222 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
taller; it is easily distinguished from its Chinese relatives by 
the hairy claw of the petals and the hairy stylopod. 
ao ol Silene (Melandryum) dumicola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. platyphyllae, Franch. (Melandryum 
platyphyllum, Williams) ; foliis crasse papyraceis ita perlate 
ovatis ut nonnunquam suborbicularia videantur, floribus albis 
margine roseo-tinctis, squamis faucis longis ad laminam corollae 
mediam attingentibus inter alia bene notata. 
Planta elata ad 75 cm. alta, medio et supra ramosa. Radix 
crassa elongata perennis. Caules plerumque solitarii, in sicco 
straminei, sat foliosi, erecti, pilis albidis flaccidis plus minusve 
dense induti. Folia sessilia vel petiolo circ. 2 mm. longo vix 
discreto praedita ; lamina 3-6 cm. longa, 2.5—4.5 cm. lata, late 
ovata vel ovata, apice subrotundata vel obtusa, breviter apicu- 
lata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, margine pilis rigidis multum 
asperata, crasse papyracea, in sicco utrinque pallido-viridis, 
supra undique pilorum basibus incrassatis scabrida, infra pilis 
vel eorum basibus scabride induta ; nervi 2-3 paria subobscuri 
infra paulo eminentes. Inflorescentia terminalis ad 25 cm. 
longa, 12 cm. lata, dichotome cymoso-paniculata cymis saepius 
trifloris ; bracteae foliaceae 3-15 mm. longae ovato-lanceolatae 
vel lanceolatae, pilis glandulosis fulvidis dense praeditae ; 
pedunculi primarii atque secundarii praelongi pilis glandulosis 
induti ; pedicelli ad 1 cm. longi, ut pedunculi vestiti ; bracteolae 
2-3 mm. longae, lineari-lanceolatae. Calyx 12-14 mm. longus, 
tubuloso-campanulatus, basi vix constrictus, stramineus in 
sicco, ad quartam partem vel paulo ultra in lobos ovatos obtusos 
divisus, extra praesertim ad lobos pilis glandulosis dense indutus, 
tandem subglabrescens; costae inconspicuae. Petala calycem 
dimidio superantia, alba, margine pallide rosea, ungue glabro in 
auriculas fere integras sensim dilatato, et in laminam ovatam | 
ad medium quadripartitam circ. 4 mm. longam expanso, lobis 
oblongis obtusis medianis majoribus ; squamae faucis anguste 
spathulatae vel lingulatae integrae ad mediam laminam 
attingentes. Staminum filamenta glabra. Ovarium ovatum 
uniloculare stylis tribus munitum. Capsula ovato-oblonga 
gynophoro triplo longior; semina reniformia minute tuber- 
culata 
“ China :—Yunnan, on the Yung-pe Mountains. Lat. 27° 
45’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 20-30 inches. Flowers white, 
margined pale rose. In open situations on the margins of 
thickets. Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,229. 
