78 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
rock at the end of August 1914; Kansu, West China. Alt. 
12,000 ft. Coll. W. Purdom; ipse non vidi.’ Farrer and 
Purdom. No. 321. 
u\43 Anemone Howellii, J. F. Jeff.et W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species foliis longe petiolatis simplicibus ovatis acuminatis 
inter congeneres yunnanenses notanda; fortasse ad A. begonii- 
foliam, Lévl. appropinquat a qua ex descriptione exigua signis 
nonnullis discrepat. 
Rhizoma repens sat crassum glabratum nec comosum. 
Folia + 5, omnia radicalia, petiolo 8-12 cm. longo sparse albo- 
villoso praedita, 5~7.5 cm. longa, 4-5.5 cm. lata, ovata apice 
sensim longiuscule acuminata basi alte (fere 2 cm.) cordata ad 
quartam vel quintam partem lobatula subregulariter indurato- 
apiculato-dentata setosulo-ciliata| membranacea supra - atro- 
viridia subsparse adpresse albido-setosa infra glabrata nervis -+ 
dense adpresse albido-setosis exceptis. Scapus erectus usque 
ad 30 cm. altus gracilis infra sparse pilosulus supra sub foliis 
inv tibus densius ; folia involucrantia ad basim pedicel- 
lorum vix 5 mm. superantia ovata incisa pilosa. Pedicelli 2-3, 
usque ad 4 cm. longi, fructu aucti, + pilosi. Flores mediocres 
fere 2 cm. “ot Sepala 5, late obovata vel suborbiculata 8-9 
mm. diametro utrinque glabra. Stamina + 5 mm. longa 
filamentis giabris antheris vix I mm. longis. Achaenia 15-20, 
vix matura circ. 2 mm. longa compressiuscula marginibus 
incrassata glabra in stylum brevissimum abeuntia. 
Neighbourhood of Tengyueh, Yunnan, West China. Howell. 
No. IIo. 
yr \ Aster Farreri, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A. Vilmorini, Franch. et A. Delavayi, Franch. 
a quibus foliis multo angustioribus inter alia signa differt 
Caulis simplex + 45 cm. altus monocephalus infra bene 
foliatus pilis longis albidis confervoideis conspersus supra fere 
nudus glabrescens vel + sparse pilosulus. Folia inferiora 8—10 
laxiuscule approximata, erecta, 10-15 cm. longa (petiolo incluso), 
7-10 mm. lata, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel breviter 
acuminata, basalia sensim in petiolum alatum - 4 cm. longum 
angustata, caulina sessilia semiamplexicaulia omnia margine 
integra, utrinque pilis sparsis albidis scaberula; folia suprema 
3-4, linearia 3-5 cm. longa. Capitula longe pedunculata ampla 
ad 8 cm. diametro (cum ligulis). Involucri phylla wetiinees + 
perplurima herbacea linearia longiuscule acuminata -L 1. 
longa, exteriora longe albido-pilosa interiora labecyreil 
marginibus hyalinis. Ligulae + 100, 2~3-seriatae 3-3-5 cm. 
