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dentato-lobulata dentibus vel Jobulis integris vel denticulatis 
hydathodo corneo terminatis supra pube quasi pulveru- 
lenta infra albo-farinosa vel pilis minutissimis capitatis 
glandulosis obtecta. Scapus gracilis ad 20 cm. altus minute 
puberulus superne albo-farinosus umbellam ad 9-floram gerens ; 
bracteae ad 8 mm. longae 2 mm. latae pedicellis aequilongae 
vel eis longiores a basi lata ligulato-lanceolatae acutae crassius- 
culae albo-farinosae circum pedicellos cucullatae et plus minusve 
basi adhaerentes carinatae ; pedicelli farinosi validi; antho- 
podium conspicuum. Calyx circa 6 mm. longus extus in- 
tusque albo-farinosus (regione interiore tubi circa ovarium 
excepto) 5-costatus ad medium fissus lobis a basi lanceolatis 
acutis. Corollae cyaneo-purpureae tubus cylindricus sursum 
ampliatus ad 12 mm. longus exannulatus glaber membranaceus 
intus infra stamina transverse rugosus, limbi discus concavus 
5 mm. longus, lobi ad 7 mm. longi obovati vel subobcuneati 
imbricati emarginati subcrenulati. Stamina filamentis con- 
spicuis in flore longistylo circ. 2 mm. a basi tubi corollini inserta 
antheris calyce inclusis in flore brevistylo e fauce paullo exserta. 
Ovarium ovoideum; stylus brevis 2 mm. longus segmentis 
calycis dimidio brevior, longus tubum corollae fere aequans 
tenuis; stigma discoideum depressum revolutum. Capsula 
cylindrica melichlora ad 5 mm. longa calyce inclusa tubo longior 
segmentis brevior superne incrassata valvis 5 ab apice dehiscens ; 
placenta stipitata columnaris. Semina minuta oblonga 0.5 
mm. longa ; testa cellulis aeriferis subbullata. 
Ex affinitate P. Souliei, Franch. sed farinosa omnino major et 
foliis lobulatis, scapo longiore, pedicellis brevioribus distinguenda. 
Yunnan. Mountains in the EE. of the. Yangtze 
bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Open situations in stony pastures at 
the base of limestone cliffs. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 6-14 
inches. Flowers blue, fragrant. G. Forrest. No. 10,484. July 
1913. In Herb. Edin. 
Yunnan. Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. Plant of 918 inches. 
Flowers purplish blue, tinged rose. Differing from 10,484 in 
being occasionally farinose, in stature, colour of blooms, etc. 
G. Forrest. No. 10,486. July 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
Yunnan. Mountains of the Chungtien plateau. Alt. 
12,000 ft. Lat. 27° 55’ N. Stony alpine pasture. Plant of 
6-12 inches. Flowers deep purplish blue, tube suffused rose. 
G. Forrest. No. 10,774. Aug. 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
Yunnan. G. Forrest. No. 11,198. Sept. 1913. In fruit. 
In Herb. Edin. : 
A beautiful species which seems to find its nearest relation- 
ship in P. Souliei, Franch. and P. Legendret, Bonati. A 
larger plant than either of these species, its possession of 
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