218 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
its surface, partly on account of the frequency with which the 
soil slides down, especially during heavy rains.” F. K. Ward. 
) 
“ China :—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open moist 
pasture. Lat. 28° 20’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 2-5 inches. 
Flowers deep blue. June 1917.’’ G. Forrest. No. 14,076. 
The following probably represents the fruiting stage of 
L. praecox, and a description is appended :— 
‘“‘ China :—On the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan, in boggy pasture 
by streams. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Plant of 3-6 
inches. Flowers blue. July 1917.’’ G. Forrest. No. 14,404. 
Planta ad 15cm. alta. Folia petiolo 4~7 cm. longo praedita ; 
lamina 5~7 cm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata, reniformis, apice rotundata, 
basi cordata vel rotundata, margine crenis sat magnis notata, 
subcoriacea, infra in sicco purpurascens. Scapus folia sub- 
aequans aphyllus. Bracteae (auctae in fructu ?) circ. 1.5 cm. 
longae, obovatae vel subellipticae, obtusae, subcoriaceae, dense 
imbricatae florum reliquias celantes. Calyx (ex reliquiis) 
spathaceus ad tertiam partem bracteae pertinens. Fructus 
ellipsoideus circ. 7 mm. longus, circ. 3 mm. latus, ad maturitatem 
uno loculo 1-seminifero, altero subobsoleto. 
g\x0 Lagotis Wardii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. yunnanensi, W. W. Sm. a qua foliis latioribus 
et tenuioribus, inflorescentiis subglobosis, calyce bracteis tuboque 
corollino breviore recedit. 
Planta circ. 15 cm. alta, perennis, glabra. Rhizoma elonga- 
tum mediocriter crassum apice nudum, radices multas cylindricas 
emittens. Folia radicalia petiolo 3-7 cm. longo suffulta ; 
lamina majorum circ. 6 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, suborbicularis 
vel ovato-oblonga, apice plerumque rotundata, basi truncato- 
rotundata vel late cuneata, margine crenis latis paucis notata, 
in sicco tenuiter papyracea, nervis subdistinctis. Scapus folia 
aequans vel paululo superans, prope inflorescentiam foliis 1-3 
breviter petiolatis vel sessilibus in bracteas transeuntibus 
praeditus. , Inflorescentia subglobosa 2. 5-3 cm. longa, 2.5-3 cm. 
lata; bracteae vulgo circ. 1 cm. longae, anguste lanceolatae, 
apice acutatae, opaco-virides, margine haud albescentes. Calyx 
sub anthesi bractea multo brevior, circ. 6 mm. longus, spathaceus, 
nervis in dentes 2 breves excurrentibus, margine saepe minute 
fimbriatus. Corollae (albae ?) tubus calycem paulo superans, 
circ. 7 mm. longus, limbus circ. 8 mm. longus, lobo inferiore 
in lobulos vulgo 2 lineares diviso; superiore lanceolato integro. 
Antherae subsessiles. Stylus ultra medium tubi corollini vix 
pertinens, stigmate manifeste bilobato. Fructus deest. 
