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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 221 
quadratum vix I mm. superantem et in linguas duas lineares 
circ. 3.5 mm. longas abeuntem ; squamae faucis parvae quad- 
ratae integrae vel brevissime emarginatae. Staminum filamenta 
glabra. Ovarium ovatum uniloculare stylis tribus munitum. 
Capsula vix matura ovato-oblonga gynophoro sextuplo longior. 
“ China :—Yunnan, on the Bei-ma Shan, amongst rock and 
scrub by streams.- Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 
2ft. Flowers pale rose. July 1917.’ G. Forrest. No. 14,322. 
» Silene (Melandryum) chungtienensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. Delavayi, Franch. et S. melananthae, 
Franch. a quibus habitu elatiore, caulibus floriferis haud infra- 
rosularibus, petalis calycem vix excedentibus breviter bifidis, 
ungue stylopodioque pilosulis notata. 
Planta elata 40-60 cm. alta perennis. Caudex crassiusculus 
radices fusiformes plures emittens. Caules 1-3, erecti, remotius- 
cule foliosi, pilis albidis glandulosis plus minusve dense induti. 
Folia basalia in petiolum vix discretum latum attenuata et 
subamplexicaulia, cum petiolo ad 9 cm. longa, ad 3 cm. lata ; 
lamina anguste obovata vel oblanceolata, apice obtusa, margine 
sub maturitatem eciliata, in sicco papyracea, supra glabra 
scabridule papillosa, infra levior glabra vel ad nervos minute 
pilosula ; caulina multo minora sessilia lanceolata vel lineari- 
lanceolata, longiuscule acutata, utraque pagina et margine pilis 
glandulosis dense obsita, superne in bracteas bracteolasque 
lineares glandulosas  decrescentia. Inflorescentia elongata 
cymoso-racemosa laxa circ. 10-flora ; pedicelli calyce plerumque 
multo breviores dense glandulosi. Calyx 11-12 mm. longus e 
basi truncata paulo angustata tubuloso-campanulatus, ad 
tertiam partem in lobos triangulares subacutos dense glandulosos 
divisus, extra ad nervos distinctos atropurpureos dense glandu- 
: loso-pilosulus, intervallis pergamentaceis fere glabris. Petala 
calycem vix quadrante superantia, saturate rosea, ungue dense 
pilosulo in auriculas magnas erosulas sensim dilatato et in 
laminam vix 3 mm. longam subquadratam ad tertiam partem 
sinu lato divisam abrupte contracto, lobis ovatis apice rotun- 
datis ; squamae faucis breves quadratae integrae vel breviter 
emarginatae. Staminum filamenta glabra. Ovarium oblongum 
uniloculare stylis tribus instructum. Capsula ovato-oblonga, 
gynophoro dense pilosulo triplo longior; semina reniformia 
minutissime tuberculata. 
“ China :—Yunnan, on the Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27° 55’ 
N. Alt. 12,000 fé. Plant of 16-24 inches. Flowers dull deep 
rose. Stony pasture. Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,270. 
This new species is not unlike S. Delavayi, Franch., but is 
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