SPECIES ASIATICAE. 225 
instructa; lamina plerumque 3-6 cm. longa, 1-2.5 cm. lata, 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice sensim et longiuscule acuminata 
breviter apiculata, basi rotundata, margine pilis rigidis asperata, 
tenuiter membranacea, supra minute asperulata, infra pallido- 
viridis asperulata, utrinque ceteroquin glabra, costa media 
sparsim pilosula excepta. Inflorescentia terminalis laxa ad 
g cm. longa, ad 12 cm. lata, dichotome cymosa, saepius 7-flora ; 
bracteae 5-15 mm. longae, foliaceae, lineari-lanceolatae, glandu- 
loso-pilosae ; pedicelli 1-6 cm. longi, pilis glandulosis densiuscule 
conspersi. Calyx 12-13 mm. longus, tubuloso-campanulatus, 
basi vix constrictus, in sicco purpurascens, ad quartam partem 
in lobos triangulares apice in caput membranaceum orbiculare 
I mm. diametro expansos divisus, extra sparsim glanduloso- 
pilosulus. Petala calycem 5-6 mm. tantum superantia, atro- 
kermesina, ungue latiusculo mox in auriculas paululo erosulas 
dilatato et in laminam ovatam ad duas partes quadrifidam 3-4 
mm. longam expanso, lobis quadrato-oblongis medianis majori- 
bus; squamae faucis quadratae parvae integrae. Staminum 
filamenta glabra. Ovarium ovatum uniloculare stylis tribus 
ovarium aequantibus munitum. Capsula ovato-oblonga gyno- 
phoro quadruplo longior ; semina reniformia minute tubercu- 
lata nigrida. 
“ China :—-Yunnan, Kari Pass, Mekong-Yangtze divide. Lat. 
27° 40’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 2 ft. Flowers deep lake 
crimson. Open stony pasture and by streams. Aug. 1914.” 
G. Forrest. No. 12,913. 
Silene (Melandryum) lichiangensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. platyphyllae, Franch. ; foliis basi longe 
attenuatis fere glabris, ungue petalorum in auriculas latas 
erosulas dilatato, lamina ad medium partita, squamis denticu- 
latis -bene notata. 
Planta 20-30 cm. alta perennis. Radices plures anguste 
fusiformes. Caules plures basi subdecumbentes deinde erect, 
pauciramosi, bene foliosi, pilis glandulosis albidis vel tubidis plus 
minusve dense induti. Folia basalia delapsa ; caulina in petio- 
lum vix discretum latum marginatum longe attenuata superiora 
subsessilia ; lamina cum petiolo 4-6 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, 
apice longiuscule acutata breviter apiculata, margine minute 
asperata nonnunquam purpurascentia, membranacea, utrinque 
glabra vel fere glabra ad insertionem sparsim ciliata, utrinque 
papillosa. Inflorescentia terminalis dichotome cymosa, pler- 
umque 7-flora ; pedicelli ad 5 cm. longi calycem longe superantes 
pilis glandulosis rubidis dense obsiti; bracteae foliaceae 3-15 
mm. longae superne decrescentes ovatae vel lanceolatae ad 
