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lanato suffulta. Pedunculus communis usque ad 15 cm. altus, 
primo dense albo- vel cinnamomeo-lanatus, mox plus minusve 
glaber, inflorescentiam multifloram subcongestam _gerens; 
pedicelli usque ad 13 mm. longi. Calycis segmenta plus minusve 
oblonga, apice rotundata, ad 3 mm. longa et 1.75 mm. lata, 
7-nervia. Corolla intus pilis crassis unicellularibus pro parte 
maxima in lineas duas e loborum basibus vix ad staminum 
insertionem currentes dispositis paucis inter et ultra lineas et 
perpaucis infra staminum insertionem additis antice ornata : 
tubus 8 mm. longus; labium posticum basi 6.4 mm. latum, 
3 mm. longum, lobis duobus 1.75 mm. longis apice retusis, 
anticum trilobatum, lobis apice rotundatis 3-3-5 mm. longis 
4mm. latis. Filamenta antica 5.5 mm. longa, 2.75 mm. supra 
corollae basem inserta, lateralia 2.5 mm. longa, 2.75 mm. supra 
_corollae basem inserta ; staminodium 0.5 mm. longum, 0.75 mm. 
supra corollae basem insertum. -Ovarium calycem vix aequans, 
Stylo stigmate bilobo incluso 5 mm. longo. Capsula ad 2.3 cm. 
longa, fusca, valvis rectis. 
~ Eastern flank of Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Plant 
of 2-6 inches. Flowers blue. On rocks and faces of cliffs, 
10,000-12,000 ft. Forrest, 6039. ; 
Eastern flank of Lichiang Range: Lat. 27° 12’ N.- Plant of 
3-6 inches. Flowers rich blue. Dry open situations on rocks 
and faces of cliffs, go00-11,000 ft. Forrest, 2509. 
Cult. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin. ubi floruit June rorg. 
Didissandra taliensis, Craib, sp. nov. 
Herba nana, stolonifera, rhizomate brevi crasso superne petio- 
lorum vestigiis tecto. Folia spatulata, oblongo-spatulata vel 
elliptico-spatulata, rarissime ovata, apice rotundata, basi in petio- 
lum attenuata, usque ad 15 mm. longa et 7.5 mm. lata, firme 
chartacea vel coriaceo-chartacea, supra viridia, glabra, subtus ad 
costam nervosque rufo-pannoso-tomentosa, aliter glabra et punc- 
tulata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 rectis integris vel intra 
marginem furcatis, supra omnino obscuris rarissime parum im- 
pressis subconspicuis subtus prominentibus, margine superne 
Saepissime crenata, rarius serrato-crenata, rarissime subintegra, 
parte cuneata basali integra, margine longe pauci-ciliata, mox 
glabra, plana vel leviter incurva, petiolo usque ad 1 cm. longo 
superne alato supra plano vel leviter late canaliculato supra 
glabro subtus indumento costae obtecto suffulta, interiora sessilia. 
Pedunculi communes plures, 4-5 cm. alti, recti vel inferne 
arcuato-adscendentes, 1—5-flori, primo plus minusve cinnamomeo- 
lanati, mox glabri, fusci, pedicellis usque ad 12 mm. longis 
indumento pedunculi tectis. Calycis segmenta oblonga apice 
rotundata vel rarius oblongo-lanceolata et apice obtusa, 2.5 mm. 
