210 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Planta ad ro cm. alta glabra. Rhizoma elongatum medio- 
criter crassum, apice vaginis persistentibus destitutum, radices 
multas cylindricas emittens. Folia petiolo alato 2-5 cm. longo 
praedita; lamina 4.5-5.5 cm. longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, late 
elliptica vel suborbicularis, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel 
late cuneata, margine subintegra vel irregulariter (et saepe 
obscure) dentata, in sicco subcoriacea ; folia caulina plerumque 
duo sub inflorescentiam posita, basilaribus multo minora, ovata 
vel ovato-lanceolata, sessilia. Scapus folia plerumque paulo 
superans ; inflorescentia circ. 4 cm. longa spicam angustam 
densifloram formans; bracteae circ. 8 mm. longae, e basi 
angusta ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, obtusae, alutaceae, 
lurido-virides. Calyx circ. 5 mm. longus, spathaceus, apice 
bilobus, nervis in lobos excurrentibus. Corollae albae cyaneo- 
tinctae tubus circ. 5 mm. longus, lobi circ. 4 mm. longi, superior 
lanceolatus integer, inferiores 2 vel rarius 3 lineares. Antherae 
filamentis paululo longiores. Stigma vix exsertum. Fructus 
deest 
“China :—-On Ka-gwr-pw, Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, 
in moist open stony pasture. Lat. 28° 30’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. 
Plant of 3-4 inches. Flowers white, tinged blue. Aug. 1917.” 
G. Forrest. No. 14,670. 
ait Var. foliosa, W. W. Sm. 
A typo differt habitu altiore, foliis ellipticis vel ovatis, 
foliis caulinis conspicuo evolutis, inflorescentiis ad 8 cm. longis, 
bracteis calycem subaequantibus. An species distincta ? 
“ China :—N.W. flank of the Lichiang Range, Yunnan, on 
stony moist pasture. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant 
of 6-9 inches. Flowers white flushed rose, bracts blue. July 
1914. G. Forrest. No. 12,772. 
q\r* Lagotis integra, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species habitu L. glaucae, Gaertn. var. Pallas, Trautv. 
sed foliis crassioribus integris, calyce gamophyllo bracteas 
superante, tubo corollae multo curvato calyce breviore, stylo 
= omnino incluso inter alia differt. 
Planta 7-15 cm. alta glabra. Rhizoma elongatum crassum 
apice nudum radicibus cylindricis bene praeditum. Folia 
radicalia plerumque 4-5, petiolo 5~9 cm. longo late alato basi 
vaginato suffulta; lamina 5-7 cm. longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, 
‘lliptica vel obovato-elliptica, apice rotundata vel rarius acutata, 
basi late cuneata, margine integra, in sicco carnosula ; caulina 
a 3-4 multo minora, lanceolata, acuta vel acutata, sessilia vel 
_ (@imferiora) breviter petiolata. Scapus folia longe superans ; 
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