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SPECIES CHINENSES. 77 
1.5 mm. lata nervosa puberula viridia. Corolla campanulato- 
infundibularis pallido-rosea ; tubus circ. 2 cm. longus, dimidio 
inferiore anguste cylindricus basi r mm. latus, supra ventricoso- 
ampliatus ore fere 1 cm. latus (in sicco), extus pilosulus minute 
glandulosus intus sparse pilosulus ; lobi 5 ovati vel subrotundati 
+5 mm. diametro utrinque puberuli. Stamina medium limbum 
attingentia antheris circ. 2 mm. longis filamentis tubum corol- 
linum subaequantibus per omnes partes albido-patenti-pilosulis. 
Stylus staminibus paulo longior albido-patenti-pilosulus. Fructus 
maturi desunt. 
“Shrub of 6-7 ft. Flowers pale rose. Amongst scrub in 
open dry situations on the mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze 
bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. gooo—10,000 ft. Sept. 
1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,225. 
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Var. microphylla, W. W.Sm. Var. nov. 
Habitu minore, foliis + 1 cm. longis, floribus minoribus 
recedens. - 
“Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers white. Open dry situations 
in the mountains in the N.E. of the Lichiang Range, Yunnan 
Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 10,310. 
“ Shrub of 4-5 ft. Flowers rose-pink. In open scrub in the 
mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 
27° 45’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 10,348. 
4 Allium Purdomii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Rhiziridi ex affinitate A. cyanet, Regel et 
A. clathrati, Ledeb.; ab hoc floribus coeruleis, ab illo foliis 
filiformibus differt 
Planta gracilis. Rhizomatis bulbi anguste cylindrici caule 
vix crassiores caespitosi; tunicae exteriores reticulato-fibrosae 
adpressae bulbum arcte involventes. Caulis 15-20 cm. altus 
folia superans vel subaequans erectus nudus basi foliatus stria- 
tulus gracillimus glaber. Folia subtereti-filiformia eis Festucae 
ovinae, Linn. forma subsimilia. Umbella pauciflora (+ 7), 
laxiflora, spatha albido-scariosa ut videtur univalvi, valva 
anguste ovata acuminata circ. 5 mm. longa, pedicellis 7-8 mm. 
longis erectis praedita. Perigonii phylla elliptico-oblonga ob- 
tusa circ. 4 mm. longa coerulea. Filamenta filiformia peri- 
gonio subduplo longiora integerrima. Ovarium trigono-globosum 
stylo sien filamenta paulo superante terminatum. 
distinct with grassy foliage and blue flowers. Only 
ate on Lotus Mountain in the high turf in very shallow soil on 
