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233 CRAIB—-GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES. 
Discus 1.5 mm. altus, apice undulatus. Ovarium stipite 7-8 mm. 
longo ovario vix angustiore subglabro incluso 2 cm. longum, 
pilis capitatis transverse septatis instructum ; stylus cum 
stigmate bipartito 3 mm. longo 9 mm. longus, pilis iis ovarii 
similibus sed numerosioribus tectus. Capsula stipite incluso 
4-5.5 cm. longa 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salwin divide, 10,000 ft. Lat. 25° 30’ N. 
Plant of 4-7 inches. Flowers pale rosy-purple, lined deeper, 
with a tinge of yellow on lip. Moist shady moss-covered rocks. 
G. Forfest, 16,096. Fl. et fr. Sept. 1917. 
Ibid. 8000-go00 ft. G. Forrest, 17,552. Fl. et fr. June 
1918. 
Shweli Valley, 5000-6000 ft. Lat. 24° 50’ N. Plant of 3-6 
inches. In fruit. On trees and rocks in shagy situations. 
G. Forrest, 7985. Fr. May 1912. 
In the absence of flowers the latter plant, collected in a late 
fruiting condition, may probably belong to a distinct species, 
but in its characters it shows a strong resemblance to the flower- 
ing specimens of later collecting. 
The following plant, represented by inadequate material, 
agrees with this species in habit and superficial characters :—- 
Upper Burma. Valley of Naung-chaung. Flowers purple, 
throat of corolla striped and mottled with white on lower half. 
On wet rock slabs, in deep shade of forest and gullies or in river 
bed. Ward, 1888. 
Briggsia longifolia, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba acaulis, rhizomate brevi radices numerosas rigidas 
emittente. Folia lanceolata, apice acuta vel subacuta, basi in 
petiolum attenuata, usque ad 23 cm. longa et 3 cm. lata, rigide 
chartacea, supra viridia, pilis albis brevibus rigidis marginem 
versus numerosioribus hirsuta, subtus pallidiora, pilis longioribus 
praesertim ad costam instructa, praetereaque pagina utraque 
pilis brevibus glanduloso-capitatis subsparse instructa, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 6-8 sat obliquis supra subconspicuis subtus 
prominulis, costa pagina superiore conspicua inferiore prominente, 
margine serrulata, ciliata, petiolo lamina decurrente superne 
anguste alato ad 8 cm. longo pilis albis longiusculis divergentibus 
tecto praetereaque pilis brevibus glanduloso-capitatis subsparse 
instructo suffulta. Pedunculi communes plures, folia saepissime 
subaequantes, 2~-5-flori, indumento ei petiolorum simili tecti ; 
bracteae 2, virides, angustae, circa 4 mm: longae ; pedicelli sub 
anthesin saepissime circa 3 cm. longi. C alyx viridis, extra pilis 
rigidis teas septatis instructus, intra nisi summum apicem 
versus glaber, 6.5 mm. longus, in segmenta 5 lanceolata vel 
- shiesge-lancealate apice acuta 2.5 mm. lata ciliata partitus. 
