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96 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
longa extus + crebre setaceo-pilosula ; tubus ad 4.5 cm. longus 
apice medioque 1.5-1.7 cm. latus extus basi albidus supra 
pallide purpureo-coeruleus, intus ad partem anteriorem lineis 
flavidis circ. 3 cm. longis r mm. latis parallelis pulchre notatus, 
glaber, ad partem posteriorem hic illic pilosulus ; lobi rotundati 
I.2-I.5 cm. diametro anteriores paulo majores, extus albidi 
intus laete purpureo-coerulei, margine sparse ciliolati, ceteroqui 
labri. Stamina perfecta 2 infra medium tubum inserta filamen- 
tis albis glabris circ. 1.5 cm. longis medio gibboso-incrassatis 
torsis complanatis basi incrassatis; antherae cohaerentes circ. 
5 mm. longae connectivis albo-lanatis ; staminodia duo circ. I cm. 
longa filamentis albo-lanatis. Discus annularis. Ovarium 
lineare cum stylo fere 3.5 cm. longum nigrido-pilosulum ; stigma 
unilaterale alte bifidum lobis subquadratis + 4 mm. longis. 
Capsula linearis usque ad 9 cm. longa. 
“ Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers bright purplish-blue. Moist 
shady situations on ledges of cliffs and humus-coloured boulders 
in the Shweli valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5000-6000 ft. 
May 1012.” G. Forrest. No. 7976. 
“Plant of 6-10 inches. Flowers purplish-blue; under 
surface of foliage purplish- -red. Ledges of cliffs and on rocks 
in shady situations in the hills to the south of Tengyueh, 
Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000-7000 ft. June 1912.” G. 
Forrest. No. 812 
A very beautiful species with large flowers and with leaves 
of a fine purple below. It is now in cultivation from seeds 
obtained by George Forrest in Yunnan for Mr. J. C. Williams 
of Caerhays Castle, Cornwall. In specimens which have flowered 
the corolla is quite two inches long; the tube outside is a light 
purplish-blue, the rounded lobes are whitish outside, and a fine 
bright purplish-blue inside, the tube inside on the anterior side 
is marked with two narrow parallel lines of yellow over an 
inch long. 
Colquhounia compta, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. coccineae, Wall. a qua calyce inter alia 
distinguitur. 
Fruticulus 1-2 m. altus, erectus ramosus. Rami subteretes 
primo densissime incano-tomentelli pilis stellatis simplicibusque 
intermixtis, vetustiores cinerascentes decorticantes. Folia petiolo 
plerumque I-1.5 cm. longo dense tomentoso suffulta ; lamina 
plerumque 4—-5.5 cm. longa, 3—4 cm. lata, ovata subacuta basi 
+ rotundata crenata chartacea supra viridis + dense tomentosa 
infra densissime incano-tomentosa. Cymulae axillares pedun- 
culis ad 1 cm. longis suffultae pauciflorae, pedicelli 2-3 mm. 
ri Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus + I cm. longus extus 
