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“Didissandra Labordei, Craib, sp. nov. 
Rhizoma crassum. Folia omnia basalia, rosulatim disposita, 
ovato-lanceolata, oblongo-obovata vel elliptico-oblonga, apice 
obtusa vel rotundata, basi cuneata, usque ad 3.5 cm. longa et 
1.8 cm. lata, coriacea, supra viridia, pilis elongatis albis sparse 
sericea, mox plus minusve glabrescentia, subtus ad costam 
nervosque laterales dense ferrugineo-lanata, pilis mox aggluti- 
natis, aliter albo- vel mox cinnamomeo-pilosa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque circa 4 bene intra marginem furcatis supra impressis 
subtus valde prominentibus, margine crenata, petiolo ad 2.5 cm. 
longo indumento ei foliorum simili tecto suffulta. Pedunculi 
plures, ad 9 cm. alti, pilis paucis longis instructi, fuscescentes ; 
pedicelli circa 1 cm. longi. Calyx extra sub anthesin paucipilosus 
vel fere glaber, in segmenta 5 lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata 
apice obtusa inter se subaequalia vix 3 mm. longa et 1 mm. lata 
trinervia vel indistincte 5-nervia nervis infra apicem concurrenti- 
bus partitus. Corollae tubus 7 mm. longus, intra antice pilis 
bilineatim dispositis subsparse instructus; labium posticum 
2.5 mm. longum, paululo ultra medium bilobatum, anticum 
3.5 mm. longum, 3-partitum, segmentis oblongis apice rotundatis. 
Antherae per paria cohaerentes. Discus annularis. Ovarium 
calycem subaequans, stylo ovario paulo longiore, stigmate 
bilobato. Capsula ad 2.5 cm. longa, valvis rectis.—D. lanuginosa, 
Lévl., Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, p. 182, vix Clarke. 
Kouy-Tcheou, Tsin-gay. Laborde et Bodinier, 1637 bis. 
Fl. 11 Sept. 1899. 
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wn ' Didissandra lineata, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba nana, perennis, rhizomate brevi crasso. Folia 
rosulata, ut videtur viva patula vel plus minusve erecto-patula, 
lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa vel rotundato- 
obtusa, interdum emarginata, basi cuneata, ad 18 mm. longa 
et 8 mm. lata, coriacea, supra glabra, mox pallescentia, subtus 
ad costam nervosque laterales pilis longis plus minusve cinna- 
momeis subsparse instructa, mox glabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 2-3 rectis intra marginem furcatis pagina superiore 
valde impressis inferiore prominentibus, margine crenata, arcte 
recurva, exteriora petiolo circa 1 cm. longo valido supra planius- 
culo vel concavo indumento nervorum instructo suffulta, interiora 
sessilia. _Pedunculi communes circa 6-7 cm. alti, pauci- vel 
pluri-flori, erecti vel inferne arcuato-adscendentes, subglabri, 
cum pedicellis gracilibus 1-2 cm. longis sub anthesin fusci, 
demum fructu (anni prioris?) straminei. Calycis segmenta 
oblonga vel angustius oblonga, apice obtusa, ad 2 mm. longa et 
0.75 mm. lata, fusca, glabra, 5-nervia, nervis infra apicem 
