228 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
The following is closely allied and probably a white form of 
the preceding : — 
“China :—Yunnan, Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 2-6 inches. Flowers white. On 
humus-covered boulders. Aug. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
10,909. 
all Silene (Melandryum) praticola, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. dumicolae, W. W. Sm. a qua foliis 
acutis vel subacuminatis, inflorescentiis congestis, calycis costis 
distinctissimis, petalorum lamina aliter fissa inter alia removitur ; 
a a Pomeligoge Franch. petalis albis quadrilobis inter signa alia 
me elata ad 60 cm. alta, simplex vel medio ramosa. 
Radices plures tuberoso-fugiformes. Caules solitarii, in sicco 
straminei, sat foliosi, erecti, pilis albidis flaccidis plus minusve 
dense induti. Folia sessilia vel brevissime petiolata ; lamina 
plerumque 4-7 cm. longa, 2.5~—3.5 cm. lata, ovata, apice acuta 
vel subacuminata, breviter mucronulata, basi rotundata, mar- 
gine pilis rigidis asperata, subpapyracea, in sicco utrinque 
pallido-viridis, supra undique scabrida, infra ad nervos 2-3 paria 
eminentes pilis asperata, ceteroquin pilosula atque scabridula. 
Inflorescentia terminalis 5—7 cm. longa, 6-9 cm. lata, congesta, 
cymoso-corymbosa ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae vel lanceolatae, 
foliaceae, ut folia indutae, supra sensim decrescentes ; “bracteolae 
lineari-lanceolatae foliaceae; pedunculi pedicellique breves 
rigidi densissime albido- vel fulvido-pilosi; pedicelli calycem 
subaequantes vel breviores. Calyx 14-16 mm. longus, tubuloso- 
campanulatus, basi vix constrictus, in sicco stramineus, ad 
quartam partem vel paulo ultra divisus, extus ad costas dis- 
tinctissimas setoso-pilosus, intervallis glabris pergamentaceis ; 
lobi ovati, marginibus partis superioris ita ventrali-adpressis ut 
acumen 2 mm. longum formatum sit. Petala calycem triente 
superantia, alba, roseo-suffusa, ungue in auriculas integras 
sensim dilatato et in laminam ovatam quadrilobam expanso, 
lobis medianis multo majoribus oblongis, lateralibus multoties 
minoribus ; squamae breves quadrato-oblongae integrae. Stami- 
num filamenta glabra. Ovarium ovatum uniloculare stylis tribus 
instructum. Capsula ovato-oblonga, gynophoro triplo longior ; 
semina reniformia minute tuberculata, nigra ‘ 
a a :—Yunnan, mountains N.W. of Chien-chuan. Lat. 
26° 50’ N. Alt. gooo ft. Plant of 2 ft. Flowers white, flushed 
rose. Dry stony meadows. July 1014.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
~ °83,037- 
ee This species is closely allied to S. dumicola, W. W. Sm.. 
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