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CRAIB—GESNERACEARUM NOVITATES.’ 251 
petiolum cuneatim angustata vel rotundato-cuneata, ad 3.7 cm. 
longa et 2 cm. lata, coriacea, pagina superiore pilis albis brevi- 
bus plus minusve adpressis subaspera, inferiore pallidiora, pilis 
similibus sparsius tecta praetereaque ad costam nervosque later- 
ales pilis longioribus brunneis additis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
3-5 intra marginem furcatis supra impressis subtus prominenti- 
bus, grosse serrato-crenata vel sublobulata, lobulis apice rotun- 
datis ciliatis ; petioli ad 1 cm. longi, pilis longis brunneis primo 
adpressis mox divaricatis hirsuti. Pedunculi ad a7. Cie A 
rubescentes, plus minusve glandulosi et pilis longioribus brunneis 
sparse instructi, 5-7-flori, floribus umbellatim dispositis, apice 
bracteis duabus lineari-lanceolatis circa 5 mm. longis instructi ; 
pedicelli graciles, usque ad 4 cm. longi, indumento ei pedunculi 
simili tecti. Calyx extra fusco-ruber, in segmenta 5 lineari- 
lanceolata obtusiuscula circa 4 mm. longa et I mm. lata extra 
glanduloso-pubescentia partitus. Corollae extra praesertim 
superne sparse glanduloso-pubescentis tubus circa 8.5 mm. longus, 
postice basi parum gibbosus, limbus e lobis 5 patentibus vix 
distincte bilabiatim dispositis rotundatis margine irregulariter 
denticulatis ciliolatis circa 3-4 mm. longis et 4 mm. latis con- 
stitutus. Stamina inclusa, filamentis rectis apice subito inflexis, 
antheris per paria cohaerentibus demum liberis, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentibus, rimis haud confluentibus. Discus pistilli basem 
cingens. Ovarium subsessile, glabrum vel superne parce 
pubescens, calyce parum longius, stylo distincto ovario breviore, 
stigmate bilobulato.—Orveocharis Henryana, Farrer in Journ. 
Roy. Hort. Soc., xlii, 87 (1916), won Oliver. 
S. Kansu. Very general at low elevations on rather cool 
rocks and very steep banks of cool clammy soil that grows a fine 
film of moss. Flowers a pretty shrimpy pink with a bronzy 
tone. Farrer et Purdom, 262. Fl. Aug. 28. 
M) 
Ornithoboea arachnoidea, Craib, comb. nov. 
Boea arachnoidea, Diels in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., v, 
Pp. 225 (1912). 
Yunnan. Near Pei sha, Min Kwang valley. Lat. 25° 35’ N. 
Alt. 6000-7000 ft. Plant of 6-12 inches, growing in clefts of 
cliffs. G. Forrest, 929! Fr. Oct. 1905. (Type.) 
Hills N.E. of Tengyueh. Lat. 25° 15’ N. Alt. 7000 ft. 
Moist shady situations on humus-covered boulders and ledges 
of cliffs. Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers light blue. G. Forrest, 
9272! Fl. et Fr. Oct. 1912. 
Tengyueh, Howell, 67! 
