226 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
costam marginesque rubido-glandulosae. Calyx circ. 15 mm. 
longus e basi truncata paulo angustata tubuloso-campanulatus 
purpurascens fere ad quartam partem in lobos oblongos obtusos 
divisus extra fere undique sed praesertim ad nervos pilis glandu- 
losis indutus. Petala calycem quadrante superantia, laete 
rosea, ungue glabro in auriculas latas crebre erosulas cito dilatato 
et in laminam basi ovatam circ. 4 mm. longam ad medium 
partitam abrupte contracto, lobis suborbicularibus apice 2-3- 
dentatis; squamae faucis breves quadratae 2—3-dentatae. 
Staminum filamenta glabra. Ovarium ovato-oblongum uni- 
loculare stylopodio triplo longius stylis tribus coronatum. 
Capsula matura deest. 
“China :—Yunnan, on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 40’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of g-12 inches. 
Flowers bright carmine. Open situations in pine forests. Aug. 
tgto.” G. Forrest. No. 6305. 
(08° Silene (Melandryum) Monbeigii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. trachyphyllae, Franch, a qua habitu humili- 
ore, foliis multo minoribus oblanceolatis obtusiusculis, calycibus 
multo brevioribus, squamis faucis apice rotundatis inter alia 
divergit ; a S. rubicunda, Franch. habitu, foliis, calycis dentibus, 
lamina petalina haud quadriloba distinguitur. 
Planta 15-50 cm. alta perennis. Radix praelonga fusiformi- 
incrassata. Caules permulti, primo decumbentes deinde erecti, 
fere a basi ramosi et multum intertexti, graciles, bene foliosi, 
pilis glandulosis albidis induti. Folia basalia delapsa ; folia 
caulina fere sessilia petiolulo 1 mm. longo late marginato prae- 
dita ; lamina 1-2 cm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata, oblanceolata vel raro 
fere obovata, apice obtusa vel breviter acutata minute apiculata, 
basi in petiolum sensim attenuata, margine ciliolata, membran- 
acea, In sicco utrinque pallido-viridis, utrinque plus minusve pilo- 
sula, nervis obscuris: folia superne in bracteas 2-8 mm. longas 
lanceolatas vel lineares transeuntia. Inflorescentiae ramulos 
terminantes cymosae 3-7-florae plerumque triflorae - pedicelli 
ad 1.7 cm. longi dense glanduloso-pilosuli. Calyx 15-16 mm. 
longus, clavato-tubulosus, basi umbilicatus et paulo angustatus 
nervis IO purpurascentibus, fere ad quartam partem in lobos 
triangulares acutos divisus, extra dense glanduloso-pilosulus. 
Petala calycem circ. 1 cm. excedentia, rosea, ungue glabro supra 
sensim dilatato vix auriculato in laminam obovatam cire. 7 mm. 
ongam breviter eMmarginatam parce erosulam infra medium 
nonnunquam dentatam expanso ; squamae faucis breves ovatae 
vel semiorbiculares vulgo integrae. Staminum filamenta glabra. 
Ovarium ovato-oblongum uniloculare stylis tribus praeditum. 
