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supra corollae tubi basem inserta: staminodium 0.75 mm. 
ongum, circa 0.75 mm. supra corollae basem _ insertum. 
Ovarium calyce paulo altius, glabrum, stylo stigmate emarginato 
incluso 2.5 mm. longo. Capsula vix matura ad 11 mm., stylo 
persistente excluso, longa. 
Bei-ma Shan, Mekong-Yangtze divide. Lat. 28° 30’ N. 
Plant of 2-5 inches ; flowers pale yellow. On cliffs and boulders 
in open situations, 11,000-12,000 ft. Fl. Aug. 1914. Forrest, 
13,197. 
qq 
vs Didissandra mengtzeana, Craib, sp. nov. 
4000 
Rhizoma breve, radices numerosas fibrosas emittens. Folia 
omnia basalia, rosulatim disposita, plus minusve flabelliformia, 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata, usque ad 2.5 cm. longa et 2 cm. 
lata, coriacea, supra longius sericea, pilis diu persistentibus, 
subtus densius lanata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2-3 supra 
impressis subtus prominentibus, margine crenata, petiolo ad 
I.5 cm. vel rarius usque ad 2 cm. longo indumento ei foliorum 
simili tecto suffulta. Pedunculus communis ad 8.5 cm. altus, 
primo lanatus, mox plus minusve glabrescens, inflorescentiam 
pauci- vel pluri-floram congestam vel sublaxam gerens ; pedicelli 
ad 1 cm. longi. Calyx extra primo lanatus, cito plus minusve 
glabrescens, in segmenta 5 inter se subaequalia oblonga vel 
oblongo-lanceolata apice obtusa circa 2 mm. longa vix I mm. 
lata trinervia vel inconspicue 5-nervia nervis infra apicem 
concurrentibus partitus. Corollae tubus 5 mm. longus, intra 
antice pilis bilineatim dispositis copiose instructus, postice 
glaber; labium posticum 1.5 mm. longum, ultra medium bilo- 
batum, anticum fere 3 mm. longum, trilobatum, lobis oblongis 
apice rotundatis. Discus annularis. Ovarium calycem sub- 
aequans, stylo ovario fere duplo longiore, stigmate bilobulato. 
Capsula ad 1.5 cm. longa, valvis rectis. 
Yunnan. Mengtze, on rocks, 4700 ft., blue flowers. Henry, 
gigo, et on rocks, also on earthy banks, 4600-5000 ft., purple- 
blue flowers. Henry, 9190. 
Didissandra patens, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba nana; rhizoma valde crassum. Folia compacte 
rosulata, patula, ‘exteriora ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, interiora ovata vel late ovata, summo apice obtusa, basi 
in petiolum cuneatim attenuata, usque ad 8 cm. longa et 3.7 cm. 
lata, coriacea, supra viridia, glabra, subtus tantum ad costam 
nervosque primo breviter cinnamomeo-pannoso-lanata, indu- 
mento demum plus minusve albicante vel delapso, aliter glabra, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 cum costa lata supra subcon- 
