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94 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Akin to C. odontocheila, Diels, but with shorter stouter 
petioles, much more pilose leaves and inflorescence, corolla dull 
rose and not yellow, and an entire or subentire middle lobe to 
the lower lip. © 7 
Chelonopsis siccanea, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. roseae, W. W. Sm. et C. bracteatae, W. W. 
Sm.; ab hac bractearum magnarum absentia, calycis lobis 
inter alia divergit, ab illa foliis glabrioribus, petiolis longioribus 
glandulosis praeter alia signa dignoscitur. 
Fruticulus 1-2 m. altus. Rami graciles pilosi supra capillis 
parvis glanduloso-capitatis -+ dense praediti. Folia petiolo 
2.5-4 cm. longo sparse piloso atque dense glanduloso-pilosulo 
suffulta ; lamina 6-8 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, ovata vel ovato- 
lanceolata apice acuminata, basi cordatula, crenato-serrata 
serraturis breviter calloso-apiculatis, siccando membranacea, 
supra sparse pilosa, ad serraturas ciliata, infra ad costam nervos- 
qué sparse pilosa, cetera glabra vel glabrescens. Inflorescentiae 
axillares cymulis plerumque 3-floris compositae; pedunculi 
ad 2.5 cm. longi glandulosi saepe sparse pilosi; pedicelli 2~3 
mm. longi glandulosi; bractede 5-10 mm. longae lineares 
pilosae. Calyx 1-1.5 cm. longus sparse pilosulus basi glandulosus, 
dentes triangulares 3-4 mm. longi breviter apiculati. Corolla 
+ 3 cm. longa, ad fauces in sicco circ. r em. lata, infra subglabra 
supra pilosula saturate purpureo-rosea ; limbi brevis labium 
superius circ. 3 mm. longum haud emarginatum ; labii inferioris 
lobi: laterales ‘rotundati,; medianus late oblongus longiuscule 
protrusus I cm. paulo superans. Staminum filamenta glabra, 
antherae ciliatae. Stylus bifidus glaber. 
' "Shrub of 4-6 ft. “Flowers deep purple-rose. Dry situations 
amongst scrub on the Yungning-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27°. 40’. N: Alt. gooo ft. July 1914... G. Forrest. No. 
13,082. 
Chirita orbicularis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate C. speciosae, Kurz, C. brevipedis, C. B, 
Clarke et C. Traillianae, G. Forrest et W. W. Sm. sed. foliis 
orbicularibus supra albo-setoso-lanatis, pedunculis elongatis 
unifloris ebracteatis divergit. ; Ee 
" Planta subacaulis. Caulis repens abbreviatus pilis articulatis 
dense. ferrugineo-hirsutus. Folia radicalia 4-5, petiolo 2~3.5 
em. longo dense fulvo- vel ferrugineo-hirsuto suffulta ; lamina 
orbicularis vel suborbicularis 4~8 cm. diametro apice rotundata 
acumine nullo, basi brevissime inaequaliter cordatula mareir 
; ce ie Le eee: Gear.) tae : chee hea 
obtuse crenato-serrata supra viridis pilis longiusculis articulatis, 
