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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 217 
inflorescentia spiciformis circ. 6 cm. longa, 1.5 cm. lata ; bracteae 
herbaceae, infimis majoribus exceptis circ. 4 mm. longae, 
calyce breviores, lanceolatae, plus minusve acutae. Calyx 
6-7 mm. longus, membranaceus, spathaceus, apice breviter fissus, 
lobis obtusis nervis duobus pererratus, minute erosulus. Corollae 
cyaneae tubus calyce brevior curvatus et lateraliter extrusus, 
lobi circ. 3 mm. longi tubo breviores, superior ovato-lanceolatus 
vulgo integer, inferiores duo lanceolati. Stamina filamentis 
brevissimis praedita. Stylus ad medium tubum corollinum 
attingens. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—On the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan, on stony pasture. 
Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers 
deep blue. July 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 14,422. 
Lagotis praecox, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species nana foliis sub anthesi haud recte evolutis, scapis 
aphyllis, bracteis parvis corollam staminaque haud celantibus, 
calyce parvo alte fisso medium tubi corollini paulo excedente, 
staminibus corollam superantibus inter alia notata ; L. ramalana, 
Batal. valde affinis sepalis duobus acutis ex descriptione differt. 
Planta 5-12 cm. alta, glabra. Rhizoma elongatum sat 
crassum apice squamis persistentibus destitutum radices multas 
carnosulas emittens. Folia radicalia 2-3, petiolo ad 6 cm. longo 
alato praedita; lamina (haud bene evoluta) 2-2.5 cm. longa, 
1.5-2 cm. lata, ovata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi subro- 
lobis oblongis obtusis minute fimbriatis. Corollae atro-cyaneae 
circ. 6 mm. longae tubus limbum paulo superans ; lobus superior 
oblongus integer vel breviter emarginatus, inferiores, vulgo duo 
elliptici obtusi. Stamina sub anthesi conspicuo exserta, fila- 
mentis antheras superantibus, antheris lobos corollinos ex- 
cedentibus. Stylus paulo exsertus. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—A-tun-tsu, N.W. Yunnan; 14,000 ft. May I91I. 
An Alpine growing on bare gravel and shale screes. It will be 
notéd that the leaves are red and but ill developed, while the 
flowers are in full bloom. Theimmense root system is character- 
istic of these barren-scree plants, partly no doubt on account 
of the porous nature of the soil and the rapid evaporation from 
