90 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOvVARUM. 
pilosus. Corolla + 1 cm. longa saturate rosea; tubus rectus 
paululo exsertus ; caeterum speciei praecedenti subsimilis. 
“ Tufted shrubby plant of 6-12 inches. Strongly aromatic. 
Flowers deep rose. Open limy pasture in the mountains in the 
N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 
11,000 ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,574. 
Closely akin to the preceding species, but with several points 
of divergence—larger obscurely crenulate leaves, laxer inflore- 
scence, peduncled cymes usually 3-—5-flowered, pilose smaller 
calyx with unequal teeth and a smaller corolla 
 Callianthemum Farreri, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species nana affinis C. coriandrifolio, Reichb. a quo foliis 
omnibus radicalibus petalis caeruleis inter alia signa recedit. 
Rhizoma horizontale vel obliquum, Caulis solitarius tempore 
florendi 4-5 cm. altus, simplex uniflorus folia longe superans. 
Folia sub anthesin vix explicata omnia radicalia, plerumque 
duo, petiolo circ. t cm. longo vagina lata praedito suffulta ; 
lamina ambitu ovata glabra + I cm. longa, vix I cm. lata 
bipinnata pinnarum paribus. 2 et extrema pinna impari; 
pinnulae late cuneatae trilobatae segmentis ultimis oblanceolatis 
obtusis. Flos 2.5-3 cm. diametro caeruleus. Sepala 5 fere 
I cm. longa obovata vel suborbicularia, siccitate pallido-viridia 
vel albida. Petala 8-9, anguste obovata vel oblanceolata circ. 
1.5 cm. longa ad 6 mm. lata haud emarginata lineis purpureis 
bene notata. Carpella + 12 glabra. Fructus desunt. 
“On cool peaty ledges of the Satanee range, 8000-10,000 ft. 
Flowers 6th-15th May. Probably the same species abounds in 
the high fine shingles of the Bei Ling and Thundercrown ; 
Kansu, West China.’’ Farrer and Purdom. No. 70 
A beautiful dwarf species akin to Callianthemum coriandri- 
folium, Reichb. and its Asiatic allies. 
‘Capparis subtenera, Craib et W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. tenerae, Dalz. sub qua antehac planta 
posita est sed foliis majoribus crassioribus primo furfuraceo- 
puberulis nec glabris, aculeis variabilibus rectis vel apice paululo 
decurvatis nunquam omnino decurvis, floribus numerosioribus 
multo majoribus supra axillam quamque usque ad 5 enatis, 
vario breyiter apiculato recedit ; C. disticha, Kurz quae est 
affinis potius ad C. teneram, Dalz. quoad flores spinasque spectat. 
Frutex 2-10 m. altus semiscandens ramulis primo minute 
puberulis tandem glabrescentibus. Folia 4-12 cm. longa, 
2-5 em. lata, ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, 
apice sega vel acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi 
