SPECIES CHINENSES. 105 
paululo distinctiores. Flores masculini in axillis superioribus 
I-4-nati, numerosi approximati; pedicelli 1-4 mm. longi 
fulvo-tomentosi. Calyx campanulatus + 3 mm. longus extus 
dense appresse pilosus ad medium vel fere ad imum in lobos 
lanceolatos acutos vel acuminatos divisus. Corolla olivacea 
5-6 mm. longa extus glabra lined albo-pilosa petalo cuique 
mediana excepta; lobi 4 circ. 1.5 mm. longi ovati. Stamina 
16. Flores feminei fructusque desunt. 
“ Shrub of 30 ft. Flowers olive-green, fragrant. In open 
thickets on the Chungtien plateau, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 8000 ft. April 1914.” G. Forrest. No. 12,399. 
A small-leaved species; unfortunately female flowers and 
fruit are not available, but it is so distinct from the other Chinese 
species that I have ventured to describe it. The elevation is 
noteworthy. 
yt Dracocephalum Purdomii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis D. grandifloro, Linn. cui quoad habitum 
foliaque appropinquat, floribus minoribus calyce nisi dentibus 
ciliolatis glabro, corolla extus dense longiuscule villosa recedit. 
Planta circ. 15 cm. alta. Caules basi adscendentes deinde 
erecti -- sparse albo-pilosi. Folia basalia + 6 petiolo 3-4 cm. 
longo sparse piloso praedita ; lamina circ. 3 cm. longa, circ. 
1.5 cm. lata ovato-oblonga apice + rotundata basi truncata 
vel cordata, crenata chartacea utrinque sparse setosula ; caulina 
duo paria, minora breviter vel vix petiolata ceterum basalibus 
subsimilia. Inflorescentia terminalis densiflora subglobosa circ. 
3cm.diametro. Bracteae exteriores suborbicul vel obovatae 
margine superiore irregulariter serratae serraturis apiculatis 
longiuscule albo-ciliatae ceterum glabrae, interiores oblanceolatae 
vel anguste oblongae supra + 5-dentatae denticulis longissime 
aristatis vix spinosis, margine ciliatae. Calyx circ. cm. 
longus ; tubus rectus circ. 9 mm. longus epilosus ; segmentum 
superius late ellipticum 3 mm. latum obtusum apiculo sub- 
spinescente praeditum margine ciliatum ; 4 inferiora triangulari- 
lanceolata subspinescentia sparse ciliata vel subglabra. Corolla 
circ. 2.5 cm. longa saturate coerulea extus dense albo-villosa ; 
tubus e basi angusta ad 7 mm. dilatatus, labium superius 
bilobum, inferius maculatum lobo mediano producto. Stamina 
paululo exserta filamentis albo-pilosis. 
“Stony waysides in the alpine valleys of the Min S’an 
region, Kansu, West China. July 20, 1914.’ Farrer and 
Purdom. No. 180. 
Closely related to D. grandiflorum, Linn. but with smaller 
flowers, an almost glabrous calyx, and a very woolly corolla. 
