npr! 
248 CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES. 
spicuis vel leviter impressis subtus prominentibus rectis bene 
intra marginem dichotome furcatis, ramis I—3-furcatis, ramulis 
omnibus subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis omnino 
obscuris, margine anguste crenulata, apicem versus praecipue 
recurva, exteriora petiolo crasso usque ad 5.5 cm. longo indu- 
mento nervorum suffulta, interiora sessilia. Pedunculi com- 
munes plures, 10-11 cm. alti, inferne arcuato-adscendentes, 
inflorescentiam corymbiformem laxam multifloram ad 10 cm. 
diametro gerens, primo plus minusve cinnamomeo-lanati, cito 
glabrescentes ; pedicelli 8-17 mm. longi, cito glabri. Calycis 
segmenta oblonga vel oblongo-elliptiea, apice obtusa, interdum 
retusiuscula, inter se subaequalia, ad 2.5 mm. longa et 1.5 mm. 
lata, intra glabra, extra pauci-pilosa, 5-nervia, nervis sub apicem 
confluentibus, margine superne saepe papillosa. Corolla intus 
pilis longiusculis unicellularibus pro parte maxima in lineas 
duas e loborum bases ad filamentorum insertiones vix currentes 
dispositis, paucis hic et illic inter et ultra lineas et infra staminum 
inserti additi ice ornata, postice glabra ; tubus 6.5-7 mm. 
longus; labium posticum vix 2 mm. longum, basi 4.75 mm. 
latum, lobis duobus 0.75 mm. longis apice rotundatis, anti- 
cum 4 mm. longum, 3-lobatum, lobis obovatis vel oblongo- 
obovatis 2.5 mm. longis 2.75 mm. latis. Filamenta glabra, 
antica 4 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. supra corollae tubi basem inserta, 
lateralia 2 mm. longa, 2.25 mm. supra corollae tubi basem 
basem insertum. Discus annularis. Ovarium calyce brevius, 
glabrum, stylo vix 4 mm. longo, stigmate emarginato. Capsula 
ad 16 mm. longa, basi calyce persistente arcte cincta. 
Mountains in N.E. of Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’N. Plant 
of 6 inches. Flowers very pale blue, almost white. Faces of 
cliffs and boulders, 10,000-11,000 ft. Forrest, 10,608. 
Didissandra sericea, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba nana, rhizomate brevi crasso. Folia in rosulam 
densam 6-16 cm. diametro disposita, oblongo- vel rhombeo- vel 
lanceolato-ovata, apice rotundata, basi in petiolum cuneatim 
lanata, aliter subsericea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 intra 
m furcatis ramulis iterum furcatis supra saepissime 
mar. 
impressis subtus valde prominentibus, margine parte triente 
Inferiore cuneata integra excepta crenato-dentata, interiora 
, exteriora petiolo usque ad 4 cm. longo cinnamomeo- 
