SPECIES CHINENSES. 143 
“Shrub of 1-2 ft. In fruit. Open dry situations in the 
Yang-pi mountains, Yunnan. Lat 26° 45’ N. Alt. gooo ft. 
Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 10,999. 
An alpine or subalpine plant, in flower and fruit certainly 
very closely allied to W. Henryt, Oliv., but differing in habit 
very markedly from any Wendlandia known to me. 
Ypsilandra yunnanensis, W. W. Sm. et J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu simillima Y. thibeticae, Franch. speciei adhuc 
unicae ; pedicellis, filamentis brevissimis, stylo brevissimo, 
stigmate trifido nec capitato valde recedit. 
Planta 15-30 cm. alta, fructu ad 45-60 cm. aucta. Rhizoma 
sat crassum radicibus fibrosis bene obsitum. Folia basilaria 6-12, 
rosulam formantia 6-15 cm. longa, I.5-2 cm. lata, oblanceolata 
vel lineari-oblanceolata apice obtusa vel subrotundata indurato- 
apiculata basi in petiolum vix discretum + longiuscule attenuata 
textura in sicco firma glaberrima nervis + I5 vix conspicuis 
mediano haud majore pererrata ; rosula squamis paucis mem- 
branaceis vel subfoliaceis basi cincta. Scapus erectus robustus 
vel nonnunquam gracilis glaber foliis caulinis vaginiformibus 
5-6 remotis 1.5-2.5 cm. longis membranaceis scapo appressis 
praeditus. Inflorescentia racemosa 6—9-flora circ. 3 cm. longa, 
fructu multo elongata, ebracteata ; pedicelli circ. 2 mm. longi, 
fructu ad 4 mm. elongati glabri. Flores contigui nutantes 
mediocres albi malodori. Perianthii campanulati persistentis 
segmenta libera + 6 mm. longa circ. 2.5 mm. lata elliptica 
apice obtusa vel rotundata trinervula. Stamina 6 ad basim 
segmentorum affixa perianthium medium haud_ superantia, 
filamentis glabris basi paulo complanatis antheris hippocrepi- 
formibus unilocularibus. Ovarium staminibus paulo brevius 
trilobum triloculare ovulis numerosissimis ; stylus brevissimus 
stigmate trifido lobulis recurvis stylum + aequantibus. Cap- 
sula alte triloba septicide dehiscens ei Helontopsidis subsimilis ; 
semina fusiformi-subulata. 
Yunnan, Salween-Mekong divide, east slope. Wet 
places in open forest. Alt. 13,000 ft. June IgIt. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 163 
“ Plant of 18-24 inches. In fruit. Open pasture on the 
western flank of the Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. Aug. 1912.” G. Forrest. 
No. 8956. 
“ Plant of 6-9 inches, malodorous. Flowers white. Shady 
situations in thickets on Shweli- Salw een divide, Yunnan. Lat. 
25° 10'N. ita gooo ft. Aug. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 12,055. 
Burma :—‘“ Ridge of Naung-Chaung-Nwai divide, Burmo- 
Chinese iontier ‘On mossy grass-clad ridge under dwart 
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