SPECIES ASIATICAE. 219 
“S.E. Tibet :—At Doker-la, 13,000-14,000 ft. Aug. 1913.” 
F.K. Ward. No. 1043. 
a4 Lagotis yunnanensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate L. glaucae, Gaertn. a qua rhizomate 
apice nudo, floribus albis vel roseis, stylo multo breviore tubi 
corollini medium subaequante inter alia recedit ; ab L. crassifolia, 
Prain valde affini foliis apice rotundatis vix carnosis, bracteis 
vix acutis, lobis corollae tubum fere aequante differt. 
Planta circ. 15 cm. alta, ex collectore nonnunquam ad 30 cm., 
perennis, glabra. Rhizoma elongatum crassum apice nudum 
radices multas cylindricas carnosulas emittens. Folia radicalia 
eis L. glaucae subsimilia petiolo 6-10 cm. longo suffulta ; lamina 
3.5-7 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, ovata vel plus minusve elliptica, 
apice rotundata, basi in petiolum cuneata et decurrens, margine 
crenis latis notata, in sicco papyracea. Scapus folia superans 
basi nudus, prope inflorescentiam foliis sessilibus 2-4 in bracteas 
subtranseuntibus praeditus. Inflorescentia spiciformis circ. 
6 cm. longa, 2 cm. Jata; bracteae vulgo 7-8 mm. longae, ovatae 
vel lanceolato-ovatae, apice acutatae sed vix acutae, lurido- 
virides, margine saepe albido-pergamentaceae. Calyx bracteam 
sub anthesi paululo excedens, 8-9 mm. longus, spathaceus, 
nervis in dentes 1-3 excurrentibus, margine saepe minute 
fimbriatus, albidus. Corollae albae vel roseae tubus calycem 
fere ‘aequans, limbus 6-7 mm. longus, lobo inferiore in lobulos 
2-4 lineares diviso, superiore lanceolato integro vel bilobo. 
Antherae subsessiles. Stylus ultra medium tubi corollini vix 
pertinens, stigmate subcapitato. Fructus deest. 
“ China :—Wa-di-i Shan, Yunnan, on open stony pasture. 
Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 4-6 inches. Flowers 
white. Aug. 1917.’ G. Forrest. No. 15,421. 
‘‘ Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend, Yunnan, on 
open stony pasture. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant 
of g-12 inches. Flowers rose. July 1913.” G. Forrest. 
No. 10,373. 
iA0tParrya linearifolia, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis P. eurycarpae, Maxim. et P. platycarpae, 
Hook. f. et Thoms. a quibus foliis linearibus, calyce fructuque 
dense albido-piloso inter alia differt. ; 
Planta dense caespitosa fere acaulis. Radix crassa praelonga 
verticalis multiceps. Caulis brevissimus basi vaginis foliorum 
vetustorum eorumque vestigiis dense vestitus. Folia dense 
rosulata, ad 6 cm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, linearia vel angustissime 
spathulata, apice obtusiuscula, ad basim vix angustata, sub- 
membranacea, pilis albidis longiusculis utrinque plus minusve 
