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198 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
A very beautiful species akin to A. lichiangensis, W. W. Sm., 
and to A. Przewalskii, Maxim. Its habit recalls that of a large- 
flowered cushion saxifrage. 
Arenaria pogonantha, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A. barbatae, Franch. a qua habitu nano 
multicauli, caulibus simplicibus, foliis multo minoribus dense 
fulvo-hirsutis, inflorescentiis paucifloris est diversa. - 
Planta perennis multicaulis. Radix anguste fusiformis apice 
squamis induta. Caulis erecti vel suberecti, flexuosi, 7-15 cm. 
alti, pilis longis articulatis glandulosis fulvidis et nigrescentibus 
dense induti. Folia basalia desunt; caulina circ. 5 mm. longa, 
circ. 3 mm. lata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusiuscula, 
basi in petiolum 1-2 mm. longum attenuata, integra, textura 
firma, utraque facie et ad margines pilis longis fulvidis hirsuta, 
utrinque punctis minutis asperulata. Inflorescentiae 1-3-florae ; 
flores albi ; pedicelli ad 2.5 cm. longi hirsuti; bracteae foliaceae 
2-3 mm. longae. Sepala circ. 4 mm. longa, ovata, apice obtusa, 
margine scariosa, dorso pilis fulvidis dense hirsuta. Petala 7-8 
mm. longa, late obovata, margine multidenticulata. Stamina 
to, calycem paulo excedentia filamentis glabris. Ovarium 
ovoideum circ. 3 mm. longum stylis duobus 2.5 mm. longis 
munitum. 
“ China :—Yunnan, on the western flank of the Shweli- 
Salween divide. Lat. 25° 20’.N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 
3-5 inches. Flowers creamy white. Stony pasture and on 
rocks. Aug. 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 8935. 
Arenaria xerophila, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A. longistylae, Franch. a qua radice tuberosa, 
foliis majoribus acutis nec apiculatis, sepalis vix apiculatis 
inter alia divergit ; ab A. linearifolia, Franch. foliis diversis 
recognoscitur ; ab A. szechuensi, Williams foliis multo majoribus, 
petalis calycem aequantibus inter alia differt, | 
Planta perennis ramosa diffusa. Radix tubercula fusiformia 
plura producens. Caules a basi ramosi ramulis pseudo-dichotome 
patentibus suberecti vel ascendentes, 7-20 cm. alti, plus minusve 
albido-pilosuli, tarde glabrescentes. Folia 1.5-3.5 cm. longa, 
4-8 mm. lata, oblanceolata, apice acuta sed haud apiculata basi 
in petiolum vix discretum attenuata, breviter connata, integra, 
textura fir ma subpapyracea, utrinque subglauca, glabra nisi ad 
basim sparsim pilosulam, utraque facie punctis parvis notata. 
Flores in cymas laxissimas paucifloras dispositi vel rarius sub- 
solitarii, albi ; pedicelli ad 3 cm. longi dense pilosuli; bracteae 
foliis subsimiles sed multo minores. Sepala circ. 6 mm. longa, — 
_ ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, basi dense pilosula, medio viridia, 
