SPECIES ASIATICAE. 209 
Planta nana in specimine nostro circ. 3 cm. alta, radice fusi- 
formi praedita, ad collum foliis petiolisque emarcidis induta. 
Caules 2~3 cm. alti, plures, debiles, suberecti, in parte superiore 
2—3-foliati, infra nudi, plus minusve dense albido-patenti-pilosi. 
Folia radicalia rosulata cum petiolo vix discreto alato ad 2.5 
cm. longa, circ. 5 mm. lata, anguste oblanceolata, vel subspathu- 
lata, apice acutata, basi cuneata, integra vel dentibus 1I—2 in- 
structa, membranacea, pilis simplicibus et bifurcatis utrinque 
sparsiuscule et longiuscule pilosa; costa media conspicua 
straminea ; folia caulina radicalibus subsimilia sed sessilia, paulo 
breviora, vulgo 2-3, inflorescentiam congestam superantia et 
quasi-involucrantia. Inflorescentia 5-10-flora. Sepala circ. 
1.5 mm. longa, ovalia, obtusa, glabra vel pilis perpaucis instructa, 
Petala 2-2.5 mm. longa, anguste obovata vel oblanceolata, alba. 
Ovarium glabrum stylo brevi instructum. Fructus immaturus 
oblongus. — 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan at A-tun-tsu, on rocks and screes 
at 15,000 ft. August 1913.” F. K. Ward. Nos. 943, 737. 
gl Draba oreodoxa, W. W. Sm. 5p. nov. 
Species inter congeneres occidentali-chinenses distinctissima ; 
flores D. surculosam, Franch. et D. yunnanensem, Franch. in 
mentem vocant sed plantae habitus omnino diversus est. 
Planta circ. 5-10 cm. alta caespitosa radice fusiformi prae- 
dita. Caules numerosi (ad 12 in nostra scheda) flexiles basi sub- 
decumbentes, supra erectiusculi, pilis simplicibus et furcatis et 
stellatis bene induti. Folia radicalia dense rosulata 1 cm. longa 
vel paulo ultra, circ. 4 mm. lata, oblanceolata vel spathulata vel 
oblonga, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi in petiolum indis- 
tinctum attenuata, integra vel obscure denticulata, tenuiter 
papyracea, undique pilis furcatis stellatisque plus minusve in- 
structi: costa media obscura; folia caulina plerumque 3-5, 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, sessilia, basi rotundata, vulgo dis- 
tincte denticulata, quoad magnitudinem et indumentum radi- 
calibus similia. Inflorescentiae 10~-15-florae, corymboso-race- 
mosae, rhachi pedicellisque pilosulis ; flores infimi foliis superion- 
bus 1-2 bracteati; pedicelli floribus paulo longiores. Flores 
pro planta magni aureo-flavi. Sepala ovata vel ovalia circ. 2.5 
mm. longa, medio viridia, marginibus pallido-flava, extra pilis 
furcatis conspersa. Petala 6-7 mm. longa, late obovata, emargi- 
hata, glabra. Fructus immaturus ovoideus circ. 2.5 mm. 
longus, 2 mm. latus, glaber, stylo I mm. longo terminatus. 
“ China :—-Yunnan, on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. Plant of 2-4 inches. 
Flowers golden yellow. On rocks and stony pasture. July 
Igto.” G. Forrest. No. 6141. 
