210 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
<90> Draba Wardii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
US 
WN 
Species valde affinis D. gracillimae, Hook. f. et Thoms. a qua 
caulibus foliisque haud stellato-incanis, sepalis glabris inter 
alia differt. ; 
Planta pusilla in scheda nostra circ. 8 cm. alta, radice fusi- 
formi praedita. Caules plures gracillimi, flexuosi, paucifoliati, 
pilis simplicibus et furcatis subsparsim instructi. Folia radicalia 
rosulata circ. 1 cm. longa, circ. 2.5 mm. lata, oblanceolata vel 
spathulata, apice obtusissima, basi in petiolum vix discretum 
attenuata, integra, membranacea, utrinque et ad margines pilis 
paucis simplicibus et furcatis conspersa; costa media subcon- 
spicua ; folia caulina circ. 6 mm. longa ad 4 mm. lata, sessilia, 
ovata vel ovalia, integra vel dentibus duobus praedita, ciliata, 
ceterum subglabra. Inflorescentiae circ. 4-florae, laxe race- 
mosae, floribus inferioribus saepe bracteatis. Sepala circ. 1.5 
mm. longa, ovalia, glabra. Petala sepalis fere duplo longiora, 
obovata, flava. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus deest. 
“ E. Tibet :—At Ka-gwr-pw, near the Yunnan frontier, in 
Alpine grassland. Alt. 15,000 ft. July F913. FF. Ke Ward, 
No. 849. 
This species is very closely allied to the Himalayan species 
described by Hooker as D. gracillima. The leaves of the latter 
plant are hoary with stellate hairs. 
Gaultheria prostrata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis G. trichophyllae, Royle a qua foliis ellipticis, 
floribus 1-3-natis ramulos terminantibus, antheris biaristatis, 
ovario pubescente divergit. 
Frutex prostratus habitu G. trichophyllae, Royle, ramis 10-20 
cm. longis, junioribus pubescentibus, senioribus tarde glabre- 
scentibus cinerascentibus. Folia petiolo circ. 1 mm. longo glabro 
praedita ; lamina 10-12 mm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, elliptica, apice 
rotundata vel plus minusve obtusa, basi late cuneata, margine 
crenulata, crenis nonnunquam minute apiculatis, papyracea, 
glabra, supra laete viridis, infra pallidior punctis nigris saepe 
conspersa, reticulo venarum utrinque conspicuo supra immerso. 
Flores 1-3 ad apicem ramorum plerumque dispositi, racemum 
brevissimum saepe formantes ; axis pubescens bracteis pluribus 
ovatis 2~—3 mm. longis viridibus margine roseis ornata ; pedicelli 
circ. I mm. longi. Calycis dentes ovati circ. 2 mm. longi 
acutiusculi. Corolla late campanulata, alba, circ. 4 mm. longa, 
lobis 1 mm. longis ovato-triangularibus. Stamina cum aristis 
circ. 2 mm. longa, filamentis complanatis minutissime puberulis, 
antheris biaristatis supra vix productis. Ovarium depresso- 
lobosum oo pubescens stylo cylindrico fere 2 mm. longo. 
‘Fructus 
