208 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
and on boulders. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Matted 
plant of 3-4 inches, Flowers bright yellow. July 1017.” G. 
Forrest. No. 14,298. 
“On the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan, on open stony pasture and 
cliffs. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Matted plant of 1-2 
inches. Flowers bright yellow. July 1917.’ G. Forrest. No. 
14,495. 
A densely caespitose plant with a wealth of bright yellow 
flowers ; it is closely allied to the preceding species and to 
A. alpina, Linn. 
Draba lichiangensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis D. tibeticae, Hook. f. et Thoms. a qua foliis 
multo minus tomentosis et fructibus ovoideis glabris recedit. 
Planta pusilla caespitosa 2-5 cm. alta ; pars glebae inferior 
e caulibus vetustis intertextis composita petiolis emarcidis nigri- 
cantibusque dense induta, unde rosulae foliorum radicalium 
oriuntur. Folia radicalia 4~7 mm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, oblanceo- 
lata vel spathulata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, basi in petiolum 
vix discretum attenuata, integra vel paucidentata, membranacea, 
utrinque densiuscule stellato-incana; costa media obscura. 
Seapi breves aphylli vel ad basim inflorescentiae bracteis 
foliaceis 1~2 instructi. Inflorescentiae 5-10-florae floribus primo 
subcapitato-agegregatis. Sepala oblonga circ. 1.5 mm. longa, 
atroviridia, pilis stellatis et-furcatis plus minusve conspersa. 
Petala oblanceolata vel obovata, sepalis fere duplo longiora, 
alba. Ovarium ovoideum glabrum stylo brevi instructum. 
Fructus maturus ovoideus circ. 3 mm. longus, 2.5 mm. latus. — 
Draba tibetica, Diels nec Hook. et Thoms. in Notes Roy. Bot. 
Gard., vii (1912), 104. 
“ China :—Yunnan, western flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 20'N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Plant of 1-2inches. Flowers white. 
Crevices of limestone cliffs. May 1gto.”’ G. Forrest. No. 5698. 
_ “ Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 14,000-15,000 ft. Plant of 1-2 inches, Flowers white. 
Crevices of limestone boulders. July rg10.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 6099. Also No. 2177. 
‘“ Mekong-Salween divide. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. 
Tufted plant of 1-2 inches. Flowers white. On stony moist 
meadows. July 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 14,282. 
cop. Draba modesta, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate D. rupestris, R. Br. a qua inflorescentia 
_ congesta foliis caulinis superioribus involucrata, ovario glabro 
_ inter alia differt. | 
