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setulisque fulvis vel albidis dense vestitus. Folia basalia et 
inferiora non visa ; caulina superiora 6-8 cm. longa, I.5-2 cm. 
lata, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice + acuta, basi 
attenuata vix petiolata, siccitate crassiuscula, supra viridia 
setis tuberculatis dense vestita, infra praesertim ad costam setis 
setulisque abunde praedita. Inflorescentia ramosa, cymis racemi- 
formibus in paniculam terminalem 30-60 cm, longam dispositis ; 
rami -+ patentes 10-15 cm. longi dense fulvo-setosi atque 
setulosi, ut pedicelli + 1 cm. longi; bracteae inferiores foliis 
similes sed minores, superne sensim decrescentes, supremae 
breves lineares. Calyx + 1 cm. longus ad basim in lobos 
lineares partitus dense fulvo-setosus atque setulosus. Corolla 
- m. longa calycem aequans tubulosa supra staminum 
insertionem sensim dilatata ad fauces in sicco -—- 6 mm. lata, 
extus dense setuloso-incana, intus glabra annulo capillorum 
alborum sub insertionem staminum posito excepto, rosea, lobis 
brevissimis vix 1 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis obtusis saepe apiculatis. 
Stamina inclusa filamentis circ. 4 mm. longis glabris, antheris 
basi levissime cohaerentibus + 4 mm. longis. Stylus calycem 
+ aequans glaber. Nuculae ovoideae laeves glabrae + 2 mm. 
longae. 
Yunnan:—In pastures on plateaux near Tcha-ho. Alt. 
2800 m. Flowers rose. E. E. Maire. Nos. 296 (anno I9I4), 
892 (anno 1906) in Herb. Edin. 
The annulus of white hairs near the base of the corolla-tube 
brings this species near to O. Forrestit, W. W. Sm., and dis- 
tinguishes it easily from the other Chinese species. 
27 Onosma Hookeri, Clarke, var. Wardii, W. W. Sm. Var. nov. 
: A planta typica sikkimensi habitu elatiore caule flexuoso 
folioso, foliis latioribus, inflorescentia laxiore, floribus paulo 
majoribus, calyce 1.5 cm. longo, corolla + 2 cm. longa, aliquan- 
tulum recedit. In speciminibus cultis corolla purpureo-coerulea, 
ore rubra. 
N.W. Yunnan:—At Ka-gwr-pw near the Tibetan frontier, 
at an elevation of 13,000 ft. July 1913. F.K. Ward. No. 902. 
Grown also from seed by Bees, Ltd. 
Zul Onosma oblongifolium, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Inter species sinenses himalaicasque haec foliis magnis 
oblongis latissimis distinguitur. 
Planta 60-75 cm. alta erecta. Caulis ut videtur solitarius 
robustus e radice crassa ortus infra inflorescentiam simplex sat 
foliosus setis basi tuberculatis setulisque hispidus. Folia basalia 
delapsa ; caulina 8-12 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, oblonga apice 
