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SPECIES ASIATICAE, 227 
Capsula ovato-oblonga gynopodio vix longior seminibus dense 
et minute tuberculatis. 
China :—-N.W. Yunnan. Monbeig. No. 37. 
“Mekong valley, Yunnan. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 7ooo ft. 
Plant of 6-zo inches. Flowers pink. Open dry stony situations. 
July 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 14,104. 
Silene (Melandryum) oblanceolata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. Delavayt, Franch. et S. melananthae, Franch.; 
a priore pedicellis longioribus, floribus multo minoribus pallidis 
inter alia divergit ; ab altero foliis oblanceolatis obtusis, floribus 
haud atropurpureis praeter alia signa recognoscitur. 
Planta nana ad 15 cm. alta perennis. Radix fusiformi- 
incrassata. Caules plerumque 2-4, origine infrarosulares, erecti, 
simplices vel pauciramosi, sparsim, foliosi, pilis albidis glandu- 
losis plus minusve induti. Folia rosulata in petiolum latum 
marginatum laminam subaequantem attenuata, cum petiolo 4-10 
cm. longa, I-2.5 cm. lata; lamina oblanceolata, apice vulgo 
obtusa breviter apiculata, basi sensim cuneata, margine minute 
ciliata, membranacea, in sicco utrinque pallido-viridis, glabra vel 
fere glabra, utrinque papillata, costa media straminea, nervis 
ceteris subobscuris; folia caulina inferiora pauca basilaribus 
similia sed breviora, supra mox in bracteas ad 2 cm. longas lanceo- 
latas vel lineari-lanceolatas utrinque glanduloso-pilosas decre- 
scentia, Inflorescentia terminalis subscapiformis laxa dichotome 
cymosa, plerumque 3-9-flora ; pedicelli 3 cm. longi vel ultra 
calycem longe superantes dense glanduloso-pilosi ; bracteolae 
lineares glandulosae. Calyx 12-13 mm. longus, e basi truncata 
paulo angustata tubuloso-campanulatus, pallido-rubicundus, ad 
sixtam partem in lobos triangulares obtusiusculos purpurascentes 
dense glandulosos divisus, extra ad nervos distinctos dense 
glandulosus, intervallis pergamentaceis fere glabris. — Petala 
calycem quadrante vix superantia, rosea, ungue glabro in auri- 
culas paululo erosulas sensim dilatato et in laminam cire. 4 mm. 
longam ad duas partes quadrilobam expanso, lobis medianis 
majoribus oblongis saepe iterum partitis vel denticulatis, ex- 
terioribus lineari-oblongis ; squamae faucis breves quadratae 
apice nonnunquam denticulatae. Staminum filamenta glabra. 
Ovarium ovato-oblongum uniloculare stylis tribus coronatum. 
Capsula ovato-oblonga, gynophoro quadruplo longior ; semina 
reniformia cristis undique ornata. es 
“ China :—Yunnan, on the Mekong-Salween divide. Lat, 
28° 10’ N._ Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 4-6 inches. Flowers pale 
rose-magenta. Open stony pasture and on the ledges of cliffs. 
Sept. 1914.”’ G. Forrest. No. 13,331. 
