valido minute pilosulo. Ovarium cum stylo fere 
1 cm. longum pilosulum. Fructus deest. 
“West China :—Above the Nam Ting, Yunnan. Lat. 23° 40’ 
N. Long. 99° 15’E. Alt. 6,000-7,000 feet. On bare lime- 
stone rocks in deep shade of elfin wood, where the ridge ends in 
a scarp facing east and north. April 23rd 1921.”” _F. Kingdor 
Ward. No. 3772. 
